Saturday Ride BV 8:00 a.m./STBVF Board Meeting/2nd Gen Jerseys

Saturday Ride, 8:00 a.m., Buena Vista: Hey everyone! Were we ever blessed with a great morning to ride our bikes last Saturday! We caught the very best part of the day with sunshine and temperatures in the 60's during our ride. And then, an hour later? Yeah, the temperature crashed, it got windy, and it rained. Well. Now sometimes the bike gods smile, and sometimes they don't. But somebody did something right for us to get a reward like that. Weren't there? You should have been!

And speaking of rewards . . . did you know that the old Petrified trail isn't named because somebody got scared? Well, we could understand if you did think so given that part of the trail that offers some pretty sudden exposure to heights. But no, that's not it at all. Petrified is actually littered with petrified wood if you know where to go looking. Last weekend our group examined a little stash of it. Really interesting to think about when that area was a lowland swamp!

If you go hunting, please leave this stuff out there for others to enjoy. We want things like this left alone so that future generations can enjoy finding treasures like this as well!

Photo of a nice chunk of petrified wood taken in the

Buena Vista trails on May 3rd, 2025. Photo courtesy

of Carol Godwin.

So what about this weekend? Another great group ride in the Buena is on tap for Saturday, May 10. Meet at 8:00 a.m. ready to ride at the Buena Vista trailhead south of Show Low on highway 60. It is really going to warm up this weekend, so make sure to pack plenty of water. As usual, the ride will run anywhere between twelve and fifteen miles at a nice and friendly social pace. It's a no-drop ride, so come on out and join us!

STBVF Board Elections: One of the things that we are required to do on an annual basis is hold a meeting where we elect officers for the upcoming year. If you'd like to have a say about our leadership or if you are interested in running for a position, please show up at let your voice be heard! Our present Board consists of:

Todd Fernau: President

Jason Moore: Vice-President

Amy Johnson: Treasurer

Dave Moore: Secretary

Mischa Larisch: Member-at-Large

The discussion of elections brings us to:

STBVF Board Meeting, Friday May 9: The STBVF governing board is hosting the non-profit's annual meeting on May 9, 2025. It will start at 7:00 a.m. and be held at the White Mountain Advantage realty office in Show Low. Among other things be discussing all the latest developments in getting the Buena trail plan approved (there have been a lot of them!), discussing the proposed trail naming and trail signage program, as well the second generation STBVF jersey artwork.

Walter cycling past Hole-In-The-Rock. Artwork courtesy of

Debbie Coleman.

Here's the agenda for Friday's meeting:

1.      Call to Order/Roll Call

2.      Officer Reports  

a.)     Treasurer’s Report – Amy Johnson

3. Old Business -- None

4.      New Business

a.      Buena Vista Trail Approval:  Meeting w/USFS 5/1/25: Jason Moore

                                      i.     Paul Hancock overseeing now;

                                      ii.      Status of NEPA Study For Trail Plan;

                                      iii.      Decommissioning of Old Buena Vista

                                      iv.      Trail Naming/Signage

                                      v.     Logan Simpson Study for Murder Hornet

b.      Second Generation STBVF Jerseys:  Jason Moore

c.      EATC Madness – Federal Funding Issues:  Amy Johnson & Jason Moore

d.      Phase II:  Chihuahua Pines proposal to compliment Los Caballos proposal from TRACKS: Jason Moore & Steve Dobbs.

e.      STBVF Board Elections for FY 2025-2026

                                      i.     President

                                      ii.      Vice-President

                                     iii.      Treasurer

                                     iv.      Secretary

                                      v.     Member at Large

4.      Open Agenda Items

5.      Next Meeting Date

6.      Adjourn

TRACKS Trail Work on Saturday: TRACKS is going to be having another Saturday trail work session in the Mountain Meadows and Woodland Lake trail system which is designed to host high school mountain bike races. If you are interested, please show up at the parking lot in Mountain Meadows Park near the cell phone tower.