We rode where?

Howardr · Post by **Howardr** » Sun Jan 31, 2016 4:29 am

A couple of friends and I rode to tiny 11 Mile Corner, AZ yesterday. We discovered strangely organized roads, an old post office, a German POW Camp and learned about gourds. Plus, we had a great 10 mile ride. Here is my blog post about it:

http://skyislandriders.com/?p=1926

I hope you enjoy it. We did.
Howard

az_slynch · Post by **az_slynch** » Sun Jan 31, 2016 7:05 am

It was good riding and a great day to be out. Lots of other genial two wheelers and trikes out enjoying the day as well.

I think we covered more than ten miles.

Either my odometer's a huge fibber, or I clocked 160 miles from home to Coolidge and back.

The pic with the Yager looked weird because I was working on unzipping the underarm vents on my Corazzo Speedway. I look like I belong in a Laurel and Hardy skit.

viney266 · Post by **viney266** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 4:58 pm

Okay, today it decided to let me open it. It was grumpy last night.

Pretty cool stuff. Those manholes, wow. keep an eye out for THOSE.

bgwss · Post by **bgwss** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 6:23 pm

Very interesting ride!!

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 7:50 pm

You can almost imagine how this got started.

"Honey, I want to build a neighborhood that's in the shape of a hendecagon on the back 40 up there at 11-mile Corner. What do you think?"

"Well, dear, as you know the 32.7272... recurring decimal angles of a hendecagon would be nearly impossible to plot back there, how about nested hexagons?"

wheelbender6 · Post by **wheelbender6** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 3:55 pm

I did some land surveying in the 11 Mile area about a decade ago, as AZ DOT planned to widen the highway and enlarge some intersections. I wish I had known about the POW camp back then. I was locating (with an electronic locator) underground utilities (mostly water lines) that seemed to go nowhere, ending suddenly near no structures. Makes more sense, now.

az_slynch · Post by **az_slynch** » Thu Feb 11, 2016 1:47 am

wheelbender6 wrote:I did some land surveying in the 11 Mile area about a decade ago, as AZ DOT planned to widen the highway and enlarge some intersections. I wish I had known about the POW camp back then. I was locating (with an electronic locator) underground utilities (mostly water lines) that seemed to go nowhere, ending suddenly near no structures. Makes more sense, now.

You missed out on the Corona satelie calibration targets around Casa Grande. Or The Domes!

We have all sorts or weird stuff out in Dirtlandistan.

wheelbender6 · Post by **wheelbender6** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 5:14 pm

"You missed out on the Corona satelie calibration targets around Casa Grande. Or The Domes! "
Good stuff. I didn't see those targets but I occasionally ran across an old Nike missile site. Cool cold war stuff.