Rode my bike to Shoshone point, but there was a Ranger meeting in progress, so I turned around. Then rode to Yaki Point. One of the men off the suttle bus suggested that it was a "hard ride". I agreed. Why not?

They are tearing up the landscape by the Visitor Center, probably for the new parking lot. Part of the Greenway is closed, so I had to ride on the road. The lot for the Kaibab shuttle is closed. It was only open a few months, and it was nice to be able to park there and jump onto the green line. No more, alas. Now one has to catch the bus at Yavapai and then switch over to the green line, which usually takes up to an hour.

The parking lot at SK has been closed for years now. It used to be open in the winter, but then the rangers noticed that when it was closed,their SAR calls dropped more than in half. I guess when people wander down the BA, there are amenities like water and phones and rangers, but when they wander down the SK there is nothing but trouble.