I should clarify that the area pictured is wonderful in that it is so much more green and wooded than the surrounding high desert; even though it is far less lush than, say, the green of the parks I rode through in Ft Worth recently. It’s watered by the Rio Grand just a couple of hundred yards away, and by the parallel ancient system of “aceqias” — irrigation canal.
Patrick Moore iPhone > On May 18, 2021, at 5:00 AM, ascpgh <asc....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for the images and description Patrick. You describe your landscape > as severe, I see the great differences between your description of drought > and the water where the turtles are, the beaver-felled hardwood and the > loose sand in your pictures. Well chosen words. > > Andy Cheatham > Pittsburgh > >> On Monday, May 17, 2021 at 6:06:00 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: >> We're in a drought, with no rain for weeks (well, perhaps a sprinkle while I >> was away the week before last) so that sand is getting deeper and more >> widespread. I can make it through up to 4" with momentum, a good grip on the >> bar, and standing and pushing hard, at least for a couple of hundred yards, >> usually enough to get me through the bad patches, though I did have to get >> off and push in 2 places. >> >> The tracks are mine; the sand is deep enough to cover my forefinger to the >> 3d knuckle, and deeper yet; 3 1/2" at that point. I'd like, God willing, to >> get a new frame that can clear a true 80 in back, and some real tubeless >> wheels (current ones are converted tube wheels) with wider rims to get the >> full 3" width of the WTB Rangers, and be able to drop pressure to say 10 psi >> without fear of the tire burping. >> >> Tortoises: I've never seen them in the bosque before, and I've been riding >> here at least 17 years. The solitary actually had a friend sitting right >> behind him, but friend was shy. The other couple sat in the water a mile or >> so south. >> >> Beavers! I've never seen one, but evidence exists! >> >> Threatening rain, or perhaps teasing; don't expect any really to fall. We >> hope that the "monsoon" in July, August, September will bring real rain. >> >> 12 1/2 miles of hard work, all dirt, much firm but also much sand; 9.23 mph >> with frequent stops. I'm very lucky all this is accessible just a stone's >> throw from my driveway. >> >> -- >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/33477888-673e-4124-b4c8-b8d9909c718cn%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8E11D175-2DA3-438A-8500-130E8BA7BA5B%40gmail.com.
