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The rain last night made for a nice cool morning. Yesterday I saw on the radar and in person that the west side of town was getting pounded by rain. The sky was clear where I was riding in the foothills, but very dark out by the Tucson Mountains. This morning, a rareity: a …. [Continue reading] More rain this evening. This time I took advantage of it and went out for a ride. The air was crisp and the streets fresh. A few people were out enjoying it, but it seemed most people were driving their cars home from work. I waited for at least 2 minutes to cross Grant in …. [Continue reading] It’s raining, almost hard. Last year at this time Coronado National Forest closed to the public due to extreme fire danger. This year, things are looking much better. We completed our first run backpacking trip in the Catalina’s. Right before we left, Terraserver changed its address. All old versions of TopoFusion will no longer download …. [Continue reading] Just got back from a suburban assualt ride. Another cool morning to be thankful for. Things are still clear here and my knee is doing well, so there is much to be grateful for. I flatted in the best possible place along the route. There is a small patch of grass that is shaded by …. [Continue reading] We are nearing the completion of our beta testing phase. The next full release will happen soon. Then we’re going to have to promote it in one way or another. My hatred for advertising and commercialism makes this very difficult for me. But we have simply worked too hard on TopoFusion to not get more …. [Continue reading] Awake @5am. Went off to pick up recently in-town Ahlgren; he is still sporting his mullet. We rode up Cargodera Canyon on FS 643, otherwise known as Sutherland trail. I have never seen a road that is more strewn with rocks. What a devil of a climb! Past Baby Jesus the trail starts to …. [Continue reading] I’m working on more image (map) processing stuff. I’ve added brightness and contrast adjustment. Plus, a new take on overlaying topo on aerials. Combining the images like that leads to some cool and weird looking maps. The topo lines are coming out nicely, though. All this stuff will only be available in “combo” mode. You …. [Continue reading] Tomorrow I’ll be leading a ride called Agua Caliente to Milagrosa for SDMB. It’s a nice little technical climb with a few hike-a-bike sections. I’ve never really heard of anyone riding this trail, but it’s definitely worth it. We’ll connect over to Milagrosa for the last half of its descent. The connector drops into a …. [Continue reading] We’re starting to wrap up the beta and hopefully will be due for a full release soon. Many of the new features are very exciting. In the meantime I have wrapped up school and had family visit. Backtracking… 5/7/03 – Last day of classes. They will be mailing my MS degree this summer. But I …. [Continue reading] Today was the Cinco de Mayo race out near Starr Pass. Hottie, the defending champ, had a horrible race and got beat. She’s been really tired lately, but it’s just how it goes with racing. Bad races suck, but there isn’t much you can do about them. I remember hobbling around last year’s Cinco race, …. [Continue reading] It’s time to begin again, again. I just went out for a short ride and my knee feels like it did two weeks ago. Two days ago I was sitting at this desk when I spun clockwise on my chair, whacking my knee in the process. Of course, it was the same knee and in …. [Continue reading] It’s heating up in Tucson, which is generally bad. But new opportunities are also becoming available: early morning riding. Nothing really compares to quiet desert mornings. I pedaled the standard ‘suburban assault’ road+trail ride this morning. The elder residents of the foothills were out enjoying the morning. I love surprising them with a greeting. …. [Continue reading] The v1.4 beta has been released; send us an email if you would like to test out the new features. It’s strange how enjoyable something can be when you have been deprived of it. The absence, the longing and the suffering add new meaning to a perhaps commonplace activity or opportunity. So it was today, …. [Continue reading] More trail construction on the 50 year trail today. This time it was a 0.5 mile re-route around a wash/archeology site. We had a small but good crew–everyone was there to work, so things went quickly. A few good decisions were made about the trail. We generally tried to keep people on the rocks, …. [Continue reading] Just returned from riding around in some of the suburban washes/trails. We also tested our skills at the Richard “Dick” McGee trailhead along the way. I always get interesting comments from people on the trail. “Bob, let’s watch this guy ride this trail; Go, go, go, he’s going to ride the stairs!” Then I proceed …. [Continue reading] My computer has been resurrected. The power supply burned itself out so now I have a new one. And I learned that P4’s require an extra power cable to the motherboard. Don’t ask me how I qwerty-ized without it for 4 months. I went out with M-R Sadow this afternoon to the 50 year area. …. [Continue reading] Spent the morning putting tool to earth out by the 50 year trail. We were building two new sections of trail, including a link-in to the old Great Pumpkin race course. Of course, we’re only building singletrack that most would call ‘sweet’ (read easy). We had a few debates over sections being too hard …. [Continue reading] Phoenix, the squealer. Unofficial time trial on National Trail from coast to coast. Little riding meant I was totally out of shape, both physically and technically. Still a blast to rock through these trails with a bunch of other good folks. Paula ran all over the place and took pictures of EVERYONE. Pics …. [Continue reading] Here’s a sneak peak at the next update of TopoFusion: Topo and Aerial Map This will all be done on the fly (a slider bar will control how much influence each map type has). We’re setting it up to be as fast as possible, but in general the blending will be done on the fly. …. [Continue reading] My chameleon sits waiting for pedals to be turned and wheels spun. Today I got out to Tucson Mountain Park for an incredible evening ride. I floundered on Tech Pass, both up and down; then flubbed up even easier sections. I was a bit too excited to be out on the trail, at long …. [Continue reading] |
 Scott Digital Nomad, nowhere, USA Lifelong mountain biker, trail mapper and programmer. Sometimes bikepacker, sometimes runner, sometimes packrafter. I love to ride my bike, get out, and explore this beautiful planet we find ourselves on. I live in a 20 foot GeoPro Trailer, traveling about the west. Main author of TopoFusion GPS Software, co-founder of Trackleaders.com. More... Projects / Sites  
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