Arrived in Flagstaff this afternoon for the start of my personal Tour de Arizona. Cool mountain air and sunny skies. I kinda don't want to leave, but the road beckons. I am planning to head down Oak Creek Canyon through Sedona and Cottonwood, then up and over the mountain through Jerome and on to Prescott. From Prescott, will continue to follow US89A over the Bradshaw mountains and down to Wickenburg. The last day will be through the desert and across Phoenix bac...

Many people leave their jobs and decide to spend their time traveling. Some fly from place to place, some drive from hotel to hotel, and some get an RV and live on the road for weeks or months at a time. But in these recessionary-times with gas at $4/gal, none of those options seem very economically feasible. So in this time of high prices, global warming and an ever increasingly eco-green environment, what's a newly 'retired' guy to do? Buy a new bicycle, of co...