Archive for June, 2011
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Read More..>>1912 Tucson bike tour
Posted by Erik on June 20th, 2011 filed in Joie de vivre
It wasn’t easy to go bike touring in June in Tucson in 1912, but it could be done.
Pair took arduous, 101-mile bike ride
June 11, 1912
With two well-punctured and badly battered bicycles, F.E.A. Kimball and Walter Lovejoy, themselves nearly exhausted after 25 hours of almost continuous travel, returned to Tucson Sunday night after having ridden … [...]
ADOT
Posted by Erik on June 7th, 2011 filed in Preapocalyptic technological dystopia, Slightly off-topic rant, vexation of the spirit
A couple of years ago I had a case in Sells that required me to travel there with maddening frequency.
During my many visits, I got to watch ADOT complete the drainage project portrayed in the photo above. It runs alongside Highway 86, which bisects town in a long, hot swath. I remember thinking [...]