Tuesday, September 29, 2009

John & Anne from the UK

Well here we are back in the UK. Autumn has arrived whilst we have been away and the leaves are falling from the trees.
Your 104 degrees has changed to half that now.

Once again we must thank you for providing an excellent service, both in the presentation of the BMW 1200GS and your professional and friendly hand over.

Our trip took us to 8 National Parks during the 2 weeks of hire, namely:
Grand Canyon; Monument Valley; Arches; Capitol Reef; Bryce Canyon; Zion; Yosemite and Death Valley.

We also took in Las Vegas,Bisbee and Tombstone and Four Corners.

We were overwhelmed by the outstanding scenery which was ever changing. Weather was excellent although very hot at the lower altitudes.
All the roads were brilliant including the gravel road over the mountain to Escalante. The extra terrestrial highway was awesome - riding with our friends from San Francisco, I just remember the sun going down and everyone being silhouetted ahead of me as we headed for Tonopah.
Another amazing road, was on the way to Lee Vining in California. It was like riding a roller coaster with all the undulations.
Death Valley was awesome although the temperature rose to 113 degrees - which is pretty hot for us British!

On the way to Death Valley

Looking over Badwater Basin at Death Valley from Dante's View

At Monument Valley with our American friends

Another town we really enjoyed was Wickenburg. We had a wonderful Mexican meal at Anita's Cocina and the whole feel of the town was as if you had just stepped out of a Western!

Once again many thanks for making the trip a pleasant and exciting experience!
best regards
John & Anne