After homeschool, I went for a bike ride south along Forest Service road 10 to it’s southern terminus in Apache Junction.  Classic desert scenes were available along the entire route:

The road became worse and worse, and was a bit much for the cyclocross bike with its comparatively narrow, albeit knobby tires.  The steep rocky sections were especially rough:

The road was so bad that I decided to ride back via pavement, even though it was more than twice as far.  There were great views on the way back:

It turns out that the road we’re camped on is part of the Great Western Trail:

Good Shabbos from Bulldog OHV!