A heart felt thank you to Monica and Gabor for an excellent motor cycle and trip to see all the sites of Arizona.Arrived June 1 to 104 F, hot, when coming from Canada! Picked up the Goldwing first thing Monday morning. Spotlessly clean white Goldwing along with a GPS unit with our 7 day Arizona Grand Tour 1 - North route programed along with all our hotels. Recommended to anyone out of State or Country.
Day 1: Headed north to Sedona, via Jerome - Warm ride with many new sites to see which we have never seen before, e.g. desert, cactus, etc. Great hotel, and a fancy dinner in a French restaurant along Oak Creek.
Day 2: North to the Grand Canyon - Another day of riding new country, and starting to see some small trees. Cooler in the mountains! Arrived at the Grand Canyon in mid afternoon. Blown away by the views and size of the canyon! Suggestion is to stay at the canyon to take in sunrise and sunset without worrying about the Elk on the road. Spent a rest day hiking the South Rim Trail. Wonderful day.
Day 3 - North/East to Monument Valley, again wonderful scenery, arriving just in time for a Sunset tour of the valley with a local Navajo Indian guide, Ray. Had a personal tour of the valley with many photos as the sun set. Ray new all the spots.
Day 4 - Off to Caynon de Chelly, via Utah, Colorado and New Mexico, stopping for the customery picture at the 4 corners!
Day 5 - Heading South to visited the Painted Desert and Peterified Forest. Got to ride across the flats to the White Mountains in a light breeze (according to a local), of 35 -40 mph! Arrived at Greer in the afternoon. A wonderful mountain resort area. Spent 4 days there to rest and ride the "666 loop".
Day 6 - Route 666 - Devil's Highway Loop - What can you say! Mountains, Desert, Mountains, of which the last 100 miles up # 191 are an unbelievable section of swithbacks and twisty roads, no guard rails and view to die for! Arrived back at Greer, very tired and needing a day of rest!
Day 7 - Back to Scottsdale, via Salt River Canyon. Well, have to head back sometime I guess! A great ride through Salt River Canyon. Our camera finally gave up the ghost and stopped taking pictures. Salt River Canyon is a wonderful ride down the canyon walls, then back up the other side! A great final before heading back into the valley and to the heat!Arrive at the door, thanks to a perfect GPS route!
Monica was there to greet us with cold water! Much appreciated as the water in the topbox gets really warm at 100F! Spent the night and then back home the next day.
Many thanks to Monica and Gabor for a perfect trip route, flawless motorcycle and the many phone call and e-mails to set up a trip we will remember for many years to come.
Don and Anne-Marie
Whitby, Ontario
Canada
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