Blue's Angels Updates - Alpine Outing

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Alpine Outing - we are home!

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Day three of our overnight to Alpine Arizona is now complete and what a wonderful time we had. I can testify that Mike and Charmaine are super traveling companions. They fill your days with smiles and good memories. Both Wanda and I feel blessed that they were able to get away and share this experience.

My morning began with a peek through the curtains to see if there were blue, or cloudy skies and it was great news… Clean blue everywhere. Makes a guy want to get his jeans and boots on and proceed to get the day started. When I stepped outside, Mike had already pulled the cover from his bike and a close inspection of my cover showed evidence of morning frost. It was still pretty cool, but not uncomfortably so. Our plan was to be on the road by 7:30 and we managed that, with many minutes to spare.

We decided that instead of having breakfast locally, we would ride up to Springerville to find a dining establishment. We settled on Booga Red’s Restaurant and it turned out to be a good choice. They were pretty proud of many of their items. Oatmeal was $4.50 a bowl.. wow…. But, we found items that fit our budget and filled our bellies.

Before departing for home, we decided to find the high school that the plane flew into last Friday. We did, but did not stop, as there were police guarding all of the access streets. It obviously did a great deal of damage and the school is not all that old.

Our route today would take us West on 260 to McNary and then South on 73 over to 60S. That took us around Show Low and through the Apache Indian Reservation. It was a nice ride and pleasant change of scenery. We stopped a couple of time on the way back, once for a potty break at the junction of 73 & 60, then for a scenery break at the vista view point in the Salt River Canyon and then, one last stop for fuel at the Shell Station in Globe.

The trip home included sightings of antelope and deer, as well as a number of domesticated breeds. The temperature ranged from 49 at the outset to low 80’s on arrival here.

GPS statistics:

Miles Ridden: 235.5
Average Speed: 52.6 mph
Maximum Speed 76.6 mph
Time riding: 4 hours 26 minutes

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7/13/2010

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