Monday, February 20, 2017
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| On my way to meet Garry for our ride to Horseshoe Reservoir I saw several hot air baloons. |
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| I don't know why, but I almost always stop to take a pic. I was early so why not. Since I had all of this time I filled up with gas at the Chevron close by. |
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| When I got to the meet up site, Garry was already there. I've never got there first yet...........and I was 10 minutes early!!! |
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| Regardless, we always have a fun ride. |
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| You can't believe how green the desert is with all of the rain we have had. |
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| Grass is growing everywhere.......fire season will be tough. |
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| I love riding after a rain, No Dust! There was a little mud here and there, but not a problem at all. |
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| The last time I was here I actually rode up this trail and rode across the dam via the walkway. They are making that pretty hard to do now, but I think I still could if I took my bags off. |
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| I took a lot of pictures of the dam but won't caption all of them. |
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| Today is the first time I have ever seen water flow over this dam. |
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| The last time I was here, there was only a little puddle behind the dam and a tiny creek flowing into it. |
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| Garry on the walkway. |
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| Today, the dam is passing 4700 Cubic feet per second. |
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| Even these old prickly pears are being rejuvenated. |
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| I've ridden my old TW200 across this walkway several times. |
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| Today, I'm using it as it was intended. |
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| What I had hoped to see is being withheld by that padlock. I was told that when that tube is open that the water shoots out of it for 200'. That would have been fun to see. |
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| In spite of that not happening, we weren't disappointed with the views. |
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| Aren't the desert colors beautiful? |
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| Now that's a Wild Flower!!! |
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| This lower discharge is where the water normally flows from when they aren't releasing water over the spillways. |
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| Because they need to stay prepared for flood control, they continue to spill water even though the reservoir is at only 89% capacity. |
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| We went off road to take a better look and it got real sloppy fast so we returned to the main road. |
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| Garry is running street tires, but he did a great job of keeping it upright all day. |
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| Several of the washes were still runnin |
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| Sure helped getting the mud off. |
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| He thought fast was good |
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| I went a little slower |
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| I went real slow into this one, then ignited a big rooster tail...........he missed it. |
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| Some slop, and a beautiful farm. |
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| We stopped for lunch in Cave Creek at a Mexican Restaurant specializing in Turtle Soup. (just kidding) |
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| They are entertaining |
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| Garry and the waitress giving me some kind of pose. |
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| I had a Chile Relleno con Pollo. |
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| Garry had the Mole enchilada. He said it was good! |
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| After lunch we headed for Castle Hot Springs |
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| Just a quick picture stop along the north end of Lake Pleasant. |
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| In the twenty times I've ridden this road, I've never seen water in the wash. |
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| I think these folks were visiting from Europe. They sure were nice, and ended up being really helpful. |
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| On your mark, get set..... |
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| Go! |
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| I said Go! Oh yeah, did you know if traction control is on ............ |
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| when you go through a river, you will have to wring out you socks! |
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| We decided to turn back here because I know there is at least another mile of riding in this wash. |
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| Even this guy was having second thoughts |
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| After five minutes of my prodding, he went. |
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| So did this couple |
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| Not too bad for such a fun day! |
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| She is all clean now and put away........Garry and I were both all smiles! Looking forward to our next adventure. |
