Biking, Triking, and Hiking...

We arrived at Lake Pleasant Saturday afternoon...

it was only a couple hours drive from LDSP.  The Arizona highways so far have been very nice...Bryant has been impressed!  We hooked up, (here as in LDSP each site has water and power and on the road out a two RV dump station) and took the jeep to get groceries.  The Frys was as nice as our favorite store back home!  We were impressed when we parked under cover...how awesome on hot days...and even better the cover was made up of solar panels!  We made Sunday a day of rest...sort of...only hiking up to the top of the little island

and going to the Discovery Center. 

It was interesting that the water for this lake/reservoir comes from the Colorado River near Lake Havasu via an aquaduct.  

Monday we were off hiking...The Wild Burro Trail...

It is a two mile out and two mile back easy trail that in some places was very rocky and would be challenging for bikers.

We did see the wild burros, so I changed my lens to the 200-500 and got a few good shot of them! 

When we got to the top there was a couple (from Colorado) that had ridden their trail bikes up the trail.  The woman was probably close to my age and I approached her and told her how impressed I was that she rode the trail and shared my difficulties when riding the trail versus road.  Turns out they were roadies too...trail bikes only when they travel...and she freely admitted that she walks her bike a lot on the trails as she has fallen a lot, yet enjoys and wants to keep riding.  Inspiration for me!  Wooohooo!   There were picnic tables at the top where we watered Moxie and enjoyed the view before heading back.

Tuesday we decided to have be a bike/trike riding day!  (Bryant was looking up gadgets for his trike on the internet and found that his riding now is considered trikeing and so I thought we should address it as such).  The roads here are hilly which is good for both of us!  I rode my cross bike and  on our second time out riding for the day I decided to head to the Wild Burro Trail to ride a bit of it. 

As I approached the trail a couple was walking down and the woman stopped and mentioned how impressed she was that I was going to bike this part (large loose rocks and a couple of switchbacks).  I smiled and told her that I will ride when I feel I can and walk when I feel I need to.  She nodded and put her hands together as to pray...and up the hill I went!  Yes, I walked probably 50 percent of it...but I rode the other 50 percent!  And, as I said I only rode a bit of the trail...a .7 mile hill section.  Wooohooo!

Weather permitting we will ride/trike again later today...I have my eye on a trail that I would like to try...not sure it is wide enough for Bryant's trike...but I want to check it out!  And, then maybe another hike too!