- Joined
- Feb 5, 2005
- Messages
- 8,538
- Age
- 77
- Location
- Kingman, Arizona
- Bike
- 2000 ST1100 ABS TCS
- STOC #
- 004
Figured I better start this before I forget the details! On the road for seven weeks, started last Saturday, 4-11. A couple back roads to Dewey, AZ to meet Petar and Uncle Don for lunch at Leff T's STeak House. Good chicken noodle soup and pulled pork sam'ich. Continued on from there toward Safford and beyond. Got tagged 4 times by radar, no stops. Three of those were on AZ-188 where the limit is 55, should be 70!
Weather was pretty crappy all day but the rain stopped by evening. STealth camped just south of US-70 in my favorite spot. Been there 4 times this year.
Sunday (Easter) motored on toward Duncan. Good little internet cafe' there was...
closed for Easter!
:
Motored on, following the local roads over Mule Creek Pass into NM, then on thru Silver City. Got on NM-152 and had a lot of fun following that twisty bit. Ran into a family herding some steers up the road on a little side road. I stopped to let'em get'er done and Dad says, "How do ya like yur ST?" !!! Seems his brother-in-law has one. Talked to him a couple minutes while the kids continued herding.
Continued on to Hillsboro for gas. 352 miles, 6.7 gal, beST gas mileage ever for me on an ST, 52MPG.
Carried on east from there past Las Cruces and White Sands, gas again in Artesia, STealth camped next to an operating STripper well west of Hobbs, NM.
B'kfast on Monday at the Hobbs Family INN, decent food, good WiFi. US 82 all the way to Dallas, then some I-state to get around that fat town. On the way, I picked up the North Texas Tag, cute Grasshoper and a couple new Court Houses. STealth camped near New Boston, TX and carried on this morning.
Stopped in the small town of STamp, AR for coffee with a bunch of locals. All were late 70s, mid 80s. Fun group, very vocal and friendly. I've met the same crew at nearly every local cafe' I've ever stopped at.
Now, sitting in the Flamingo Grill in Prescott, AR. Short Order Cook is also the internet guru, had to change some settings on the Acer to get a connection but all is good now!
Headed toward Benton, AR (near Little Rock) today, taking all back roads.
All is good so far 'cept the horn quit again. Ugh!:cus:
After I finish this and eat a little lunch, I'm gonna
I'll fur sur need a set of tars by the time I get to Adam C's.
Weather was pretty crappy all day but the rain stopped by evening. STealth camped just south of US-70 in my favorite spot. Been there 4 times this year.
Sunday (Easter) motored on toward Duncan. Good little internet cafe' there was...
closed for Easter!
:Motored on, following the local roads over Mule Creek Pass into NM, then on thru Silver City. Got on NM-152 and had a lot of fun following that twisty bit. Ran into a family herding some steers up the road on a little side road. I stopped to let'em get'er done and Dad says, "How do ya like yur ST?" !!! Seems his brother-in-law has one. Talked to him a couple minutes while the kids continued herding.
Continued on to Hillsboro for gas. 352 miles, 6.7 gal, beST gas mileage ever for me on an ST, 52MPG.
Carried on east from there past Las Cruces and White Sands, gas again in Artesia, STealth camped next to an operating STripper well west of Hobbs, NM.
B'kfast on Monday at the Hobbs Family INN, decent food, good WiFi.
US 82 all the way to Dallas, then some I-state to get around that fat town. On the way, I picked up the North Texas Tag, cute Grasshoper and a couple new Court Houses. STealth camped near New Boston, TX and carried on this morning.Stopped in the small town of STamp, AR for coffee with a bunch of locals. All were late 70s, mid 80s. Fun group, very vocal and friendly. I've met the same crew at nearly every local cafe' I've ever stopped at.
Now, sitting in the Flamingo Grill in Prescott, AR. Short Order Cook is also the internet guru, had to change some settings on the Acer to get a connection but all is good now!
Headed toward Benton, AR (near Little Rock) today, taking all back roads.
All is good so far 'cept the horn quit again. Ugh!:cus:
After I finish this and eat a little lunch, I'm gonna
I'll fur sur need a set of tars by the time I get to Adam C's.
