{"id":267,"date":"2017-04-04T12:55:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T12:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2017\/04\/04\/mountain-biking-at-usery"},"modified":"2021-10-04T05:38:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T12:38:49","slug":"mountain-biking-at-usery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=267","title":{"rendered":"Mountain biking at Usery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: right;\">In what seems to be a never ending quest to find new things to do here in Arizona, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maricopacountyparks.net\/park-locator\/usery-mountain-regional-park\/\">Usery Mountain Park<\/a> fit the bill last weekend.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">My mountain bikes have looked ever so sad just sitting in my garage, and so to alleviate this problem, I go to hit the gnarly trails at Usery.<a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/30263-g0012228.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/30263-g0012228.jpg?resize=640%2C336&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">Sweet single track sand trails interconnect through this part of the Sonoran desert. 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