{"id":546,"date":"2018-08-07T03:13:21","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T03:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=546"},"modified":"2018-08-07T03:29:43","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T03:29:43","slug":"on-the-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/08\/07\/on-the-border\/","title":{"rendered":"On the border&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You ask Why.\u00a0 I ask Why not?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_547\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-547\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-547\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5786-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5786-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5786-600-300x137.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mural in Why.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_548\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-548\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-548\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5790-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5790-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5790-600-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More Why art.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Whoa, it&#8217;s toasty&#8230;as in 112 degrees Fahrenheit.\u00a0 The folks out here are complaining about the humidity, but it feels dry as a bone to me.\u00a0 Certainly less humidity than we&#8217;re getting in So Cal, and way, way less than in other parts of the US. \u00a0 The drill today was Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Ajo, and Why, Arizona (Ajo means garlic in Spanish, in case you were wondering, but I didn&#8217;t see a single one).<\/p>\n<p>We were right on the border in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, and we opted for\u00a0 the 21-mile dirt road loop into the Ajo Mountains.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-549\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-549\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5799-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5799-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5799-600-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Awesome. South of Ajo, south of Why, and right on the border.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_550\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-550\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-550\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5817-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5817-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5817-600-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One mile. I didn&#8217;t to go any further because I didn&#8217;t know if I&#8217;d be able to turn around.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_551\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-551\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-551\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5822-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5822-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5822-600-190x300.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yep. The real deal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_552\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-552\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-552\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5837-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5837-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5837-600-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The star of the show, the Organ Pipe cactus. They grow here and no place else on Earth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-553\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-553\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5846-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5846-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5846-600-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our route&#8230;.a 21-mile round trip through the Ajo Mountains. It was beautiful.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After the ride through Organ Pipe, we settled into Ajo for the evening. \u00a0 It&#8217;s a cool place, even though it&#8217;s still 109 outside.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_554\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-554\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-554\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5872-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5872-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/20180806_5872-600-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">They like murals in Arizona. It&#8217;s a photographer&#8217;s paradise.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And that&#8217;s it for tonight. I noticed there were a couple of questions and comments on the ebikes (thanks very much for posting those). I&#8217;ll do my best to get answers for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You ask Why.\u00a0 I ask Why not? Whoa, it&#8217;s toasty&#8230;as in 112 degrees Fahrenheit.\u00a0 The folks out here are complaining about the humidity, but it feels dry as a bone to me.\u00a0 Certainly less humidity than we&#8217;re getting in So Cal, and way, way less than in other parts of the US. \u00a0 The drill &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2018\/08\/07\/on-the-border\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;On the border&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[96,89],"tags":[117,119,11,120,118],"class_list":["post-546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feel-good-stuff","category-motorcycle-adventure-ride","tag-ajo","tag-arizona","tag-mexico","tag-organ-pipe-cactus-national-monument","tag-why"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6334,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546\/revisions\/6334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}