Simply Golden

Triking on the Old Cross Cut Canal has led to many encounters with two legged and four legged walkers. Jake, Ginger & CJ enjoy the neighborhood proximity of the once canal now park. CJ, who is an ocean girl from California, walks to the Arizona Canal to photograph the sparkle diamond reflections on the flowing water at sunset. You can put a fish in the desert but it's gonna find the water!

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My Your Our Water Love

simple words

primary colors

flowing 

connecting

a perfect pair

Love and Water.

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Market Goers

Morning Triking starts at 2nd and Brown in Old Town Scottsdale. On Saturday mornings this area becomes the site of the well attended Scottsdale Farmer's Market. It was on one of these fabulous Saturday Markets that the we, the Trike and I,  had the good fortune to gain the acquaintance of Alex and Sherrie. While I'd like to say it was my dapper white jumpsuit that garnered their attention, I do believe it was the My Your Our Water sign and their personal connection to water, arts and SRP that lured them into conversation. Alex is a civil engineer armed with a vast knowledge of watery stuffs and Sherrie is a freelance writer rich in arts empathy. Thank you for a well rounded conversation of water and aesthetics.

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Back at Roosevelt

Salt River Project delivers about 800,000 acre-feet of water annually to approximately a 375 square mile service area. The water  managed by SRP travels a long way before it reaches your kitchen sink:

My Your Our Water starts as a water source such as rain or snow, it travels through the forest & watershed, the reservoirs, the dams, the rivers, the canals, it arrives at the various city and municipal partnerships, then makes its way to farms & agricultural areas, and finally is delivered to the end users (aka us!)

Tip Top 

It's never too early or too late to get in shape or stay in shape. Vincent and Juan routinely exercise along the multi use path of the Old Cross Cut Canal. They burn calories, chew the fat, and talk to strangers. Ok, just one stranger on a sparkle blue Trike. Great energy guys!

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It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas

December rain brings saturated color to the desert. Reds and greens and golds all hung with ornamental water droplets. The average annual rainfall for Phoenix, Arizona is 8.04 inches which is 80% less than the national average. Enjoy the gift of desert rain !

East Coast

Some call it the shore while others call it the beach, to one it is simply serenity. This image of Sea Bright Beach in New Jersey was submitted by Evan C. 

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Veritas

This lovely trio was out bright and early on the Arizona Canal womaning the water station for a 5k fund raiser run for Veritas Archway Charter School. Jody, Kate and Janel were responsible for the hydration of hundreds, well maybe not hundreds but A LOT of thirsty people. Hi 5 ladies- H2O never tasted so good!

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Potty Talk

In one year, the average American residence uses over 100,000 gallons of water indoors and outside. More than 45% of that water use occurs in the bathroom, with nearly 27% being used by toilets! Luckily, toilet water usage can be curbed by checking for and fixing leaks, retrofitting older toilets, or installing new toilets. A running toilet can waste about 200 gallons every day. Curious how a single flush can save gallons... ?

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Aloha!

 As it often happens with the Trike, one conversation often attracts a second conversation and so it was this fine afternoon. Meet Kimo, he is Hawaiian and well versed in living a life connected to H2O. He was totally engaged, aware and ready to a have a super solid conversation about water: water rights, water conservation, and water economics. The dialogue flowed easily from one topic to the next and finally docked at a lovely spot of mutual admiration.   Me ka aloha pumehana

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