Riding North on the Weekend

Yesterday was much better than Saturday.  It was warm, and not windy.  There aren't going to be many more of those days.  The ridge of high pressure is collapsing and a storm from California is coming up to rain on us.  The forecast is for 2.5 days of rain.  It will be interesting to see what actually happens. 

We rode north via the trail that is closed week days.  Refer to the fourth photo in the post just prior to this one.  This is the other side of Sunset.  Still closed.  I'm not sure the sign really needed to be placed there.

Based on this photo, I don't think the week day closures on the trail under the freeway are going to end anytime soon.  They're putting in an entire new bridge span due to widening the interstate.

Look at all of the new apartments.  It's not just here, they're everywhere.  We always wonder, where did these people come from, where do they work and where is the water coming from.  Tucson does not have a manufacturing based economy, it's primarily the University and tourism.

A prickly pear in a trail head along the trail.

The Catalinas were lovely, as always.

This is the Christina-Taylor Green memorial park.  Nine year old Christina was killed January 8, 2011 in a mass shooting that killed and wounded several others, including Senator Gabby Giffords.  This park was established to remember her short life.  There is a Wiki here. 

When we last parked at the ball fields, which was last Thursday (12/14) the area behind the parking lot was desert.  When we parked yesterday, this had happened.  There will be yet more housing.  There's no signage yet, so it's unknown if it will be multi-family or single family.

That's it!  That's all I've got.  Gotta post while the steenking internet is still up.  Today has not been a good day for it.