It’s Better Than Grand!

Grand isn’t a good enough world to describe the Grand Canyon. It understates the magnificence of what nature can produce. I don’t use the word awesome much, but I will this time – the Grand Canyon truly is awesome.When you first look over the rim, it takes your breath away. You simply stand there trying...

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Way Behind and a Lost Hour.

Two days ago I took Jackie to Phoenix so she could get a flight home.We had a great 2 weeks travelling on the bike together. Despite the cold, rain, near tornadoes and hail, she did brilliantly on the bike and didn’t complain about the discomforts at all. Of course, now she has gone, the weather...

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Yabba Dabba-Doo

Day 107 saw us heading off to what was surely going to be one of the highlights of the tour – The Grand Canyon. It was a chilly day as we headed north and went to have a look at the Arizona Snowbowl which is just north of Flagstaff. We rode up the road that climbs the side of Humphreys Peak and we felt...

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20,000 Miles?

When I planned my tour, I calculated I would do about 15,000 miles in total.As I have already done that amount, I guess I have taken a few too many detours, side trips and back roads! It is all too tempting to just turn off and go and explore!I have looked again at what the mileage might be when I finish...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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