Monday, we drove over to Bryce canyon. It’s was a good 2 hrs from Cedar city, mind you we took the scenic route. Found a little Indian shop on the way into the Park, bought some cool ornaments. Once at the visitor centre we watched the movie, bought some postcards, and had lunch. As we have missed the peak season by a week, the shuttle service has now stopped. So we got to do a self guided tour. First stop was at sunset point, where we walked down the Navajo trail. What an amazing sight, after walking down the steep hillside [View Full Entry]

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The winter in Mexico is in the final stages before departure. Right now we are in Tucson, Arizona. The weather is perfect. Hot during the day and cools right off at night. We arrived home from Mexico last Spring April 9th. I almost immediately went back to work and Larry proceeded to get himself healthy. He arrived home from Mexico very short of breath. Left it for a while, but finally went to the Dr. If you know Larry well, you know he only goes to the Dr if he thinks he is dying. He hardly has ever taken an aspirin. [View Full Entry]

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We are now in delightful Tucson having a few days break whilst Namibia (our trusty BMW) has some TLC, including a big service and new tires after bringing us 10,000 kilometers. From Glacier National Park, Montana, via going to the sun road, then Yellowstone, Grand Teton and the magnificent bear tooth highway in Wyoming, we continued south through Logan Pass, into Salt Lake City. We then did the big South West circle of national parks and canyons-Bryce Canyon, Capital Reef, Canyonlands, Archers, Monument Valley & Grand Canyon. Stunning, magnificent scenery, a feast for our eyes, and each of [View Full Entry]

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Not a lot to report today. I woke up, had a snack two cups of coffee a shower and got on the bike.... I stopped in New Mexico to visit a friend and then wound up in Tucson as night fell... I was in the groove and could have ridden longer. As it was I logged 775 miles today. I am glad I stopped. I explored Tucson as I lived here in ...1976... the apt is now a parking garage and no body lI know lives in the houses I knocked at. Bill had some adventures today.. it seems that today [View Full Entry]

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Home sweet home. God I hate that saying. But it is. Yes, I live here, in case you didn't get the amazingly subtle hints. Where to start. Well as far as attractions and sight seeing, you should head to A Mountain, and the Desert Museum. A Mountain is an U of A tradition. It's cool to see. The Desert Museum is for animal lovers, and people who want to see animals they don't often see. It's like your normal outside zoo with a desert twist. There are 4 different mountain ranges on all sides of Tucson. To the north is the [View Full Entry]

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Set of at 6:00 for the 450 miles drive across the desert to Tucson in an attempt to get some of the journey completed in cool conditions. This also meant we got to see Marble Canyon and Vermilion Cliffs changing colour as the sun rose. Luckily by midday, when the temperatures were up in the 40s, we had made it into the mountains and pine forests where it was slightly cooler. After lunch, in a little village called Strawberry, we hit the real desert and just to make sure we knew we were in the desert there were large impressive cacti [View Full Entry]

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Greetings, guns 'n ammo fans! We started our journey through the US with the antics of the Alaskan Machine Gun Association, so it seems fitting that we should leave the place with one final display of the instrumentation of mayhem and death courtesy of 'The Boneyard', or the Aircraft Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) as it is properly known. Located in Tucson's South East quarter, this is a massive area of desert dedicated to the storage, recommisioning and decomissioning of over half a century's worth of airborne military hardware. There are over 4,300 planes here in various s [View Full Entry]

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So out from Cody and the Rodeo and a dry day to Vernal. More stunning scenary that changes frequently with tiered rock outcrops all at thirty degrees to the horizon, looking like huge slices of cake, lakes and resevoirs, canyons and gorges of terracotta rock. Vernal is another one horse town but the local council obviously decided to spend the entire budget on flowers. A properly hot (38.5C) day as we arrived at Vernal and I was first in the pool at the Dinosaur Inn! Neighbouring rooms were occupied by four guys coming back from the BMW Beartooth Rally. Three were [View Full Entry]

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Nothing serious though. Just a 10 mph job in some deep sand. Most importantly, the bike was unmarked. That's the good thing about sand, it doesn't ruin the bike. But if there hadn't been any sand, we wouldn't have fallen off. There's a philosophical conundrum in there somewhere. We were on a dirt road through Monument Valley, having spent a couple of absolutely superb days criss-crossing the arid landscapes of Utah and Colorado on the way down to Arizona. Highlights of these extraordinary states included: Arches National Park, Utah Funny rocks outside of Moab at su [View Full Entry]

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European Tour 2009 -- August 13 -- We arrive at Frankfurt airport. Travel to Asbach. Unpack and repack for our first road trip. Leave for Rodagau, Germany for pow wow (August 14-16). We'll participate in the pow wow and promote our trading post, Sacred Grounds Trading Post, the only native-owned, authentic trading post in Tucson. (Can I blatantly self-promote commerce on a blog in the hopes that a reader might be interested in checking us out on the web, www.sacredgroundstp.com?) August 21-23 -- Off to the Old West Ranch (somewhere in Germany) for pow wow and festival. [View Full Entry]

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