Central Az ride. low desert, sheep's bridge, horseshoe lake

Sheepsbridge. Part 1.

I haven't been on a ride in a couple of months.. too much going on, but i talked to Tom last week, & he was game for a ride on the little bikes. Tom & i are riding yamaha wr250's.. his an R & mine an X. He has a larger tank, & mine is stock with about a 100 mile range.. hopefully.. it's 80+ miles from Cordes to Carefree, the nearest fuel.

The weather has been unseasonably cool in Az this year.. ordinarily we wouldn't consider going to the low desert mid may, but it was cool, & this was a ride we wanted to do.

We met at Cordes Jct. off I-17 in central Az about 9 am, yesterday, 5/18/10. We found a back way from Cordes to Bloody basin road, & hit the road. It was about 42 miles to sheepsbridge, & the road was decent. ..washed out in a few places, some rocks, but mostly pretty easy. The views were spectacular.. i'd have never thought we could ride this area in mid May. The cactus & ocotillo were blooming, white waxy flowers on the saguaro's, & wildflowers everywhere.



The video clips are in High Definition.. none are real long.. nothing over 3 minutes, but they take a while. You can click on the resolution button to make them smaller & faster.