red bud's tripp'n

back to the town of Jerome










a stop at the spirit room for alittle rock&roll a cold beer. this could be a good afternoon except no rooms in town







head on over to cottonwood, to the Veiw.

we had supper at 15 Quince it was good

which soon after they opened one of their competitors posted in the local paper that there was nothing but dog food there.

To which the owner printed up tshirts that said "dogs ask for it by name"

Great pics! I love the scenery out west.

Don't let Robin catch you petting another man's donkey.

scenery blew us away


what she don't know...........



sunday morning between the 6am headboard incident & me yelling in the shower when I blasted myself with cold water , we probably weren't neighbor of the day

I watched sunrise from "the view"

I rode over to old town cottonwood while robin got ready






the view from the view




we pulled outta town, 30 minutes later we stopped for breakfast in Sedona

we rode tru some neighborhoods




we rode outta town again



the local swimming hole

we stopped here thinking of a moran





rock climber



& a creek crossing

saw a guy with a stringer of 10" - 16" trout, said he'd caught his limit 3 times, but those were the keepers. Yea we didn't get a pic.

The road between Sedona & flagstaff

after walmart, lunch at freddies, batteries plus for a camera battery for her, a small shower.

We got our kicks on route 66




actually we got more kicks than we wanted because I missed the turn to the grand canyon........... twice.

some backtracking & we're back in route




rolling right into the rain

while we stopped for shower

she had a smoke

he had a nap

we stopped just in tusayan at a gift shop.

Now I know we're on vacation & I know gift shops are a part of it, i'm as guilty as her for looking around. Only thing is I can look around a lot quicker.

Now we're looking at pictures & films of the grand canyon,


WE'RE 5 MILES AWAY, lets go see the real thing, we'll shop after the sun goes down & that aint that far away.


Being the hipacriti (who can't spell) that I am. I talk a good game of atgatt, but actually we're sotgmott. some of the gear most of the time.



it was about an 1 1/2 hrs from sunset. we bought the yr long national park pass for 80ity bucks & it paid for itself just this trip.

A guitarhack tip by the way, he also mentioned in his rr about the national park passport. Where at each park you get a stamp, sorta cheesey but I enjoyed it & wifey loved it.

On the road into the park we saw elk & deer. cool

we made it

what can ya say








ps we saw a buzzard



close to dark we walked back to bike, don't get close to a baby elk when moma is around.

don't ask me how I know.

So helmets back on we rode back to tusayan to find the cheapest room in town. Unpacked, went to the ye be ki a steak house. The steaks looked good. & is what we should have had instead of the apps that weren't so good.

Watched some Mexican rodeo on tv at the bar & then to bed.

I think that buzzard might be a California condor. A great sighting!

I'm glad you had a great trip!

You are killing me! You are pretty much riding the same route Bill and I took on our first rally trip together (about 30 years ago :eek1).

I think you may be right. Those things are friggin huge, and can eat a buzzard for breakfast

Nice!

You are right I heard a couple of people say that. We got luckey, seeing animals, condors, hawks, lots a crows, parrie dogs, deer, antelope, elk & one coyote. Not counting others.

Thanks for your help on the trip planning.

ya'll shoulda went with us

they were cool

thx

Jumped outta bed, slipped out and grabbed the bride mikey D's

breakfast in bed, how sweet,

If it hadn't been 5am


Joined the crowd at the vistors center.





heard that noise that elk make on tv, and walked up on this guy



bright angel trail, my dad, brother & me hiked down to the bottom when we were kids.