N'Emonda. Sunny, cool (55) at the early 7 am start, warmed up nicely to the high 70's by ride's end, East/ENE winds at 10-12 mph with gusts up to 15-20 mph. Winds worked out perfectly - a bit of tail wind on the ride down to Aravica, which was mostly uphill. Return into the increasing winds was predominantly downhill after the climb out of town. Gorgeous desert scenery for most of the ride with wide open vistas. Aravica Road has been repaved recently and was some of the best road surface I've ridden since coming to the Tucson area this year. This was a GABA ride, mix of 3 speed groups including mostly Triathletes. I rode with Frank, who I've ridden with once before. We did side by side with a lot of conversation on the trip to Aravica. On the return, Timothy joined us and we had a stupendous 3 way pace line all the way back to Amado doing 3-4 minute pulls each. I felt great today and recorded some good power numbers. Big surprise at the meetup prior to start, recognized some familiar faces from indoor classes at the Bike Rack in St Charles, Illinois - Tom and Debbie. Further coincidence is they live near where I'm staying in Oro Valley. TSS: 147, IF: 77, Avg: 205W, Max: 894W, Norm: 216W, ~2,300 ft climbing.