Fwd: Post for angels. AJ, Az to Dekalb, Il

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From: ROBERT KEELER <rfxk@aol.com>
Date: Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 6:39 PM
Subject: Post for angels. AJ, Az to Dekalb, Il
To: Paul Breuklander <pbreuklander1@gmail.com>

Hi Paul


Left our condo in Apache Junction on Monday, June  6 and headed toward Kayenta Az. It was hotter than hell north of Flagstaff going through the desert we arrived at Kayenta and spent the night.
We left Tuesday morning and headed for four corners. Stopped there, saw the monument, and can now say we have been there. No need to go back.   Left the monument and headed for Durango to spend the night.
On Wednesday we rode the Durango Silverton narrow gauge railroad powered by a steam engine. Round-trip was a total day experience. Was an enjoyable and interesting ride.
Thursday morning we headed out on the million dollar Highway going from Durango through Silverton, Ourey and then to Montrose. Our objective was to get to Buena Vista to spend the night. We headed east on highway 50. We got about 25 miles out of town and came to a flag man who said the road was closed. We could either wait for the Row to open at 5:30 or we could take a detour that should only  take an hour. We took the detour, back to Montrose, north to Delta, then east on Highway 95 which would take us back to Highway 50. The curves on Highway 95 made the million dollar highway look like a freeway.  We eventually completed the detour and got to our hotel about 730 at night after a long days ride.

Friday morning we headed for Colorado springs, we went to the Air Force Academy. it is a beautiful and very large campus. It must be 10 or 15 miles from one end to the other. We wanted to see the chapel at the Academy , but it was closed for renovation and won't be finished until 2028.  There were a lot of other interesting things to see and we checked out some of them.
Spent the night in Colorado springs and then Saturday morning we headed for Arapahoe Nebraska. It was a 300 mile ride and the temperatures were high 90s and 100 quite a bit of the ride.The only reason we were staying at Arapahoe was that it had a motel in town when I was looking at a map to try to figure out where we were going. The town might have had a motel, but there were no restaurants. The only place in town to get any food was a subway shop. So much for having a good meal that night.
Plans for our trip included going to Saint Joseph Missouri for a night and then to Hannibal Missouri for a night before heading home.I  in
It was over 100 and pretty uncomfortable. We made an executive decision to skip our back road sightseeing trip and just beat her ass for home. We left Arapahoe on Sunday morning and headed for Highway 80, we ran about 380 miles and got to Des Moines Iowa.
Left Des Moines early this morning and headed for home, ran into rain and had to put on rain suits. Rain lasted for about 70 miles and then we had dry pavement. Got home at Dekalb, Il at 11:30 this morning.
Total miles for the trip 2,040
Miles AJ to home normally 1,730

All in all it was a great ride.
Bob & Lin Keeler
I would like to thank all the angels for all the great rides, friendship, and camaraderie over the years.  Hope you all get in some good riding over the summer.  Be safe and keep the shiny side up.  See you next December.

For the Harley Trike owners:  My gas mleage for the last 800 miles was only about 25 mpg. Don't know if it was caused by the bike being loaded down, strong winds encountered, or speed, a lot of 75 to 85 on freeways and back roads.
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