I'm on summer vacation, so I get to ride much more than during the school year. In fact, I rode Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and today and am up to about 97 miles for the week, and riding again tomorrow. Today's ride was the default "I don't want to plan a complicated route" ride. 7.5 miles from my house to Saguaro National Park, around the 8 mile loop and home again for a total of about 23 miles.

Desert summer means get up and start by 6:00 or 6:30 am, or earlier. I was up at 4:30 but didn't get out the door until 6:30 - but it was tolerable. Lots and lots of lizards on the park loop road- mostly Desert Spiny Lizards, doing push-ups and showing off their bright blue sides. No Gila Monsters, though I looked. And cicadas. The drone is incessant this time of year once it warms up.