We are still alive!! Last week we went on our Harley trip to the Laughlin River Run and it was a blast. The day we left I was a little nervous but once on the bike it wasn't to bad. I dropped the kids off in Delta with their Grandma Waddingham and then everyone else showed up on the bikes and we were off. We took the scenic route to St. George and it was a lot of fun. We stayed the first night at Brian's dad's house and they were great hosts and fed us very well. The next day we were off to Nevada. Once again taking the scenic route we rode to Mesquite and ate breakfast and then went on. We rode through the Valley of Fire which was beautiful.
The plan was to ride around Lake Mead but there was road construction that we didn't want to go through so we hit the freeway at the reservation. This is when things got a little nerve racking for me. The wind was so strong and at one time there was a diesel that passed us and we thought that we were going down. Bart says the we felt "weightless". Then, the Lake Mead exit that I was anxiously waiting for was closed so we had to go through Vegas. At one point I gave Bart the thumbs down, I had had enough of the wind and decided I was done. We finally arrived outside of Boulder City and boy was I ready to get off that bike. We stayed in Boulder City that night and went up and walked down their main street and it was a neat little place. They had a bunch of little sports bars and cafes next door to each other and tables outside with people just hanging out eating and enjoying a drink and each other. It was kind of fun and something different. The guys of course had to shine up their bikes before we did anymore riding (something that they did a lot of) so the girls just hung out and watched them "clean". Kind of a backwards I know.
Friday it's off to Laughlin first thing. Once we came down the hill and could see town it was amazing. We pulled into town and got off the bikes and it was a constant roar. It wasn't a sound that got annoying either it was just awesome. We walked through some of the vendors, ate a late lunch at the Colorado Bell, walked a little bit of the river walk and went through the antique car show in the top of one of the motels.
We stayed in Needles,Ca Friday night at enjoyed the hot tub and swimming pool at our hotel and also had some good laughs as we sat at Taco Bell for a couple of hours and ate. Saturday we headed for a little town called Oatman in Arizona. This was a cool little town and when we got there it was already packed with bikers. The traffic didn't stop the entire time we were there. Oatman is just a little town on Route 66 that's main street is just gift shops. We managed to find us some chaps while there which we were grateful for on our trip home.
From Oatman we went to Kingman,Az and ate lunch and then over to Hoover Dam. On our way to Hoover Dam we stopped at a gas station in the middle of nowhere to take a break and use the restroom. Well, you couldn't just walk in and use the restroom you had to make a purchase and it had to be a purchase per person. Ok, I thought I will just buy a snickers or something cheap. Yeah right, a snickers was $1.85!!! So our bathroom trip cost us about $4.00. We bought a water and a pack of gum and Bart said "We had to make a purchase to pee and we bought more pee, that makes sense."
We got to Hoover Dam and it was beautiful. I had never been there before and wish that we would have spent more time but we will go back with the kids.
We stayed the night in Boulder City Again and then headed for home first thing Sunday morning. The ride home was not the scenic route we took the freeway the whole way because we had a long way and wanted to get home before the weather got to bad. In Cedar city we stopped to put on our rain gear and I am sure that was a sight if anyone was watching. It was quite hilarious to all of us. It rained a little bit around Fillmore and then in Holden I met Bart's mom and the kids and Dawna and I went in the Tahoe from there. It is a good thing also because by Scipio it was raining hard and freezing. Bart and Brian were troopers and weathered out the rain,snow,sleet and hail from Scipio to Salina and then made it home. Bart's rain gear however did not do as well. By the time he hit Centerfield his whole one leg was shreds and his jacket not far behind. Thanks goodness for them chaps to keep him dry.
The trip was great. We had a lot of fun and can't wait until the next one. Thanks Brian, Dawna, Bill, Sharon, Mike and Angie for the good time and great laughs.
The plan was to ride around Lake Mead but there was road construction that we didn't want to go through so we hit the freeway at the reservation. This is when things got a little nerve racking for me. The wind was so strong and at one time there was a diesel that passed us and we thought that we were going down. Bart says the we felt "weightless". Then, the Lake Mead exit that I was anxiously waiting for was closed so we had to go through Vegas. At one point I gave Bart the thumbs down, I had had enough of the wind and decided I was done. We finally arrived outside of Boulder City and boy was I ready to get off that bike. We stayed in Boulder City that night and went up and walked down their main street and it was a neat little place. They had a bunch of little sports bars and cafes next door to each other and tables outside with people just hanging out eating and enjoying a drink and each other. It was kind of fun and something different. The guys of course had to shine up their bikes before we did anymore riding (something that they did a lot of) so the girls just hung out and watched them "clean". Kind of a backwards I know.
Friday it's off to Laughlin first thing. Once we came down the hill and could see town it was amazing. We pulled into town and got off the bikes and it was a constant roar. It wasn't a sound that got annoying either it was just awesome. We walked through some of the vendors, ate a late lunch at the Colorado Bell, walked a little bit of the river walk and went through the antique car show in the top of one of the motels.
We stayed in Needles,Ca Friday night at enjoyed the hot tub and swimming pool at our hotel and also had some good laughs as we sat at Taco Bell for a couple of hours and ate. Saturday we headed for a little town called Oatman in Arizona. This was a cool little town and when we got there it was already packed with bikers. The traffic didn't stop the entire time we were there. Oatman is just a little town on Route 66 that's main street is just gift shops. We managed to find us some chaps while there which we were grateful for on our trip home.
From Oatman we went to Kingman,Az and ate lunch and then over to Hoover Dam. On our way to Hoover Dam we stopped at a gas station in the middle of nowhere to take a break and use the restroom. Well, you couldn't just walk in and use the restroom you had to make a purchase and it had to be a purchase per person. Ok, I thought I will just buy a snickers or something cheap. Yeah right, a snickers was $1.85!!! So our bathroom trip cost us about $4.00. We bought a water and a pack of gum and Bart said "We had to make a purchase to pee and we bought more pee, that makes sense."
We got to Hoover Dam and it was beautiful. I had never been there before and wish that we would have spent more time but we will go back with the kids.
We stayed the night in Boulder City Again and then headed for home first thing Sunday morning. The ride home was not the scenic route we took the freeway the whole way because we had a long way and wanted to get home before the weather got to bad. In Cedar city we stopped to put on our rain gear and I am sure that was a sight if anyone was watching. It was quite hilarious to all of us. It rained a little bit around Fillmore and then in Holden I met Bart's mom and the kids and Dawna and I went in the Tahoe from there. It is a good thing also because by Scipio it was raining hard and freezing. Bart and Brian were troopers and weathered out the rain,snow,sleet and hail from Scipio to Salina and then made it home. Bart's rain gear however did not do as well. By the time he hit Centerfield his whole one leg was shreds and his jacket not far behind. Thanks goodness for them chaps to keep him dry.
The trip was great. We had a lot of fun and can't wait until the next one. Thanks Brian, Dawna, Bill, Sharon, Mike and Angie for the good time and great laughs.
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What a rough looking group! :) Man, it would be nice if those men cared and cleaned their houses like those bikes. Men.
Glad that you had fun and didn't have any problems.
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