June

Dave says: Two weeks ago I went out to the Desert Museum with my grandparents to see a presentation on lightning photography in Tucson. The photographer had been shooting the lightning in this area for 30 years and had some very impressive shots such as the one above. Now, two weeks later, the monsoons have finally arrived with brief-but-intense downpours and plenty of lightning. All of the washes filled with water and the Tuesday morning Gates Pass ride had sand across the road in many places.

Since my last post, Alisha and I traveled to Flagstaff to do some bike racing there. We did a road race out by Sunset Crater which Alisha won despite getting a flat right near the finish. Then, we camped out on the south side of Flagstaff and did a windy circuit race on the next day.

The next week I traveled with Alex up to Show Low to race Bike the Bluff. This is one of Arizona's best cycling events and was a lot of fun. We stayed at Justin's super-plush cabin and had quite a few TriSports riders participating in the event. The RR was a great rolling course while the crit was windy and had a hill in it. I've been watching the Tour de France for the last couple of days and it has motivated me to step up my game as those guys are extremely impressive on the bike.

Alisha has been traveling a lot as well and I have been working on finishing up some research projects at school (although at a less crazy pace than during the semester). We're about to head out on a big trip to Utah and Oregon so hopefully I will finally have some better pictures to throw up on the blog in the next few weeks.