Dust bunnie live everywhere! The ones at my house like to live around my shoes and purses in the closet. I just shake'm off.
I keep seeing those commercials with those Swifter thingies that are supposed to rid the home of dust bunnies. The problem is, YOU have to guide that Swifter thing around chasing the dust bunnies! The nerve of those advertisers; first they tell you they have a way for you to get rid of dust bunnies and then, you find out you still have to chase them down. The nerve.

As I mentioned in a prior post, our seasons have changed and we have to go north to ride, so, the only time we ride is on weekends. Here was my ride:

Yesterday we drove to the east side of the Mogollon Rim (it's pronounce Moe-ghee-own) outside of Payson AZ. The trail is called "Highline Trail" and is at 6200 elevation. It was gorgous!
However, our local oracle of mountain trails, Cosmic Ray (seriously--check out his book, "Fat Tire") calls this trail
"tough/advanced". It was.

We were frazzled and had injuries after the first 4 miles.
The Park Service has not cleared out LARGE dead trees that you had to climb/lift bikes over, constant hair-rasing downhill hairpins and switchbacks...it was rough! The Park Service also failed to mark/clear the 20 yard trail leading to the creek THAT IS ON THE MAP that you are supposed to take or go on; the trail goes on another 51 miles!!! We missed the cut off. There was no marker.

We had only went out about a mile and realized there were no other bike tracks and, we were going up again. We turned back. We had to stand on rocks to survey, beat the bushes, back track all along, close to the creek. Suddenly, while standing and riding, 2 of us saw an area that looked like a camp sight. We walked in a few yards and there was the trail. We went across the creek (had to carry the bikes--hugh boulders) and up on the other side was a parking lot and ranger station. We couldn't believe it! We could not see that 50 yards across the creek to the parking lot because of all the foliage/trees. By then, the sun was blazing and we still had a 4.7 up-hill highway ride back to the trail head. The UV index wound up to be 100+10 up there. I'm a lovely shade of rouge along the outline of my Camelback. That was the hardest 12 miles I've ever ridden!
However, I must say, it has made me tougher, more focused and determined to become a better rider. Also, it was so beautiful and enchanted...thought I was in the land of Hobbits. We took pictures...I'll see if I can attach one for you all.
Terry