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My friend Greg lives in Golden Valley Arizona right near Kingman, just got a new Honda AF about 6 months ago. Up to now about the longest ride for him has been around 100 miles and he was ready to stretch it out. So I planned out a 3 day ride of around 200 miles a day with some dirt roads in it, also as its his first multi day and he his no camping gear we stay in hotels. Starting from his place we rode to Chandler Arizona for the first leg meeting up with a friend that took us to dinner. Day two with loaded up for the Apache Trail, here we would ride through Goldfield Mining town.

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From here through Tortilla Flat.

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Now onto the trail which is about a 30 mile dirt road with some tight turns, washboard and nice scenery ending up at Roosevelt Lake.

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Then on our way to Winslow for the night. The next day we made our way to Williams passing by the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

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On our way out of the park I was able to use my new limited GPS skills, I put together 45 mile dirt road track right outside the park gate on our way to Williams.

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This was a blast, found some future camp spots. After Williams, we jumped on Route 66 back to Golden Valley. This is the longest existing part of Route 66, over 100 miles.

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And that was it, great ride. 3 days and a little over 800 miles.

 

 

 

 

 

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Wow. That looks like a fantastic ride. Lots of good stuff in Arizona.  Great pics, thanks for sharing.

 

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The Apache Trail is real nice. A friend and I rode it this past Monday morning heading West and saw 2 riders one on an AT and not sure of the other bike going East. Could that have been you?

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Great ride and pics. We used to wander out to Tortilla Flats when I was stationed in PHX 30+ years ago.  The area's changed a bit. B)

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