OK... the lights weren't ... ahem... what you might classify as... uh... spectacular ;).... and the trains are... um... well, let's just say I'll keep my Raider! ;) but it was a fun deal...
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| *Where? Where?! I don't see any such women anywhere!!!* |
Well we went on out and climbed on... uh... climbed down? ... uh... stepped down? sat down... ???
OK... we boarded the train...
This actually, ain't our train... but you get the picture...
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| *Silverton-Durango Eat your Heart out! ;) * |
Hurtling through the desert into the sunset at the blinding, terrorizing speed of... um... 5mph or so ;) is Oh My God!!! thrilling!!! :) Ok... I'm bein' mean... but the kids like it!
I guess if you're into trains and steamers...(I guess they have a big building with HO and N gauge setups too) this might be a place for you... Now... If I'd been paying attention I could tell you where it was... closer than Pinnacle peak near I-17!! :) but, senile like I am... you're askin' for a lot.
After all that excitement I looked at what the weather man was claiming and decided I better get a good ride in to calm down... 'cause it's gonna get messy for a few days... So, I got up yesterday in the Valley of the Sun and took off for yon Arizona Mountain roads, rolling toward the Mogollon Rim...
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| *Me and the Raider bound for Payson* |
Twas a nice ride, even if it got a mite chilly up along the Mogollon rim. The thermometers were sayin' 45 degrees or there-a-bouts... which is fine if your on foot...
... at 70 mph in the wind, it feels a bit cooler... not as chilly as the 10 or 11 degrees I rode in Colorado... but for a lazy old twister... chilly enough...
I cut west on Hwy 260 just above Pine and Strawberry to run over to Camp Verde... The original idea was to cross I-17 to hit Cottonwood and then turn south over Mingus Mountain and swing around through Prescott and Wickenburg to roll home...
Buuuuut... though the road behind me hadn't any problem... there were a few spots, in the shade where it was threatening to be icy... I just figured that 7700+ Mingus Mountain might could be something I just didn't have the ambition to play with yesterday so I said bluck bluck BaGuuuuCK! and turned my chicken tail for the Valley down I-17 ;)
The good part is though... I videoed most of the ride... uh huh... Sideways!!! arrrrrggggghhhhhh. Nit wit that I am these days... I forgot to spin the lens to the proper position on my handlebar mounted camera... so everything is filmed sideways...
I guess if you wanted to lay in bed, with your head on the pillow... it would work out just fine!
Well... back to my literary efforts... good thing I have something to keep me busy when it rains.
Still gettin' older in the desert
Brian
3 comments:
Hey who was that little bluebearded guy tugging at the back of your raider?? Hope it wasn't that Murphy fella! :)
Scott in New England
Ha Ha! ;) I didn't realize I'd caught him there 'till I'd posted the pic! Even then I didn't think of Ol' Murphy until you mentioned it... Made me laugh!!
My brother in law used to do a lot of gold panning and such with friends down here in these Arizona Mountains... the other side of that double gate has the donkey the old miner is draggin' along :)
That bike is awfully clean. You wash it recently? ;-)
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