Another exploration of the area to the east of the Empire Mountains on Sun, Dec 27. I just wanted to get all the way to Cienega Creek and back from Old Sonoita Highway and it worked out pretty well.
Parked on Old Sonoita about 1.4 miles from the Highway 83 intersection, there's a wide spot there. Pulled the bike out and rolled back down the hill to where the ATV people park, through the AZ State Land gate and south we went.
The first part is all rollers and rollers, then it flattens out a little bit. It's just miles of pretty empty country back there with the occasional ATV. For a Sunday it was really pretty empty. Maybe one ATV in the morning and two or three in the afternoon as I was heading back, so not too bad.
The whole thing was rideable, even for me, except for one or two wash descents that I walked down and tried to climb out of on the other side but stalled.
Got to the sheets of metal hanging in the middle of Cienega creek, had a little something to eat and headed back. Ended up with about 5 hours of riding more or less, 3700 feet of climbing and 25 miles. Think it's on Strava at https://www.strava.com/activities/4527245912
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