This is an annual race & ride around the perimeter of Tucson put on by the Perimeter Bicycling Association of America. There were 111 mile, 81 mile, 66 mile, and 35 mile rides. A total of about 7000 people participated with some 3700 doing the 111 miler.
It snowed a foot in Colorado while I was doing this ride in the high 70s in Tucson. Lucky me! It was a nice ride. My only complaint was that there was no food at the aid stations - only bananas and orange slices. No Gatorade either. I got so sick of bananas and orange slices that I began skipping the aid stations around mile 50. Next year I'll have to carry my own snacks and Gatorade.
Most of these pix were taken with my cell phone.
Riding in the Saddlebrook area north of Tucson.
Start of the 111 mile event in downtown Tucson.
A Saguaro cactus along the route.
Another cactus along the road that looks like a Triffid (from the 1950s SF movie "Day of the Triffids").
With Curt at the end of the ride.
