100 miles up Mount Lemmon and back on 20-year-old Ducati

Vail, AZ

Rode my 2000 Ducati ST2 motorcycle up Mount Lemmon near Tucson, Ariz. The mountain road just recently opened back up after a fire burned out over 100,000 acres. The town of Summerhaven was not affected by the fire directly, but business has suffered not only due to the pandemic but also loss of business while the fire burned (several weeks of closure of the only paved road), and now the closure of the hiking trails and campgrounds due to fire damage. It was an eye-opener to see the brush and timber-covered trails I have hiked many times now exposed to view from on high. The good news is that green has already started to appear in the newly open areas.

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