Chapter Ride - Sunday 9/12/2010

Missed ya'll who didn't show up.....
There we were - at 7AM in the McDonalds parking lot..
Spooks, Howard, Skinny, Trooper & Pappy - ready for our breakfast ride to Gila Bend.

Was a little chilly - actually welcomed a long-sleeved shirt.

some of the folks wo patronize McDonalds are quite interesting - not as interesting as Wal-Mart customers - but interesdting in their own way..
Watched a guy come out of the drive-thru with a bag of ice, poured a large cup of ice in his cooler, then deposited the rest of the bag by the trash can... gotta wonder what he was thinking...

anyway - about 7:18 we blasted south on Hwy 87/ 587 to the I10.
Crossed I10 onto the reservation and headed putt-putted along Casa Blanca / State Hwy 1 / Bapchute Road (same road - differeing designations... ). as we kept abotu the legal limit here (good thing) we passed a Native American Police cruiser sitting there with a speed gun...

At Hwy 347 we turned left toward the booming bedroom community of Maricopa... well - maybe it isn't booming any longer but there are still a lotta folks out there.

Took a right onto Hyw 238 and the Sonoran Desert National ..
also know as "dead-cow road".

We were lucky - narry a dead-cow (or live one) was on the shoulder or the pavement....

That 40 mile cruise toward Gila Bend is nice-n-easy....
the road is FANTASTIC - where Maricopa county maintains it - smooth and recent asphalt make a wonderful ride.....

The cacti and othere plants were in full green mode as the lizards n squirrels (?) sped across the road in front of our little group.
As the clouds burned off a little - it got a bit warmer - not at all unpleasant.

Arrived at the Space Age Resturant to fresh coffee, good service and hot tasty food.

Therer were a dozen border patrol agents in the place - we thanked them for their service and wished them good hunting... :-)

the ride back was uneventful (and that's good)... as we hit the I10 West bound - i suddenly realized i screwed up and went the wrong way.. oooo well....
a quick about-face at the first off-ramp and we were east-bound again.
75+ mph on the empty freeway was wonderful....
just crusing along - enjoying the morning. passed a couple trucks and one car - other than that - no traffic.

Exited and headed up 347 thru Maricopa (WATCH YOUR SPEED HERE!!!!)

spooks & Skinny continued up 347 toward home as Howard, Trooper & I turned east on Casa Blanca and up 587.
A quick right on SAN TAN road brought us back to Hwy 87 and the south end of Gilbert Ave.
Up Gilbert to Hunt Hwy and homeward bound....

ya'll missed a GREAT morning ride...

maybe next time we'll have more participation.....

be safe.. Pappy

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what if you had a party and nobody came.....

that's kinda the way i feel right now..
nobody has located or commented on this blog.

that's ok... it's just junk for now.