Congratulations on your memory, and thanks for this comment as it prompted me to reread this post. Another astonishing day I’d have forgotten so much of by now if I hadn’t written it down. The new car is still a winner btw, and knows its it’s own name because I branded it with an identifying license plate: A RAVEN.

It's been a year but what the heck. Sometimes reviving old posts is a spur to revisit memories.

Until this moment I could recite my Illinois driver's license number, last current in 1987, because I wrote it or saw it written on so many checks way back when. It may come back to me as soon as I stop trying to remember it.

My MD driver's license number DID change last spring when I renewed, because the formula used on RealID compliant documents is different from what Maryland used previously. The latest renewal is up to RealID specs.

I make a point of memorizing the info for my preferred credit card (the only one I use unless there's an emergency where it won't work) in case it's lost or stolen.

Thanks, Scott!

Let’s see now (opens conversion app), 62 miles is 100 km almost exactly. Yes I did, several times, but never with that particular intention.

Maybe next year I’ll do 101.4 km and celebrate somehow.

Hey, Happy Birthday! I don’t recall - did you bike your age last spring as you suggested you might?

Oops. I see I didn’t reply to this. I’m sorry. The 20 mile segment between Sonoita and Whetstone is some of my least favorite in the area. High speed traffic and little shoulder. It’s rideable, we did it this trip, it just wasn’t fun.

I would like to ride from Sonoita TO Sierra Vista via Canola Pass. People with out of state drivers licenses can only get a one month pass. Which means we could make that trip sometime before December 27th, which is unlikely.

This is exactly where the tractor and wagon have a Christmas display that I have a photograph of in yesterday’s journal.

Thanks, Scott!

I’m not certain where this one was, but here’s an NPS with a map to a few in both the east and west units. Good luck! https://www.nps.gov/sagu/planyourvisit/upload/Crested-saguaro_RMD.pdf

I would love to see one of these in person when we're in Tucson! Was the hike to see this one listed at the park visitor center?

I wondered if you might make it down there. Have a great time! I hope we make it back there ourselves before long. We considered it for this winter, but I think we’d be too late in the year. Right now seems like it would be about perfect.

Hey Scott! Guess we're we landed yesterday? Yup - St. George! This was an unexpected change of plans as we need to replace a furnace switch in a warmer climate. We'll be here for 3 more days, so I've been rereading your coverage of biking in the area. I think we can easily access the trail to Snow Canyon right next to the Elks lodge where we are camped. The other trails you described also sound great. Of course, we'll have to climb back to here if we drop down to the river!

Hey there! I’ve been following your travels wondering if you’d make it out this way. Good luck with the smoke! Our rides are all in the Palouse section of last year’s Northwest Passages: Riding Out the Storm journal: https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/austintoalbuquerque/.

Don’t miss the Trail of the Coeur d’Alene, particularly the stretch from below Plummer to about Medimont. I’d love to ride this trail again. Also, even if you don’t feel up for the climb at least drive up to Steptoe Butte for the views.

Scott - we're camped now in Heyburn StatePark in Idaho and I was trying to find the journal where you posted all of those nice rides near Plummer/Pullman in the Palouse area of Washington?

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I suspect you already saw it from the best angle.