Seven blues Angels bikes, with eight riders assembled at the Chevron today amid warm sunny weather like we have enjoyed all season in other years. There were lots of stories to share about home and future destinations as the group got ready to ride. Dennis is planning a trip from here to Kansas to Georgia and Florida, then to Maine and return in April and May. He became the leader today with Paul as the tailgunner on the way out; Paul took the lead going home with Lionel on the tail. We chose to ride to Sunnyside Up near Tucson, with the return via the Copper Corridor East(177), and turning left at Winkelman.
The flower season is still ahead of us according to local news sources, and we can see it now on our rides. Only today are the mountain slopes turning yellow, although the road sides have been blue and orange for sometime. As we rode south to higher elevations on the 79, the desert appeared browner and dryer. On our return trip, the stream bed north of Mammoth turned greener with decreased elevation – perhaps spring is coming.
The sunny side up waitresses were ready for us and the usual good breakfast appeared quickly. Two bikes left early for other events while the main group headed to Winkelman and superior where we filled with gas at one dollar less per gallon than the Chevron.
Customers were still coming to the Renaissance Festival at 1:30, while others are already leaving on this, there last weekend.
We arrived at GV at 1:45, with 185 miles at average speed and 53 in 3.25 hours lab time. I hope next weeks trip will include riding along Roosevelt Lake. We need to keep track of the new record Highwater.
Phil .
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