The real world calls once again so it's time to stow my bike back in its 5'x8' cell until my next opportunity. I've put 6,000 miles on the bike since starting out here in November so it's time for some maintenance anyways, and with the storm that just ripped across the area I suspect most of the trails that I would like to explore are going to be either snowed in or drowned in mud. When I return I think it will be time to set my sights elsewhere, perhaps further north for the summer. It will be a nice change, not having to shake the frost off my sleeping bag in the morning.

I'm not entirely sure why but I started taking more pictures of bridges that usual on this trip, starting with the arch bridge over the Roosevelt Reservoir, continuing with another along Oak Creek Canyon, and again with an old disused suspension bridge from the early 1900's. I suppose even the natural bridges count in a way. So, to wrap this trip up, here are a bunch of pictures of bridges, man-made or otherwise, from Phoenix through southern Utah.

Tags: Red Roamer, Colorado Plateau, Natural Bridges National Monument