We left Lake Havasu City at about 7:30am, trying to beat the heat. It was roughly 60 degrees when we left. We essentially retraced my original first day leg, in reverse. Things went uneventfully, and the high got to perhaps 92 degrees at times. This was probably the ideal time of year for the trip, discounting the chance for snow, which luckily didn't happen. It was a good "between" for the cold and hot extremes of the entire trip. I was a bit surprised by the end of the day that 92 didn't feel all that bad, (as long ast you're going 60+ mph.)
Okay, now for the $64,000 question (well, okay, it wasn't *that* much): Was the seat worth it? Well, yesterday and the day before I was a little dissapointed, since my posterior had started to ache after 3 or 4 hours, but I must say that today (now that I have officially broken it in past the directed 1000 mile mark) it was feeling pretty good, and I didn't have any major discomfort to speak of. Kari indicated roughly the same response.
We arrived back in Sierra Vista around 4:30, which included a stop over in Tucson for a good half hour or so, while Kari was eyeing a scooter at the motorcycle shop on Ina. We also had to drop Kari off at the Park-N-Save, to retrieve the truck from her one way flight out to Reno.
If you're reading this, and want to see some photos, drop me an e-mail (you should know the e-mail address already, if you got this link).
I may add some post ride analysis, later, but that's about all I have the energy for, at the moment. It's a little hard to imagine doing two of these trips back to back, with higher heat at points, which is roughly the plan next summer.
Ron
No comments:
Post a Comment