Desert Scenery...

I have mentioned that the desert has a unique "beauty" about it.  I'm spinning that the best way I can... I like greenery, swaying palm trees, rugged mountains, golden sand beaches, sparkly water; the desert is rugged.  Some of the floral and fauna can be interesting, especially Saguaro cacti.

We have been looking for other places to ride, and found a website for Arizona motorcycle roads.  Most of them are not close enough to the Phoenix area for an easy day-trip, but we did find one that runs north to Wickenburg, west of the White Tank Mountains.  It was rated high for curvy roads and scenery... worth checking out.

Heading out from our RV park, riding west to hook up with I-10...

We got on the Interstate at Buckeye, riding west.  The scoots did fine keeping up with the flow of traffic.  I didn't take any photos until we were pulling off at Exit 103...

Looking at the map, it looks like we will have to endure some straights to get to the good riding.

A solar farm...

This sign made me sad...

If there are cattle free-ranging around here, there isn't much for them to eat.  The scenery...

Yes, that is an actual curve above.

Low mountains...

Oh, look - another curve...

And, back to the straights...

About 40 miles in, we got to the good riding: curves and desert scenery...

Apparently, AZDOT is concerned about people running off the road around curves, after those miles of straight-away...

The best part of this ride goes through some Federal land, that apparently allows boondocking...

Not sure who they were referring to with that "Dips" sign.  And then, we were rolling into the town of Wickenburg...

We rode through town, then headed back to the Valley of the Sun via Hwy 60.  We stopped at a rest area along the way, to re-hydrate and have some snacks...

Back to Hwy 60...

A mostly 65mph speed limit that eventually leads us to Loop 303.  We pulled off the 303 at Bell Rd, planning to take some surface roads back to our motorhome.  And then, this called out to me...

Oregano's Pizza and Pasta.  And I will vouch for the pizza being especially tasty.  More of my creed: Live to Ride, Ride to Eat.  ;-)

It's about a half hour ride back to our RV park from there.  Another lovely day in the desert, and a fun day on the scoots.

Patio time with Rufus when we got home.