Monday, July 11, 2022

Ride through the Forest

We came back from the higher elevation where there was rain and cooler temperatures. Took a nice ebike ride through the forest. A vast network of trails made for some enjoyable peddling. We met up with our friends camped in the forest. They eat no meat, but made us a wonderful meal of sweet potatoes and cauliflower cooked on the grill. 

Back in the land of the Hoopleheads the sun just managed to come up. A few clouds, but it will get up to 97 today. Kadizzle has wondered what summer in Arizona would be like. There have been some hot days, but generally it is tolerable here in the mountains. The mountains are packed with second homes of people trying to escape the heat in Phoenix. 

Traveling around the country as we do we see how many second homes there are. The idea of homeless people, and a housing shortages seems bizarre. Thousand of homes sit empty waiting for some wealthy person to use them. The problem is not shortage, it is resource allocation.  One thing you notice a lot in most places are very nice homes seemingly hidden in private compounds. The Hoopleheads have no idea of how well the well to do live. 

The news is full of Steve Bannon testifying. Just cannot imagine that rat telling the truth. More than likely he will be pleading the fifth like all Trump's gangsters. 

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