Thursday, 7 October 2010

Tornados and a Meteor

The dawn of day 106 showed us something I have never seen before. Jackie and I have were staying in Flagstaff and the weather was not good. It was very dark, raining, sometimes with hailstones and it was very windy. A check of the weather forecast and morning news showed us that two tornados had touched...

Wednesday, 6 October 2010

Sturgis Rally Accident

While near the Sturgis Rally, I joined a long queue of vehicles passing a traffic accident site. The emergency services were on the scene and a motorcycle rider had tragically lost his life as a result of the accident. I wrote about this on my blog and speculated about how the accident may have happened.Yesterday I was contacted by the wife of the fallen rider who said some negative things about that...

Tuesday, 5 October 2010

Betty Boop Arrives!

One of the Blogs I read often is “Road King Classic” by Axel. A little while ago he wrote about making covers for his Sat Nav bracket when the unit isn’t mounted on there.Axel told me he had sent me something in the post. Well, that has arrived and I opened the package to find a Betty Boop cover for...

Practising Synchronised Mating Calls....

Rather than stay in Kingman, I had found on the Internet a place in the Hualapai Mountains that looked interesting. It has just 8 rooms and promised a relaxed environment with great views. It didn’t fail to deliver and the rooms were some of the best I have stayed in. It has a great bar, nightlife and...

Sunday, 3 October 2010

Get Your Kicks.....

Yesterday we rode from Prescott to Kingman, on a route that took in part of Route 66, the Mother Road.Early in our journey we saw this car, that made us laugh!....I don’t really know what to make of Route 66. Part of me was excited to ride on this road and like many things that you haven’t yet experienced,...