Yuxi City Limits

I wish the weather had been better, but a promise is a promise, even to oneself. I was out the door at 9:15 this morning and headed north for the Yuxi city limits on the Mikey Bike. Yuxi is not a big city, so after only about twenty minutes of riding I was out in the near-countryside.

I was still very much in sight of the city, but the immediate scenery was quite different.


I passed by various kinds of housing, ranging from older brick row houses to more recent construction that had an almost suburban feel.


There was even a new upscale development, complete with garages. There were hundreds of units here, and from the look of things only a dozen or so were occupied.

As I continued on, the pavement turned to red clay and rocks and the scenery turned to abandoned industrial plants and derelict housing. I spent a lot of time poking around the ruins.





There were some operational sand and gravel plants, but they were also old and pretty beat.

I caught one of the workers doing bong hits on the job.


People around there were curious but friendly. Two times when people saw me dismount the bike, they came over and asked me if I needed help. I wanted to go on, but I was worried about the Mikey Bike’s tires. They are old and almost bald and I feared getting a flat on the increasingly rough gravel road. Things got pretty muddy and slippery, too.

I decided, reluctantly, not go on. I didn’t get nearly as far as I’d hoped. I made it to this point, turned around, and headed home.

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Later today, I am heading back to Yuxi Bike to get some new and more robust tires. There will be other journeys.