What a weekend!! Our entire group, including the ladies, gathered together in Arizona from Thursday 4/26 to Monday 4/30 for one of our best times together ever. The trip began as we met at Pat’s house, packed up the truck and fired up the Harley Davidson iron horses. After picking up Rob, we jammed out to Dale and Jane’s in Bullhead City, AZ. That evening, Dale put on a little (nerdy) presentation about the ride he planned to “Standing on a Corner Park” in Winslow, Arizona. When he showed the trip map with 480 total miles and 8 hours of riding, there were a few raised eyebrows for sure, but unanimous excitement! Friday morning at 7 a.m., while the ladies looked forward to a day of shopping and suntanning, the guys fired up their bikes and roared away down the street for what turned out to be one of the most epic adventures ever!
Of course, we had to stop for the usual fat breakfast at the Kingman Cracker Barrel, and then we were off across Arizona into the sunrise. What a beautiful day for a ride – clear, sunny and warm!! After the usual gas, coffee and watching the trains roll by in Seligman, we cruised over the beautiful and uncrowded desert on I-40. Several of us were on the intercom chatting like excited youths before the big game, with Pat in the lead and Dale in the back keeping everyone together and informed. After we rolled through the pine forests of Williams and Flagstaff smelling the sweet, thin air, we descended into the high desert of eastern Arizona toward the town of Winslow. Pat had the route completely memorized, so we made all the right turns and onto the famous Route 66. “Standing on a Corner Park”, complete with a red flat bed Ford out front, did not disappoint! The City of Winslow did a great job commemorating the Eagles song “Take It Easy”, complete with statues of Jackson Brown who coined some of the famous lyrics and Glenn Frey, who passed away in 2016. We took lots of pictures on the famous corner, and then had some great burgers and eats with the fun server Brandy. The ride home was full of pride and anticipation of telling the ladies all about it. As we came down street and rolled into Dale’s driveway, the girls were holding out ice cold Coors Lights – WOW, now that’s how to end a ride!
Saturday found the boys moving a little slower, but that didn’t keep them from taking off their windshields and riding down Casino Drive through the annual Laughlin River Run. In-N-Out was good as usual, and so was the people watching. That night it was barbecue and beer – does it get any better? On Sunday Dave, Lori, Alyssa and Makenzy had to drive home, but the remaining girls did more shopping and serious sunbathing while the guys rode over to Las Vegas HD. By Monday morning it was mixed emotions as the trip came to a close, but we could still ride our bikes one last time on the way home. It turned out to be a windy, cool ride – but hey, it was still riding!!
I just can’t stop thinking about this weekend. All I can say is WOW – it truly was Great Riding with Great Friends on steroids!
Great Rides, Great Friends 
excellent ride and weekend dave
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