Thursday Kanab to Midway Utah

Ah what another fantastic day on a bike.  300 miles with temperatures from 60 to 86, mostly light wind and sunshine.

Morning scenery following the Sevier river

Heading from Provo to Midway

Meeting old friends at the Rally

Weds ride: Phoenix to Kanab Utah

What a wonderful day to ride.  Sunny and great temperatures.  Had lunch in Cameron with Bob and Gail Johnson.  Then into Kanab by 5, overall about 350 mile trip with the highest elevation found at Jacobs lake at 7900 feet and 64 degrees!   On to Midway Utah tomorrow.  Another 350 miles.

Bike before we left and then coffee under the pines in Flagstaff:

Heading towards the Vermillion Cliffs:

Heading out of the mountains into Kanab

May 22, getting ready for Utah mountains

Tuesday afternoon here and we are almost done with trip prep.   We are taking the 2015 Triumph Tiger 800 on this trip, our modern bike :).  Lucy, the best dog in the world, is at the spa, the bike has new tires, and we have test fitted our packed luggage and we can close the lids!  

Weather reports have been checked and it appears that while weather gods might poop on us towards the end of the trip, the first part looks excellent....We leave tomorrow morning.   Plan is to get to Kanab, Utah tomorrow, then end up in Midway Utah (5,500 feet in the mountains outside SLC) the next day.  Tomorrow’s plan:  we will likely stop in Flagstaff for gas and a break...then stop for lunch in Cameron (home of a great Navaho taco place as well as a great Indian jewelry store) and get into Kanab for dinner and the night.   Will valiantly attempt to take photos, get a wireless connection at the hotel in Kanab and post the blog update tomorrow night.  

April Route 66 bike ride...April 6-7

Earlier in the week, Stu went through our 1976 Honda Gold Wing from stem to stern.  Part of the work was to swap in a Comstar rim (and tubeless tire) for the original gold anodized rear spoke wheel (and tube tire).

Photo is mid-swap. 

Friday we drove from our home to scenic Needles, California.  Hotter than Hades almost...97.

Saturday, the Vintage Japanese Bike club gathered in Topock before setting out for the ride through the hills to Oatman, Az, then on to Kingman Az for lunch.   We stopped at the Route 66 museum in Kingman for the Tour El Grande, had lunch, then back to the motel in Needles.   Since it was over 100 in Needles, with the usual Mohave Desert 25-40 mph winds, we headed home that afternoon.   We got home at 10:30 pm Saturday night...over 650 miles in two days on a 42 year old machine.   Pretty good for us old folks :)

Pima Air museum in Tucson visit

Our third visit to this museum in 25 years.   First visit in the 1980’s and most of the planes were in the desert...fast forward to last week, the place has eight buildings and the fields are still full of really great aircraft.  Worth a trip to Tucson.

Sunday’s Vintage Bike show at the Shriners Auditorium

We worked the VJMC tent at this annual bike show.  A few photos below.  Good to see old friends and even older bikes :)

Sunday ride home

We decided to pass on the early morning ride to the beach...since we are from Arizona, the thought of driving in the mist and 62 degree temperatures seemed too much like work ;).  We also realized that heading home to Arizona on Sunday meant we would miss Monday am Los Angeles rush hour traffic.  So home we came.  

Added a few more photos from our weekend along with a closing note.

We made it home by 6 pm, and picked our dog up from the doggie penitentiary this morning (Monday).   Great weekend, and a wonderful event organized by Jack Stein, Bob Leonard and their VJMC folks.