Tuesday, December 7, 2010

day 15 4 Corners.

Wow, on this day we got up at 5am to hit the road early as it was already 95degree temp. We were pretty sure, we wouldn't get too far in this heat. Our goal was to find a place to get my head light fixed again, and head to the Grand Canyon. We didn't get very far and one of my highway pegs fell off. Just another small issue. The scenery was magnificent. I had seen the country before, but know my brother had not. He was just loving it so we stopped many times along the way to take photos. The heat was creepin up on us really fast though. 
Our first stop would be the Four Corners so we could snag all four states. 
Of course every time we stop we have the people swarming around us so then we get to raise a little money. We did okay at this stop but because we were so early there was not a whole lot of people there.





Fancy looks cold but not in this heat it was to block the sun..
Here we are at the 4 Corners.
This is one of my favorite photo ops. They call it the elephants feet. I remember on the first Conga in 08 I have a picture of my Queen laying on her side in front of one,as I was stupid enough to ride down there in the white soft sand. Luckily I was not alone.
We made it to the Grand Canyon that evening where we planned to stay a couple days as there is alot to see, and Wilbur had never seen it before. He was in for a surprise. Well actually so were we.
We were instant celebrities as soon as we pulled up, people were wanting their pictures taken. Even when we were not around our bikes the bikes were famous. People were out there snapping shots left right and center. I would sick Fancy or Wilbur on the folk with the cameras. Everyone was more than willing to give us a little donation for a picture.
We shocked at the prices of the rooms at first, but then realized we were lucky to have gotten a room at that time, and knew we could not go any farther in the state we were in after all the heat to look for something cheaper. The rooms were totally awesome of course and we felt like the Queen, Princess, and Prince....lol Wilbur had adopted the name Prince along the road...Prince Wilbur. He certainly was until it came to bed time..No matter how tired we were, we could not sleep with Prince Wilbur the Bear, if you know what I mean. We were on a lucky street here, as the expensive room had two suites. It was worth it to us to pay the extra to get a good nights sleep. We always split the rooms 3 ways no matter the cost, as there was 3 of us , it was only fair, and we were happy to have our Prince on the road with us.

Some were into the Conga and some weren't!!
Tomorrow through the Grand Canyon we could tell was going to be an awesome day. Alot of tourists from all over the world doing the Conga and supporting our cause.

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