My side trip to Nashville added a day to my trip and except a for the stop at DK it was Interstate until I exited in Winslow and took AZ-87 to US-260 to I-17 This route basically cuts a diagonal from I-40 to I-17 and is way more fun than interstate highway riding.
It was brought to my attention that if the only experience a person has with riding in any particular state it the interstate it may give that person a misconception of what is really there to discover. Even a pretty as I-70 through Colorado and Utah are it's like you are seeing in Black and white until you get on the two lane backroads. That said I thought I would show off the little bit of my state that was seen on my last day out.
The first three photos are just off I-40 in Winslow. It is a Hotel named La Posada. Winslow was the headquarters of the Santa Fe railroad and La Posada was a Harvey House witch were stopovers for rail travelers. John Wayne stayed here several times while filming in the area.
This next photo is of the landscape you see around Winslow. This is on AZ-87 on the way south.
The headwind was so strong that with my cruise set at 65 this was my fuel mileage.
About 20 miles south you start seeing trees.
And more trees.
Arizona has the largest contiguous stand of Ponderosa Pine forest in the world.
Sweepers aplenty.
More in next post.
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Day 8 - 10
Originally Posted by TonkaDriver
