In May of 2009 Mark and I prepared to take a 5,200 mile motorcycle trip. We left on May 27th. Our furthest destination would be Santa Ana, CA where we visited my big sister, Kc and her family. My sister Kc created this blog for us so that we could share our journey with our friends. The posts are listed from Day One until our arrival back home 21 days, 5,796 miles and 18 different hotel rooms later. If you weren't there to enjoy our trip the first time I hope that you can enjoy it now.
If you'd like to see the route we traveled you can see a map here.
Sandy
Another day of rain. I think I’m growing gills. It was 38 degrees when we left Frisco at 10:30 a.m.
We spent last night at a very nice Best Western in Frisco, CO. Every night we’ve had the most comfortable rooms, and this was no exception. I got my dog fix there as well. The manager had 2 beautiful German Shepherds there in his office and I got to… Continue reading
We’ve gotten a couple of emails from people saying they aren’t able to make comments here on the blog. My technical advisor/geek sister has figured out the problem and corrected it. We’re looking forward to hearing from all of you! s… Continue reading
Thanks everyone for your good wishes! We’re so glad you’re enjoying our blog. We sure love hearing from everybody. Blessings to you all!… Continue reading
It was so good to wake up to sunshine this morning. It’s wasn’t warm .. but it wasn’t raining. You can’t have everything!
We rode through the San Luis Valley today. It’s so beautiful and so flat. It’s a little world all tucked in between two mountain ranges. Most of the ride was long straight roads with pastures of cattle grazing and a few horse ranches.
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After the long, exhausting ride yesterday, we woke up at 5:30 and decided to get up and head to Sedona. We actually had a great night’s sleep. The Grey Hills Inn was spotlessly clean and the beds were comfortable. And once we were on the bikes and headed down the road, all of yesterday’s aches and pains and exhaustion seemed to blow away in the breeze.
We spent the morning walking through one of the canyons near Sedona with Victor and his wife, Vicki, who took us on a vortex tour. The tour was very peaceful and spiritually enriching. It was a chance for Mark and I to feel connected spiritually, to get away from the chaos of the rest of the world and feel grounded and let the energy of the rock rejuvenate us. If… Continue reading
One of the advantages of having done this blog for Mark and Sandy is that I can just jump in here anytime I want and post something and they won’t mind. It is Sunday afternoon, June 7th around 3 PM here in California and I am going crazy waiting to hug my baby sister! I have cookies in the oven baking that I hope Mark will really like – Cherry… Continue reading
Our stay in Williams, AZ was short and not too newsworthy. We had a great dinner at Doc Holliday’s (sp?) Steak House in Williams which was really good. There were lots of restaurants there and other steak houses with old west themes. It’s a tiny little town in the middle of nowhere within an hour’s drive of the Grand Canyon, which is why we chose it.
Our ride to… Continue reading
Hi everyone!
I’m way behind on the blog again. We’re enjoying spending time with Mark’s cousin, Geoff and his wife, Susan.. and a precious hour or so with their son, Spencer. And with my sister, Kc .. her husband, Richard … my niece, Jenna .. her husband, Justin .. and their daughter, Amara. I will try to catch up tonight and post a bunch of new photos.
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Today we rode through the Mohave desert from Las Vegas to Southern California. I was happy to see Las Vegas in my rear view mirror. The ride across the desert was hot but not unbearable. We made a couple of stops along the way for Gatorade and to hang out in the shade of a gas station overhang, so it wasn’t too bad. I didn’t take any pictures of the… Continue reading