New Mexico is not the friendliest place for a dog. We went to Las Cruses for a Trail Building School and by the end of our first ride, my paws were bloody and full of cacti. While I was left in a strange (but nice) home alone, my people left with Kristin and Ryan (the other trail care crew) to play in the dirt, ride their bikes and enjoy tasty adult beverages at the brewery. After 5 days in the southern New Mexico desert, our need for trees became quite strong so we headed back to Sedona for our days off. My people finally realized that a lady needs some sassy red shoes so for Valentines day they bought me a pair of red, vibram soled, dog booties. What a life saver! They rolled around the trails of Sedona while I stayed at the Lodge (which is about as close as we've come to home in the past couple months) and nursed my paws.
After Sedona we headed down to Tucson Arizona for a 24 hour mountain bike race. Yep that's right, people riding their bikes around a 17 mile course for 24 hours straight. CRAZY. We had a good time, I rolled around in the dirt a lot and cheered the racers on. Still unable to run after mountain bikes, Anna left me behind and rode the course which consisted of dirt roads, and single track climbs. Not very exciting but I guess if you are riding it at 4am for the 12th time, you don't want any excitement.
On the last day of the race, Ryan and Kristin, the Trail Care Crew that we have been traveling with for the last couple months headed East to Houston Texas without us. It's not often that you get a chance to travel with a couple you have never met, work with them, ride with them and then feel like you are saying goodbye to yet another couple of long time, good friends when they leave. They are two of the funniest people we've met (funny ha ha) and they made the first couple months on the road feel like home. So, if you ever meet them, give them a hard time and buy them a beer for us.
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