Snowbird Ride Day!

What do you do if you are retired and there is snow on the ground where you live? You could dress warm and ride your bike in the snow or you could head south to Arizona. Here's a typical ride day for some snowbirds who have escaped to Yuma.

"Friday was once again the boys day for riding and riding we did as today would take about 7 hours to complete We Larry,Craig, Jim, Bruce and myself left the compound about 9 am heading south into the Barry Goldwater desert range for 30 + miles before crossing East through the mountain range, once through them we headed North for a ways to connect with a drag road. It’s a deep sand wash that is dragged with tires being pulled with a truck to make it smooth so you can see if illegals are crossing the desert at night. It's about 5 miles long and once across the valley floor we pick up a trail that passes old army tanks.We stop for a break and a snack here before heading South to visit the F4 Phantom jet that crashed, but it was crowded with other visitors so we took some pictures and left. We have already traveled 50+ miles, it's noon and we have two more stops.

Next stop was the Betty Lee Mine( http://www.in-the-desert.com/coppermts.html ) Once there we strip down as much as we can as it’s a 1/2 mile walk or better through a wash and old rock road that was once how they got equipment up to it. Once there we do a walk around and spend about 40 mins before leaving back to the bikes and quads. From hear we head North to the Baker Tanks and by now it's after 2 pm so we decide to have another snack and fuel up the quads as we still have another 30 + miles before we get to camp. We decide to skip lunch at Dusty’s so we can be home before 5.

The Lady’s are having some finger foods and other friends are stopping to visit. Lucky for us we just have time to clean up and help set up chairs and tables....Another great time on the trail with super friends......And the Beer and food was great ...Thanks to the Lady’s in our life..."

Frank