Home at Last!

Well, the final 200 miles was a cinch, and blissfully uneventful, although I swear I saw as much law enforcement in the last two hours as in the previous two days. Dave out to meet me in Safford, and we had breakfast at the Manor House. It was *much* more civilized coming home in 85 to 90 degree weather, rather than 103 or so weather.

I have to give Dave a tremendous amount of credit for putting together all the logistics and details of the trip, even if he didn't get full benifit of them, himself. It was a real pleasure spending time with everyone in the group, and I was sorry we didn't get more days to ride and visit.

After I bid Dave farewell, one of my first tasks was to do something about the dirt I've been complaining so mightily about the last few days. A hose only got it part way, and I spent over an hour or so working to scrub the rest free (or at least most of it, hopefully). You should be able to see the before and after pictuers below.

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Click here for a map of route.

~r