Month: April 2012

Sunday Breakfast Club – Butterfield’s

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60.0 miles total After a round of golf at Orange Tree yesterday, my friend Terry pointed out a very popular breakfast place there on Shea Boulevard, so Jesse and I decided to give it a try. Once again, I used McKellips for my crossing west, and the Greenbelt north through Scottsdale.  I’m starting to tire of the Greenbelt riding, due to pedestrian traffic, and due to the bump-bump-bump of a sidewalk seam every 8 feet, but in the early morning it is still a very nice ride.  This time I crossed through Silverado golf course, too, which is quite beautiful

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Sunday Breakfast Club – Randy’s

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44.0 miles total Same route plan as last week, and this time I was successful in taking McKellips Road west out of Mesa.  No reservation dogs!  Still, I’m not going to recommend this as a great cycling route – the shoulder ranges from good to thin to cracked up to “no escape,” but the traffic is very light on Sunday mornings now that snowbird season is ending. I got on the Greenbelt right off McKellips in Scottsdale, and so had five miles of it heading north to Chaparral.  There are lots of walkers there, so it’s slow and go, but

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Sunday Breakfast Club

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49.0 miles total Jesse and I have modified our Sunday riding plans to start meeting at various breakfast venues in Scottsdale and Tempe.    This gives me a chance to explore the crossings between Mesa and Scottsdale, as well as the northbound options into Scottsdale. Today’s  plan was to meet at the Breakfast Club on Scottsdale Road.  From Country Club Road in Mesa, I took McKellips due west, but ran immediately into a Road Closed sign at the river.  Backtracked, went north on Country Club to McDowell, and found two patrolmen barricading that way, too.  I stopped to talk with

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Fountain Hills 2012-2

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58.0 miles What a great day to ride!  Temperatures dropped from yesterday’s 90s to today’s 70s, coinciding perfectly with our 2nd meeting out in Fountain Hills. Today’s was the usual splendid roll out by Saguaro Lake, with a brief stop at the river below the lake for some photos.  Particularly noteworthy were the ocotillo, fully decked out with leaves and flowers. Southwest winds assisted the climbing around the lake.  The turn onto the Beeline faced me directly into them again, but at 10-15 mph, they were only a small factor, since the remaining 8-10 miles to Fountain Hills are a

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