as others i do hope it's nothing serious sheila!!!!!!......i wanna move to mexico!!!!!!!!

The Eastern Sierra’s have some of the most wonderful climbs I’ve ever done. Beautiful on-coming scenery also helps to calm me on a hard climb and gives a good excuse to sit and meditate into the view. If it was my last solo climbing ride I’d want it to be in the Eastern Sierra’s. The ride was 13 miles up Onion valley rd. out of Independence Ca. It’s just north of the Whitney Portal rd that I wrote about in the Jan thread and is similar but I went higher on this ride.
Temps were kind, even a passing light shower helped in refreshing me when I needed it most during steep switchbacks towards the top. Riding off the valley floor isn’t eventful or that scenic so counting expansion joints mindfulness ftw. The descent was worrying but i stopped a lot for photography, so that made it wonderful!!!
….and in-between were cloud covered mountains, the beginning of stain glassed woods, just being immersed in the beauty of the environment and being completely present….good for my urban soul.

This limited time in life to do things just isn’t nice!!!!! Just pilates, yoga and commutes for awhile and into the near future for me. The commutes have provided many good moments of just moving through the morning light and starting a productive work day in a good mood and when needed on the way home the exercise of some intervals to keep work from home and Alex. Not even commutes for awhile though as i want to be able to get to Alex as soon as possible since she’s in her last month……

going down a different but wonderful road

some photos of the ride