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| Oldest School House in Arizona, town of Strawberry. |
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| not a very safe or pretty place to stop...but i can hardly pass a MM 226 signpost! |
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| most of this ride today was through the Tonto National Forest! Just beautiful... |
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Superstition Mountains
This trip started with me leaving Sedona and heading east
through Camp Verde on 260. This route is very beautiful climbing up to
7000 ft elevation...gently curving through tall pine trees and openings
of scenic vistas, the air is cooler, cleaner. There is still some snow
on the ground and not much traffic! Then i come up to Hwy 87 turn
right to head South...now this is a great road, with sharper curves,
gorgeous views. The first little town i come to is called Strawberry.
Here is the oldest standing school house in AZ. Being one who loves
historical buildings, i had to take the few miles detour to see it!
Back on the road i continue through a few small areas of people, but
mostly wide open spaces. One beautiful thing about Arizona, is it is
spread out with humanity! Except for Phoenix, and well that is just
gross! LOL This road pretty much stays gorgeous the entire time and
drops me down into the Tonto National Forest, the neatest part about
dropping elevation is all the animated Saguaro cactus! They all seem to
be dancing, singing and telling stories. Every one of them is
different! This part of the trek drops me at the base of the incredibly dangerous and beautiful Superstition Mountains.
Heading out from Apache Junction, I take hwy 79 south all the way to
Oracle Junction, there is a wonderful unpaved road to take if i go left
here towards Mammoth, but since i do not have off road tires on yet, i
turn right. This takes me on a most unpleasant hwy 77 through Tucson
dumping me out onto I-10 for about 30 miles connecting me to hwy 80.
Now back to fun motorcycling. We all know that cities and mass traffic
are not fun and just a means to an end, sometimes unavoidable!
Sometimes People and Mass Humanity are unavoidable in general! How i
do love the open road when it feels solely like just ME and my Machine
are the only things existing!! that is when i get the best spiritual
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| Lavendar Pit, just outside of Bisbee, Arizona |
South on hwy 80 takes you to the historic town of Tombstone, which is cool to see for its historical value in the making of the Wild West! it is however just an huge slice of Americana tourist trap! Gift shops upon gift shops with cheesy trinkets...they have a saloon with reenactments and daily gun fights in the streets! Fun to see,not sure more than an hour is necessary here! Then back on the road to the destination of the day which is Bisbee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisbee,_Arizona) Got in just before sunset to check into a cute local hotel!
After check in taking a walk through this adorable and very much historic town, which used to be a booming metropolis in its day! a MUST SEE! I go into a local store, where i am recognized from Facebook...by one of my friends in Washington States friends...haha what a small small world! Shout out to you Ana!
Heading out Bisbee past the Lavendar mine, connecting to 191 North...big open valley of farm lands....back to I-10...retracing my moto tracks a bit then heading over to Hwy 77 North towards Globe! Pretty nice ride, very windy across the open areas. I get pulled over again by an AZ copper, this time no ticket! Up into Globe, then carve my way down through Devil's Canyon! this is a pretty amazing road in itself. Then headed home to Sedona this time going through Phoenix and taking I-17 north....this road is nice once you pass Happy Valley exit. What a great Ride!!
This trip covered "partials" of 5 Mad Maps rides!! Love the Mad Maps!
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| Devil's Canyon |
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another MM 226! :)
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