RIDE REPORT During Covid, 13 States & Some Spectacular Riding

[ol' school]

Wow Kevin, looks like a fun day and some awesome scenery!

 

[DK Custom Products]

Wow Kevin, looks like a fun day and some awesome scenery!

It was a great day!

Kevin

 

[evermill]

MUCH STEEPER!* I really like riding roads with elevation changes AND curves!

A look back at some fun road! This day has kicked ass. Great folks to ride with, fantastic scenery, and fun roads!

Three Days of Riding Kurt has planned, and this is only the first day!!!

Getting close to Alpine...

...back at basecamp in Alpine, AZ. right as the sun was setting.

Will post more as time allows.*

Kevin

Kevin and Mary - Thank you for the great pictures and memories. I'm really bad at picture taking!! Can't wait for this year's ride. Kurt did such a great job.

Ed V

 

[DK Custom Products]

Kevin and Mary - Thank you for the great pictures and memories. I'm really bad at picture taking!! Can't wait for this year's ride. Kurt did such a great job.

Ed V

Hey Ed, you're right on about that. Fantastic get together and riding. We're really looking forward to this year's also!

Kevin

 

[DK Custom Products]

Gonna finish this up over the next week.

After the ride yesterday...it was a long day and a fun one...we are going to ride to "Big Lake". Yes, that is the name of it...check it out on google maps.

Headed out of basecamp...

...it is a scenic ride out of the woods...

...Mary in the Mirror...

...into town...

...to the motel...

...to meet up with everyone for the ride today.

 

[DK Custom Products]

Ready to roll.

Gonna be a shorter ride today...

...but a scenic one...

...never would have guessed Arizona looked like this.

More in next post. Kevin

 

[DK Custom Products]

A look back...

..and up ahead...

...what a great road.

Enjoying a little break...

...at a pull over across from a meadow...

...feels like some of the high meadows in Yellowstone. Getting ready to pull out...everyone's waiting on Lola. lol

More in next post.

Kevin

 

[DK Custom Products]

Headed out...

8 Trikes and some open road...

...a great day to be riding.

We're liking this Arizona riding!

It's hard to beat...

...the nice roads, the lack of traffic, the good weather, the scenery and the commaradarie.

More in next post.

Kevin

 

[DK Custom Products]

We're getting close...

...what a relaxing ride...

...just cruising-Mary in the Mirror...

We're here!

Amazing...just a prelude to some fall colors!

There's one little part of the lake.

More in next post.

Kevin

 

[DK Custom Products]

Riding some of the roads...

...along side the lake...

...the fall colors are stunning. Plus, I really enjoy riding on roads where the trees overhang the road from both sides.

Sally has been chase in the Jeep, with Tater and Spud.

Are we gonna park here? No...

...this is better. Check out the colors!

More in next post.

Kevin

 

[DK Custom Products]

After hanging at the lake a bit, we're itching for some more riding...

...Kurt is leading another great ride today!

Days like this...

...were made for riding...

...folks that don't ride...

...have no idea what they're missing.

More in next post.

Kevin

 

[DK Custom Products]

Before you know it...

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...we're all back at basecamp...

...telling stories...

...while Kurt chases Kevin away from the bbq...

and Sally puts together a meal for everyone.

Sunset this evening!

One more day of riding in Arizona before heading back home. Will get the pics of the Salt River Canyon Ride up soon.

Kevin

 

[LadyonaMission]

A look back...

...feels like some of the high meadows in Yellowstone. Getting ready to pull out...everyone's waiting on Lola. lol

More in next post.

Kevin

Hey, looks to me like I was waiting on Kurt!!!!!!

 

[PosseRider]

Hey, looks to me like I was waiting on Kurt!!!!!!

Looks to me like Kurt is watching to see when you will get on the trike.

 

[cScjhb]

I think Lola is socializing! She's not even looking at her trike. The times I have ridden with her, she seems to exhibit traits of a social butterfly..... (Not bad traits). Look forward to next time..... Jim

 

[evermill]

It is a great time and unbelievable beautiful rides. Thanks for the pictures

 

[Jack Klarich]

I think Lola is socializing! She's not even looking at her trike. The times I have ridden with her, she seems to exhibit traits of a social butterfly..... (Not bad traits). Look forward to next time..... Jim

I'm betting Loa is a natural leader not a follower

 

[evermill]

I'm betting Loa is a natural leader not a follower

I'm betting you are correct

 

[DK Custom Products]

Hey, looks to me like I was waiting on Kurt!!!!!!

Yeah, I must of had it all wrong. :laugh: It all makes sense now.

 

[DK Custom Products]

This is the last day of riding in Arizona.

Kurt is taking us to Salt River Canyon.

Everybody met up at basecamp...

