Wandering around Fantasy Island

After a few days of camping, the wife and I decided to escape to Tucson for the weekend. Both of us were still on vacation, and had an opportunity to stay for nothing.  I had planned during the sabbatical to drive down for the day and do some exploring, and this would kill a few birds at one time.

I decided that my first ride would be around Fantasy Island.  These trails were built by the community, and had hear that they were a fun set of trails that had to be done if in the Tucson area.  That along with Cosmic Ray's identification as a 'Primo Trail', made the decision easy.  Heck Ray ain't wrong...until maybe now.

Fantasy Island is a great place.  It is MTB specif, well maintained, well marked, one way and an incredible place to learn how to ride a mountain bike.  Difficulty can only come through going faster around corners with cactus or pushing the envelope on loose gravel turns.  The lack of any climbing or technical areas really put a damper on this ride.  Heck, the hardest trail for the day was the Lazy River at the Marriott. 

There were a few bonuses for the adventure down here.  The trails are near the Pima Air and Space Museum, and are just to the east of the airplane bone yard.  Cool planes of all types and shapes to see and ogle on the drive...you can't grab any real glimpses of these once you are riding though.  Additionally, there is a live fire training ground for the Air Force nearby, and was able to watch a C-130 'Spooky' bring down some rain!  Trying to watch the planes while riding added to the difficulty of avoiding going through a cactus (which I am a bit famous for doing).

If you want a recovery ride, do something with the family or take a noob out for a ride this is definitely the place to visit.  Enjoy the video.