Whew this Memorial day was anything but a holiday. Woke up at 5:30 am to go hike Camelback mountain, a pretty steep little ordeal that's actually situated inside the city limits, with 5 other interns. Despite our attempt to beat the heat (which is really something down here, should get up to 108 tomorrow) there were a lot of other people with the same idea so we waited about a half hour for a parking spot. Afterwards went swimming back at the 'tel, then off for an hour bike ride down to a place by a lake where I could try my hand at the new pastels I bought (part of master plan to restore my faculty of vision). Went swimming again later once it cooled off and then played some bee at sunset, so it was quite a day in terms of physical activity.
Scottsdale for all its sickening affluence has got one thing right: there's a greenway that stretches for several miles with really nice bike trails. The trails are threaded through tunnels beneath all the major roads, so you can ride quite a ways without worrying about traffic of the four-legged variety. Whenever you pass lakes though you are besieged by clouds of interstellar gnat dust. The feeling of all these tiny bodies slamming into you is a strange one; you definitely do not want to bare your teeth, as they will "get up in your grill" so to speak.
Posted by Alan at May 27, 2003 04:46 AM