...and we took off from there.

Another beautiful day to be riding!

Short stop for fuel.

Back rolling...

...we start descending...

More in next post.

Kevin

 

[DK Custom Products]

...these sweepers headed down a pretty steep grade have been fun, but if you look closely, there is a "Fun Ahead" sign!

This road is a blast...

...the views are interesting...

...and the road surface is a good quality...

...with the requisite curves...

...it is a lot of fun!

More in next post.

Kevin

 

[DK Custom Products]

As I was saying...it is a lot of fun. But something is different...a look back...

...another look ahead...

We stop here at the "entrance" to Salt River Canyon and I figured out what is different. IT IS HOT.

We have gone done so much in elevation, that the nice comfortable weather we've been riding in for the last 2.5 days is no longer...

...it feels like "Arizona" now.

After heading down a bit more, we stop at this scenic overlook.

More in next post.

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Kevin

 

[DK Custom Products]

This is a great overlook...

240 degrees of great views...

...Amazing!

Back rolling...

...we continue to lose elevation...and it is getting quite a bit warmer.

We stop down at the bottom, near the "river".

More in next post.

Kevin

 

[DK Custom Products]

This is the view of the "river" and the bridge we just crossed getting to this little stop.

Kurt was going to take us thru the canyon...but most of us thought it was too warm to enjoy...we wanted to climb back up to higher elevation and cooler temps.

When we decided to head back up...Kurt and I wanted to open it up a bit for a few miles. Here's a little vid of that



and a few pics...

...there's the bridge that we left a minute or so ago...

...that Mary took as we sprinted back up to the scenic overlook.

More in next post.

Kevin

 

[DK Custom Products]

After we got back together, we started the ride back up to higher (cooler) elevations.

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Kurt took us back a different way...

...we may have, but I don't remember going over Geronimo Pass earlier.

We're back at some elevation now...

...and soon after, back in some woods!!!

We stopped at this Casino, some went in for lunch, others of us stayed outside and ate the lunch we had packed.

More in next post.

Kevin

 

[DK Custom Products]

Back rolling...

What a great 3 days of riding, visiting, and enjoying Arizona...

We're up high now. Mary in the Mirror.

Enjoying the great day of riding.

Pulling into basecamp...

...for the last time this trip.

Conclusion in next post.

Kevin

 

[DK Custom Products]

What a crazy trip this has been.* We stopped at a museum on our way back home...got this one pic-

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Traveling during lockdowns and mandates.

Delayed start to the trip after hurting my back.

Snow in Wyoming.

Grand Tetons

Shoshone Falls

Back is better, finally got to ride in Idaho when visiting family.

Sand Storms.

Met up with Alan.

Adventures in Ouray, Million Dollar Highway and Silverton

Misadventures with the Drone and the Twin Cooled System

Fall colors and Fires in Colorado

Molas Pass

Bryce Canyon

Zion National Park

Discovering the 14...and almost getting up close and personal with some deer.

Lava rock

Winslow Arizona

Petrified Forest

3 great days of riding with friends in the mountains of Arizona.

What a crazy, fantastic, different trip.

Really looking forward to the 2021 Eastern Arizona Get Together!

 

[trikeman]

Thanks for the ride. Wife and I were in Phoenix Az 2010 January-June and 2010 September -February 2011. Some of the best roads and weather. Rode hundreds of miles east west north and south from Phoenix and enjoyed Az as much as any state we’ve traveled. The ride from Scottsdale to Tortilla Flats is fun and scenic. I love the high desert terrain and the sunrise and sunset. :wave4:

 

[LadyonaMission]

Thanks for the ride. Wife and I were in Phoenix Az 2010 January-June and 2010 September -February 2011. Some of the best roads and weather. Rode hundreds of miles east west north and south from Phoenix and enjoyed Az as much as any state we’ve traveled. The ride from Scottsdale to Tortilla Flats is fun and scenic. I love the high desert terrain and the sunrise and sunset. :wave4:

Earlier this year I did a lot of riding AZ, which I really enjoyed. I also rode through Gila National Forest in NM on a curvy road that was really fun.

I got rained and hailed on while riding the Million Dollar Highway in CO, that was an adventure. :cold: I really enjoyed having my electric jacket liner on that day.

 

[trikeman]

Earlier this year I did a lot of riding AZ, which I really enjoyed. I also rode through Gila National Forest in NM on a curvy road that was really fun.

I got rained and hailed on while riding the Million Dollar Highway in CO, that was an adventure. :cold: I really enjoyed having my electric jacket liner on that day.

Adventure is a great way to describe motorcycle travel. We’ve been in Co and NM in the summer and saw the state highway department plowing mountain pass roads after a hail storm.:wave4: