CJ's Custer Adventures

[cactusjack]

DAY 1:

I plan to update this thread daily this is day 1.

I rode 460 miles today, from my home in Chandler to Beaver UT. BD beat me there by about 30 minutes. He was on I-15 with a 75 MPH limit, I was on Hwy 89 with a max of 65 and about a half dozen small towns along the way. Weather started out nice and sunny, but cool on the way up to Flagstaff, fought a stiff headwind for a hundred miles or so. It was raining in Utah, on and off for 100 miles. 5 minutes after I got the motel, it started to hail.

I'm interested to see what others who tow trailers are getting for MPG. I am averaging 30 MPG, but I had to climb to 7000 (Flagstaff) then down to the Colorado River at 3400' (Lake Powell) then back to 6000' near Bryce Canyon.

We picked up a straggler, he contacted BD a couple of days ago and wanted to join us. He isn't a member yet, but he will be. His name is Tom and is a nice guy. He met up with us in Utah. He had the privilege of riding through the hail.

We're getting an early start tomorrow for a 500+ mile day 2. We lost an hour due to time zone change., so it will be extra early for us.

Here's a picture of my rig at a fuel stop in Flagstaff. It's not that clean and shiny anymore:


This was taken at lunch in Page, AZ. That's Lake Powell in the distance:


Brad (L) and Tom, outside our motel:


Gotta hit the hay, long day tomorrow.