Today was the third Sunday of the month, and that made it a Pedalfiles Bike Hash day. We met the hares, Bimbo by Day and Redheaded Woodpecker, at a dive bar on the south edge of Tucson, where we were joined by two other bashing couples: Half-Hash & Hasadick and Yoda & Appendage, and one harriette, Blonde in the Bush. After the requisite head start, we took off in pursuit of the hares.
We'd been promised virgin territory but apparently Yoda didn't believe the hares, because he rode north toward a part of town we've bashed almost to death. The rest of us actually followed trail, and what do you know, for once the hares weren't lying. We rode a 15-mile route through mixed industrial and residential South Tucson neighborhoods, most of the way along a fabulous bike trail I didn't know was even there. The trail wasn't in the greatest condition, and we had to dismount and walk our bikes through one part where heavy rains had deposited several inches of loose sand. The mystery bike trail ended near the VA Hospital in South Tucson, a tough neighborhood I know all too well, so I stayed close to Pick'n'Flick...
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