Mountain biking in Az

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 6:41 pm

Cool cactus I saw mountain biking....

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The trail

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Can you see her on her mountain bike?

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Can you see her now???-the trail zig zags down from the top left V

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Maybe you can see it in this pic? to me this looked like a messy bookshelf of rocks...

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Teeth from the corpse...

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The corpse,looked like it blew over the same day...pretty huge barrel cactus!

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lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 7:09 pm

Jim,
Ah, to have been out there on that trail...warmth!

Yup, saw the very tiny "her" cyclist...Mom? Sister? stranger?

Hey that 1st pic: lightning strike maybe? what do you think?

Glad you managed to get past those Jumping Chollas...
you're simply collecting those others on your sandals, right?

It must've killed you to leave that big blown-over barrel there.
You DID leave it, didn't you?

Great pics! Thanks.
Barb

teebee · Post by **teebee** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 7:41 pm

lucky1 wrote:Hey that 1st pic: lightning strike maybe? what do you think?

My guess is woodpecker actually apparently there is a variety of woodpecker that targets these large cacti pecks out a home for themselves waits for the hole to callus over and moves in. This looks like an entire Bird condo.

Of course I could be wrong.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Fri Jan 31, 2014 8:43 pm

Huge barrel, I bet it weighs 400-600 lbs. Too bad someone can't replant it.

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 1:16 am

Amazing!!! What a trip! What the South Arizona! What the Cacti! What the Chola Bigelovi....!
Jim, thanks for sharing!!!

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:27 am

Lovely! When were you there?

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 2:42 pm

igor.glukhovtsev wrote: What the Chola Bigelovi....!

I think they might be cholla "fulgida" a close relative of "bigelovii"

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 2:44 pm

I am still here...the girl is a stranger right now...she was a goddess on a bike for sure very impressive
never stopped the whole time I saw her- there are places where you can see people riding for quite a distance...........

The woodpecker is most likely responcible(as mentioned) for the Saguaro and- old age for the big barrel....its still there

lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:24 pm

a stranger right now...she was a goddess on a bike

Get back out there then.

Great pics, keep 'em coming please.

Barb

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sat Feb 01, 2014 7:46 pm

I'll work on it,

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Sun Feb 02, 2014 10:54 am

Jim,
maybe get a telephoto lens?

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 2:45 pm

TerdalFarm wrote:Jim,
maybe get a telephoto lens?

I just need to get faster

TerdalFarm · Post by **TerdalFarm** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 3:11 pm

That is always my motivation.

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:22 pm

DesertZone wrote: I think they might be cholla "fulgida" a close relative of "bigelovii"

Thanks Aaron! Good to know the species name!