325 Mile Fall Ride

First attempt at making "liver mush".  Picked up some fresh liver, cooked it up tender, then put it in the blender.  Boiled some polenta, added sage,  red pepper, a little sea salt and mixed it all up.  Made this loaf and put it in the fridge.  In the morning I'll slice off a couple of 1/2 in thick slices and fry them up.  Should go good with a couple of eggs.

Highway 93 a little North of Wikiup.  We left Ed & Carl's place in Kingman about 7:45.  I was late getting there because of a phone call.  Beautiful morning!

Highway 96.  I didn't take many pictures, most of these are on the "fly".  We covered 325 miles of 2 lane roads, some with 35-45 mph speed limits, in around 7.5 hours.  Included a gas stop, couple of "pop" stops, and a late lunch.

Several different kinds of terrain, vegetation, etc.

We blew by Kirkland.  Next time it will be a stop for some better pictures

Highest elevation by the GPS was around 6100 feet.

This is Halloween Day!  And we're in Skull Valley!  These school kids were "trick or treating" the one or two business in the middle of town.

From what I could see, this store and an old gas station were about it for Skull Valley City.

These could be some of the oldest working pumps in the country!  I thought they were closed, but a man came out and wanted to know if we needed gas.  Price on the pump was $3.49.  Nothing digital on these babies!

Cute kids.  The were heading across the street for the gas station, so we pulled out:-)

I feel so blessed to live in a place where I can ride to visit places like this.

The road into Prescott

Highway 89, going North out of Prescott and the Chino Valley.  We're cooking along pretty good.

We came out at Ash Fork on Highway I-40, and make a short jump to get onto Route 66.  There are 10 or 12 Burma Shave sets of signs between here and Kingman

Been in the 70's all day.  Here it's a perfect 77 degrees

One of the several "Tourist Traps" on Route 66 in Seligman.  I hope they never have to close.

A late lunch was planned at the Copper Cart in Seligman.  But, they are closed on Monday. So, we went to the old standby, the Road Kill Cafe.  The piano is dressed up for a Halloween party tonight.

The bar looked like it was doing more business than the restaurant

Half pound open face Chili Burger with potato salad.  It was very good.  Carl had the same, Ed had a Club Sandwich

I didn't like it much :-)

Some fresh cut plastic flowers added to the Fall feeling in the air.

I don't see many left overs on Carl's plate either. He had a large pile of French fries with his Chili Burger

OK.  No debate there. :-)

The entry

I think this place has better food, but the guys don't like the gravel parking lot, so we passed on it today. Actually, what we had at the Road Kill was very good.

The old West.  This was probably a tourist trap when Route 66 was in it's hey day

Lots of tour buses stop here, so there had to be atteactions

Popcorn Sutton used to have a still near here :-)

What a purty bike!  Ed and I swapped for about 35 miles, I wanted to check out the frame mounted fairing on his Road Glide.  I liked it a lot. This is Ed on my bike.

Ed and Carl both have this more modern display.  It's nice, and makes the bike feel lighter since the weight of the fairing is mounted to the frame instead of the forks

A reservation road.  It's about 60 miles from here to the Grand Canyon where the Supai Village is located (at the bottom)  We rode out there a few years ago, very interesting place.  Before you get there, you climb about a thousand feet up into the pine forests and big red rocks

Peach Springs, on the Rez.  This building is still in use. 

The largest, and one of only a few, houses in Valentine, Arizona

I wave as we sail by the Hackberry Store.  We're only 25 miles from the house now.  It was a very good day.  Thanks to Ed and Carl for the invite to ride with them!