Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Riding with Frank

Last night (Tuesday) we visited some friends who were in from Indianapolis that we met while we were on our honeymoon. Turns out they got married on the same day and picked Young Island as their honeymoon destination as well. They're super cool people and we really enjoyed spending time with them both last night & 8 years ago. So the girls had both read a book in their respective "book clubs" about Wright's story and the subject of his Scottsdale home came up. They run tours through it and it's called Taliesin West. After hearing the story of his brutal life, I too was intrigued.

Anywhoo, in an effort to mentally and emotionally prepare for the rest of the week, I decided to take a little bike ride this morning. Some two wheeled meditation, we'll call it. I headed up the canal path closest to my house and decided that since the wind was blowing North to South, I'd continue further North than I normally would and take advantage of the tail wind. As I was about to turn North, my saddle shifted a little. Luckily, I always carry my multi-tool so after my turn, I found a place to readjust and tighten it. I'm sitting there on the little planter box working on my saddle when a guy pulls up heading out of the trailer park stops, rolls down his window, and asks "do you know where Frank Lloy Wright's house is?" How strange is that? Until last night, I didn't even know there was a Taliesin West. Something in the universe is telling me that I need to go see that house. I don't know why, but for it to come up twice in as many days...I guess I gotta go.

Useless ride stats:
Distance - 25.13 miles
Time- 1:28
Avg Speed- 17.1mph (damn wind)

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