"A Pinnacle Pathway"

I captured this photo while on an early morning bike ride through Brown’s Desert Ranch (a hiking/biking area in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, in Scottsdale Arizona). Brown's Desert Ranch is not only vast but it's beautiful. The trails meander through lush desert cacti and saguaros while a variety of mountainscapes flank the edges. On this day, I chose to cycle the trails. I store the bike in the back of my Jeep (which I tow behind my RV). I often chuckle, "If I can't drive my RV to a location, then I drive my Jeep. If I can't drive my Jeep to a location, then I ride my bike. If I can't ride my bike, then I have my feet." I love, and am thankful for, that freedom. It was quite some time before the sun rose however, I thoroughly enjoyed the solitude while I cycled and scoped out this location. You can see by the colors in the clouds and the angle of the shadows that this photo was taken right after sunrise (my favorite time of the day, in all regards). The mountain in the background is called, "Pinnacle Peak", a well-known local landmark.