A Sunday Jaunt - lots of pics
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:34 am
Called up a friend of mine (aka Speedy) to see if he wanted to do a run up to Prescott, AZ with me. Amazingly, he said yes. We started out a little shakey - a tip over for me and an unidentified shiney object in the tire for him - but once we left my house, it was smooth sailing. A quick stop for petrol, air and Bubblemint gum, and we were off at about 1030am!
After a surprisingly legal-speed saunter up to Congress, we did a leisurely (70-75mph) run up Yarnell Hill and then toodled our way to Prescott Via Skull Valley.
Here're the pics. Enjoy!
The route:
Every trip needs a gas station shot or 2, right AZ_Motoman?
Check out the hours of operation:
The general store - complete with cool art on the sign, and me, taking a load off:
Speedy, riding and taking pictures. I'm soooo impressed!
Pretty scenery, and nice, sweeping curves that are easy at 85+
This one's just psychadelic, I think.
More sweeping roads and lovely AZ scenery:
This is my favorite pic from the day:
We found a good curve, and did some staged shots. Could have sworn I was over more, but I guess not. Speedy looks good, though:
More pretty scenery:
At another good curve. I'm doing 92 in the photo; Speedy's doing 99. The jerk.
Hey hey! I take back the jerk comment! Just don't hit me...
Pretty grey bike and pretty scenery:
Courthouse framed with trees:
Street fair in Prescott. Leaves are just starting to change color:
We wandered around Prescott for a while, had a super-tasty lunch, and then came back on the curvalicious 89. Unfortunately we got stuck behind an RV and an asshat pickup, so didn't spend much time above 35 on that road.
The trip home went faster. By the time we were back to Hwy 74 (home stretch), we were both tired and in... well, a bit of a hurry... My speedo saw 130 at one point... and we were home around 6pm after a long (213 miles) and lovely day.
After a surprisingly legal-speed saunter up to Congress, we did a leisurely (70-75mph) run up Yarnell Hill and then toodled our way to Prescott Via Skull Valley.
Here're the pics. Enjoy!
The route:
Every trip needs a gas station shot or 2, right AZ_Motoman?
Check out the hours of operation:The general store - complete with cool art on the sign, and me, taking a load off:
Speedy, riding and taking pictures. I'm soooo impressed!
Pretty scenery, and nice, sweeping curves that are easy at 85+
This one's just psychadelic, I think.
More sweeping roads and lovely AZ scenery:
This is my favorite pic from the day:
We found a good curve, and did some staged shots. Could have sworn I was over more, but I guess not. Speedy looks good, though:
More pretty scenery:
At another good curve. I'm doing 92 in the photo; Speedy's doing 99. The jerk.
Hey hey! I take back the jerk comment! Just don't hit me...
Pretty grey bike and pretty scenery:
Courthouse framed with trees:
Street fair in Prescott. Leaves are just starting to change color:
We wandered around Prescott for a while, had a super-tasty lunch, and then came back on the curvalicious 89. Unfortunately we got stuck behind an RV and an asshat pickup, so didn't spend much time above 35 on that road.
The trip home went faster. By the time we were back to Hwy 74 (home stretch), we were both tired and in... well, a bit of a hurry... My speedo saw 130 at one point... and we were home around 6pm after a long (213 miles) and lovely day.
We did a ride to Laughlin, NV the other weekend with the local RAT pack... one of these days I'll get around to posting up those pics.