GRAND CANYON SCOOTER TOUR

WE JUST COMPLETED OUR FOUR AND A HALF DAY, 938 MILE TOUR TO THE GRAND CANYON ON OUR MOTORCYCLES AND SCOOTER. THERE WERE SIX OF US.

WE HAD THREE BIKES AND THE RIALTA FOR A CHASE VEHICAL.

DAY #1

WE TRAVELLED FROM SHOW LOW, AZ TO CHINLE, AZ IN THE NAVAJO NATION. STOPS INCLUDED THE PETRIFIED FOREST, THE PAINTED DESERT, AND CANYON DE CHELLY.

 

DAY #2

FROM CHINLE TO KAYENTA, AZ WITH STOPS AT THE FOUR CORNERS, AND MONUMENT VALLEY.

HERE IS MARY IN ALL FOUR STATES (ARIZONA, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, AND UTAH) AT ONCE.

 

DAY #3

WE DID A THREE MILE HIKE ALONG THE SOUTH RIM OF THE GRAND CANYON. OF COURSE WE HAD TO GET PICTURES OUT ON THE ROCK POINTS WHERE THERE ARE NO GUARD RAILS.

THAT’S US, IN THE CENTER OF THE PICTURE JUST INCHES FROM THE EDGE.

 

DAY #4

FLAGSTAFF, OAK CREEK CANYON, SEDONA, VERDE VALLEY, AND PAYSON. OF COURSE NO TRIP TO SEDONA WOULD BE COMPLETE WITHOUT STOPPING AT CHURCH.

DAY #5

BROUGHT US BACK UP THE MOGOLLON RIM TO SHOW LOW.

THANKS TO MY BROTHERS AND WIVES FOR MAKING THE LONG TRIP FROM WISCONSIN FOR THE TOUR. I STILL HAVE THAT BIG SMILE ON MY FACE FROM THE FANTASTIC ADVENTURE.

LOT’S OF BROTHERLY BONDING AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW STORIES TO TELL DURING COCKTAILS.

NEXT UP, WE’RE OFF TO THE BEACH………

OKTOBERFEST

NO WE’RE NOT IN LA CROSSE FOR THE REAL OKTOBERFEST,BUT WENT ON A SCOOTER RUN TODAY OUT TO OVERGAARD FOR WHAT THEY CALLED OKTOBERFEST. THEY HAD A BEER GARDEN,

WITH LIVE MUSIC ON THE BANDSTAND, AND I HAD A DELICIOUS GERMAN BRAT WITH COOKED ONIONS ON A HARD ROLL.

YOU CAN’T REALLY TELL, BUT THAT’S MARY STAIGHT AHEAD WITH A PURPLE CAP ON. SHE JOINED ME TODAY ON MY SCOOTER ADVENTURE OF 80 MILES ROUND TRIP AND WE WERE BUSY TESTING A NEW HELMET TO HELMET COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE FOR THE BIG TRIP NEXT WEEK.

  “SUNNY & 80”

HAWLEY LAKE

 

I HAD THE SCOOTER OUT FOR AN 85 MILE RUN IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. I CHECKED ON HAWLEY LAKE WHICH I HADN’T VISITED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE THE LAKE HAD BEEN COMPLETLY DRAINED FOR REPAIRS. IT WAS NICE TO SEE IT REFILLED. THE NINE MILE ROAD INTO HAWLEY LAKE IS A BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN ROAD COMPLETE WITH TWISTIES. FUN !!!

I ALSO ROAD BY HORSESHOE LAKE AND MADE A STOP AT A-1 LAKE. HUNTER, I FOUND THE STORY ON THE NAMING OF A-1 LAKE.

This waterway was named in honor of the great Apache scout, Chief Alchesay, whose native name proved so difficult for U.S. Army officials to pronounce that they simply referred to him as A-1. The label stuck and became his official U.S. Cavalry serial number. I can't think of a more fitting moniker for this waterway-often the first White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation reservoir seen by anglers. It's most befitting of a scout.

   “SUNNY & 80”

SALT RIVER CANYON

THE SALT RIVER CANYON HAS BEEN ON MY LIST FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND AS THE SUMMER COMES TO CLOSE WE FINALLY TOOK THE ROAD TRIP TO GLOBE, AZ THRU THE CANYON. WE CHICKEN OUT AND TOOK THE CAR INSTEAD OF THE SCOOTER.

THE CANYON IS DEEP AND BEAUTIFUL,

WE FOUND A BURGER AND A BEER DOWNTOWN GLOBE AT THE DRIFT INN.

ONLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS LEFT UNTIL OUR BIG SCOOTER TRIP, I HOPE WE’RE READY…..