Spring Break 2007 was sweet! Me (emma), Tsering, and our travel buddy/ fellow racer Maureen all took off from Berkeley crammed into our Subaru to spend a week riding, racing, 
and exploring in Arizona. The drive was pretty long, but not too bad (save the horrendous gas prices!). We got to smell some delicious and amazing orange tree blossoms heading towards AZ from SoCal- it was heavenly! We had planned on driving straight through to Flagstaff, but ending up crashing out for a couple hours at a truck stop and rolling into Flag early tues morning. Tsering and I had a friend, Linden, who raced with us in the collegiate series who we knew had moved to Flagstaff. We quickly called up the shop she worked at, found she was working that day, and stopped by to 
surprise her. She was definitely shocked to see us out of no where! It was an incredibly windy, blustery day in Flagstaff, and quite cold as well. We were determined to go on a ride though and Linden hooked us up with a deal on a map and routed out a sweet ride for us. We headed off into the hills and changed in the parking lot while the winds picked it. It was so windy that there were 
massive clouds of dust swirling the car and getting stuck in my chapstick. Regardless, we took off and the riding was insane! Very technical, with lots of climbs, rocky descents, and elevation gain! We were all low on sleep and un-acclimated to the high elevation, so the ride that was
supposed to take us 2 hours, took a LOT longer. We ended up turning around, worried that it would get dark on us, and on our way home, it started SNOWING! Light gusts of powdery snow 
were rapidly covering the mountain. It was soo beautiful! Being from Ca, seeing snow is a special treat, so we stopped to take some pictures before hurrying to the car. Please note that Tsering was wearing full street clothes for this ride- that's because we thought AZ was supposed to be sunny, so none of us brought warm cycling gear- silly us!
and exploring in Arizona. The drive was pretty long, but not too bad (save the horrendous gas prices!). We got to smell some delicious and amazing orange tree blossoms heading towards AZ from SoCal- it was heavenly! We had planned on driving straight through to Flagstaff, but ending up crashing out for a couple hours at a truck stop and rolling into Flag early tues morning. Tsering and I had a friend, Linden, who raced with us in the collegiate series who we knew had moved to Flagstaff. We quickly called up the shop she worked at, found she was working that day, and stopped by to 
surprise her. She was definitely shocked to see us out of no where! It was an incredibly windy, blustery day in Flagstaff, and quite cold as well. We were determined to go on a ride though and Linden hooked us up with a deal on a map and routed out a sweet ride for us. We headed off into the hills and changed in the parking lot while the winds picked it. It was so windy that there were 
massive clouds of dust swirling the car and getting stuck in my chapstick. Regardless, we took off and the riding was insane! Very technical, with lots of climbs, rocky descents, and elevation gain! We were all low on sleep and un-acclimated to the high elevation, so the ride that was
supposed to take us 2 hours, took a LOT longer. We ended up turning around, worried that it would get dark on us, and on our way home, it started SNOWING! Light gusts of powdery snow 
were rapidly covering the mountain. It was soo beautiful! Being from Ca, seeing snow is a special treat, so we stopped to take some pictures before hurrying to the car. Please note that Tsering was wearing full street clothes for this ride- that's because we thought AZ was supposed to be sunny, so none of us brought warm cycling gear- silly us!
Our plan was to camp the whole time we were on our spring break road trip, but once we got back into town and the temperature continued to drop and the snow kept on falling, it became clear that we would have to get a hotel that night. We found a sweet deal on a place, cranked the heater on full blast, and slept like babies.
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