Today's plan was for the men to take the motorbikes up the nasty, nasty switchback road to the top of the mountain west of Sedona. The women were going to hike to the Robbers Roost cave. It did not take long for Al and Kadizzle to get lost in the maze of back roads heading to the mountain. With more experience under his cycling belt the ride up the mountain was not as gruesome as it was last year, but once on top there was a moment of consternation. Al has a more agile and power cycle than Kadizzle and he is a very good off road cyclist. Somehow on a very steep section heading for a plateau Kadizzle managed to stall. Fortunately all ended well and Kadizzle got turned around. The road is deadly. At points it parallels a shear cliff that would end the game.
Returning from the mountain we met the women who somehow manage to get close to Robbers Roost, but did not find it. After lunch Kadizzle took off with Al again on more nasty riding along the power line road. The road was put in to erect the power line through this rugged country and most vehicles would not stand a chance of following it. Then we decided to take an even worse road. This road had rock steps about two to three feet high. Kadizzle had reservations about going down the steps knowing we would have to come back up. Al had the protective equipment to deal with a crash, but Kadizzle was not armored. With the exception of one bad bottoming out on a rock moment Kadizzles cycle escaped unharmed. However, there were at least five close calls of disaster.
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