I cleaned up the scooters this morning. Rain splashed red sandy gravel... dust... and splatting bugs - time to put the shine back on 'em. Then, once they are looking good - it is time to take 'em out and splat 'em up again!
No agenda, no errands to run. We decided to look for some roads we haven't been on before. We stopped for a light lunch, since we will be having supper with Steph and Dan later. Topped off the fuel tanks... apparently, we rode the bikes a bit harder this tank: Joan got 102 mpg, I dropped below the century mark at 98 mpg.
We rode east, past the Goodyear Airport. Lots of large jets, apparently mothballed...
We continued east, driving through the old downtown section of Avondale. Set your watch back 20 years, and a couple hundred miles south.
We turned south to do one of Joan's favorite runs: along PIR (Phoenix International Raceway). I have seen a sign for homes with "RV Super Garages" along this route; today we decided to take a look...
Different from the premise at Happy Trails; not the best location (from my perspective), just north of a large dairy farm.
They did have a model home, but we just looked from the outside. Then, back to the main road and out past PIR. We have seen that Bullard Ave. intersects with that road, but haven't been on it before. It runs past an interesting ever-changing view: desert, agricultural, industrial, some housing, then back by the airport again.
We turned west, heading towards Buckeye; before getting there, we saw a sign for Verrado and turned north. The building boom appears to be back on in Verrado: plenty of new homes being built; a waterpark; and a large elementary school. We drove by the construction of the school and found ourselves on a street with a really different view: every yard was grass. Lush grass. Most yards around here are gravel... nicely landscaped gravel, but not grass. You have to have winter grass and summer grass here... and I can't begin to imagine how much water it must take to keep it all green.
We rode around Verrado a bit, then headed east. Turned south on Citrus Rd. Another interesting view: trees. Big trees on both sides of the road...
The shade felt good. Another sunny day, high around 88º. Then, back to the RV in time to put on shorts and head to Steph and Dan's house.
3 comments:
Why not head up to the mountains with the scoots? Prescott, Flagstaff, Sedona, and the like?
Hi Brian,
We've been staying reasonably close this time around. Well, that and have you seen the temps around Flagstaff lately?? ;-)
Next time through, we'd like to spend some time around Sedona again... RV and scoots.
Jim, I was at the Grand Canyon yesterday and will be tomorrow. High 50's! Still a little cool, yes.
BTW, your RV adventures are inspiring. I hope I can convince my wife to adopt a similar wandering lifestyle later on when the kiddo is taking flight from the nest.
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