Whoa! What a full day this has been. We started with Fathers Day Celebration. Kids and I made breakfast and Karl opened his gift.... a new camera. Now we don't need to use our cell phones. It seems our old one is hiding...probably somewhere with Kody's new glasses that he wore for exactly 3 days before losing them. We finished packing and headed for church. What a great service....good worship.... meaningful time of thanksgiving and blessing as Doug handed the reins to David. We hung around through the first part of second service for Gracie Js dedication. Lots of emotions as we said goodbye to Doug and the Casadys in the same day. Happy mixed with Sad....mixed with a little anger because Kody lost his backup pair of glasses too.....
We loaded up and said goodbye to the kiddos and family in the parking lot and hit the road. After gassing up in Catalina we hit the highway at EXACTLY high noon. The adventure we'd been looking forward to for sooo long finally began!
The ride up to Globe was beautiful. It was a bit warm and we were thankful for the camelbacks we wore under our jackets. We experienced a windy lunch at Sonic in Globe before heading north again.... A few pics along Salt River Canyon were beautiful stops. We loved the s curves for sure. Once we hit the rim it cooled off a bit but the winds picked up even more.
We hit Show Low and saw signs everywhere thanking the firefighters. We didnt see any signs of fire or smoke but definitely notice the winds blowing east.... nasty winds. As we hit the stretch of road between Snowflake and Holbrook the winds were downright nasty. OZ here we come... we had to lean about 20 degrees to the left the whole way just to stay upright. Once we got to Holbrook we stopped in at the Wigwam Motel.... I'd always wanted to stay there. Alas, there are drawbacks to spontanaity and they had just rented the last one a little before we got there. We found a place almost as kitchy down the road....still on Route 66.
I checked in and upgraded to the king room.... a whole $38. They handed me towels, a key on a fob, and a remote control.. We walked in and are now enjoying our AC unit in the wall and our gold lamay bedspread. As we unloaded the bikes we met Rick.... a fellow motorcycle enthusiast who lives here. He had lots of cool stories about his bikes, his life before here as a long haired biker in a gang....his life since his stroke...and the cireumstances that brought him back to Arizona from Ohio....
We headed down to Mr. Maesto's for dinner because frankly....the sign said it had the best food in town..... It wasn't bad... moms chimis are better...but what can you do?
After dinner we walked back to the motel and the sprinkles started. Time to whip out the frog togs we invested in before the trip. They did work! We also ventured back to the Wigwam and decided to break our rule of no reservations and asked about a night on our way home.... vacations are meant to be flexible, right? Alas...full then too.... We did leave our number in case there is a cancellation. I'll be shocked....but you never know? Do you?
As we leaft the Wigwam we met a man named Danny and his son Kenny who were driving from North Carolina to California because Danny's mom was not expected to make it. Just two hours before we met them, Danny heard she didn't make it. He was pulling a trailer with a beautiful Suzuki Boulevard. It slipped out of the chuck and gouged the paint on the front fender pretty deep. How's that for a bad day? We promised we'd keep his family in our prayers.
A quick stop at Safeway for banans, donuts, and juice for the morning and here we are..... never thought I'd be blogging in such gold lamay luxery here in Holbrook.... Were windblown and happy to be on another adventure. TTFN
PS..... The sign on the motel did not have HFMTWBTW on the advertising.... What does that mean???
HOURLY FAST MOVING TRAINS WHO BLOW TRAIN WHISTLES all night long....
PSS Kody found his glasses.....at least the backup pair. God is good.
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