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I'm sorry about your crummy weather, Steve. I hope it clears up soon so you can get out on the road. I'll be jealous of your weather when our temperatures hit 110ºF this summer.

 

I'd definitely recommend adding Tortilla Flat to the map, @Octoberon!

 

That's very interesting, @Iron! I guess it's a good example of form following function. Do know the time frame?

 

@Dougie D

Thanks, Dougie! Yes, the rode to Tortilla Flat is amazing. I'm not sure why we've never done that road before now because we've definitely been missing out. Russ, one of the guys that we rode with that day went back again this past Monday with another friend of ours who wasn't on our ride and who, like us, had never ridder there, either. But when I asked Russ if they had a good ride and had fun in Tortilla Flat, he said that the place was jam packed! At 11:00am in the morning on a Monday! They had to basically wait in line to even get to the town itself and then there was absolutely no place to park. So they found a space to turn around and went back into Apache Junction to look around at Superstition H-D, the dealership where I'd bought my Low Rider S. I guess we'll just have to suck it up and ride there during the dead of summer when tourists won't be outdoors when the temps are over 100ºF! Interesting, Mr. Sandi and I have observed, and many people we've talked with have observed the same thing--there are more people than ever EVERYWHERE! On the roads, in the parks, in restaurants. I guess everyone must have gotten so stir crazy during Covid lockdowns that they are now out in force. I need to get hotels booked for our June motorcycle trip or we may be out of luck.

It's interesting that there are so many more Harleys around these days where you are, Dougie. And to have 10 in a small town of 9,000 is pretty amazing. I'll have to look up Aviemore. Does that rally have a specific event name that I can google? Mr. Sandi sure misses his Fatboy, too.

 

Will do, @Jet City! We may do a one or two overnighter MC trip before June. But the middle of June is our next big planned motorcycle adventure! Five of us will ride up through northern Arizona, northern New Mexico, and into Colorado over some very high passes. Just today two of the five people finally made their hotel reservations so we are good to go. Looking forward to it already! And I will be sure to share our adventures with my forum friends.