The Hermit Road is now open, so we rode bikes instead of hiking. The road is a lot smoother and seems a bit wider, but maybe that is just the fact that they painted shoulder lines. A lot of the roads is still too narrow for a bus and a bike, particularly since the buses aren't allowed to cross the line, so they crowd bikes off. Bikes are supposed to dismount and pull to the side, but some of the shoulders are still about a 50 degree angle and a little hard to clamber down and back up,even on a mountain bike.

They paved some of the old road east of Pima point just for bikers and hikers and that was nice. We'd already walked it when it was dirt. Met Nancy, the retired school librarian. Some people just can't stay away.

The road was open to cars Sunday, which reminds one why it usually is not. People stopping in the middle of the road rather than get out of the car to see something. People turning around in the middle of the road rather than drive to the next pull out. But at least they weren't writing their names on the rocks...yet.