There were grand plans to make it to Dillon MT, the first day, however with the late start we managed to make it as far as Boulder MT. Nice little hotel, mostly catering to the hunters that flock to the area at this time of year in search of deer. As we were unloading our gear into the hotel, some lively music erupted from the local watering hole across the street, some of the patrons were out front in Halloween garb, this was party night in this little town. The next morning, we ate breakfast at the little cafe down the street, our waitress was wearing a lady bug outfit, she said that her and her daughter were going to dress the same for Halloween every year that she(Mom) could get away with it. Before breakfast was completed the waitress’s husband and little girl showed up, sure enough the little 2yr old girl was also wearing a matching lady bug outfit. We had ordered the “two eggs and toast” I got 3 eggs, Brenda got 4??? Not bad for $2.50 each.
Day two took us up over the pass on I-15 from Boulder into Dillon then on down the road through Salt Lake, which was not very busy as it was Sunday afternoon. We pushed on to Cedar City and stayed at a nice Best Western for $55, not much to report about along the way, lots of canyons and such, no snow in the high country (must have been tough for those hunters with no snow for tracking) oh well, one for the deer. We decided to get some groceries for the next days travels, across from the hotel there was a smallish market that had all the staples but not alot of selection, except in the beer isle. Bought some Michelob lager ($5.99/6pk), the best deal would have been 18 Keystone for $9.99, but I can’t drink that much anymore, and beer has a very short shelf life so it must be consumed almost immediately after purchase.:)
Day three...slight side trip. Brenda had never been to the Grand Canyon, notice I said “had”, and seeing how it is along the way if we took Rte89 instead of I-15, we could cross that off her bucket list. Then while we are at it we might as well take a second side venue and stop in at Sedona before heading into Phoenix to see Norm & Shirley (Brenda’s cousins) for a couple of days.
Sedona views while hiking
As stated, a couple of days in Phoenix, stayed at Norm and Shirl’s, George and Judy also came down from Leduc for a holiday so we all had a great visit. We were invited to Russ and Edna’s for a little dinner and drinks, they live in the same community as Norm and Shirl. What a great time! Russ and Edna are from Winnipeg and have a beautiful property that is great for entertaining friends, we all sat outside for dinner (which was also fantastic, THANKS again Edna&Russ / Dave&Sharon, it was a pleasure getting to know you, and I am going to hold you to the invite for a return home party as well. All this followed a full day of bike prep and tire shopping. Funny we were the youngest people at the party and the first to start yawning, nice...it was only 10pm.
Finally, it is time to ride. Planned on leaving early to get through the border at Nogales and south past the “Cartel Zone” but as usual final packing, visiting, etc. found us leaving Phoenix at noon, so we stopped in Nogales AZ for the night so that we can get a early start at the border and definitely make it south of the cartel zone before dark.
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