Arizona's Premiere Rider's Club
Though there were some showers early in the morning, nine of us made the perfectly dry, but cool trek to Wickenburg for our monthly breakfast at the Horseshoe Café.
Our monthly 2nd Sunday Breakfast in Prescott created us with some welcome 75 degree temperatures along with some clouds in the sky! So much better than the 112 degrees currently in Buckeye! The weather forecast all week called for a 40% chance of rain up north. Monsoon season in Arizona is upon us!
Another beautiful Arizona morning with warm temperatures in the valley with even better temperatures north of Wickenburg!
Our ride started bright and early at GO AZ Motorcycles in Scottsdale at 7:00 AM. Luckily, the temperatures were still cool at this early hour. After brief hellos, coffee, doughnuts and a rider’s meeting, we were off towards Superior, AZ where the temperatures were even cooler!
Liberty Market in downtown Gilbert hosted us for our May Club Dinner Meeting. We had a great turnout of almost 20 people including a couple of new faces!
We kicked off Mother’s Day with a great breakfast at the Rock Springs Cafe just north of Phoenix off of I-17. I have to say, the weather was perfect for a ride this morning!
Our monthly club dinner doubled this month as my 50th birthday party! What a great turnout! Thanks to everyone that made it a special evening. Special thanks go out to Luis Bartolome for providing a door prize and congratulations to Allen Kelly for winning a new Scala Rider headset. Another thank you goes out to GO AZ Motorcycles of Scottsdale for picking up the tab!
Our annual alien themed tour tooks us back to the original Alien Abduction Tour from 2014 with a few changes. Since we get a bunch of people from out of town to ride this ride, we had a meet & greet the night before departure at The Thumb in Scottsdale. This unique concept was featured on Guy Fieri’s Diner’s, Drive Inns and Dives. You can get race fuel at the gas pumps, run your car through the car wash and enjoy excellent BBQ while you wait!
Friday morning greated us with perfect weather and smiling faces at GO AZ Motorcycles Scottsdale. A group of almost 40 motorcycles showed up for the start. After coffee, bagels and a brief rider’s meeting held by ride chair and vice president Rodney Chew, we were all off in a few groups.
Our route took us up I-17 with a gas stop in Camp Verde. We then continued up to Flagstaff and SR 89 North. A few of us stopped for lunch at the Cameron Trading Post while others beat feet for our destination for the night at the Lake Powell Resorts & Marina. From there groups enjoyed tours of Lower Antelope Canyon, a boat tour of Lake Powell and some adult beverages at the bar. We all then had dinner at the Rainbow Room where the scenic views of the lake were second to none! After dinner, we had a 50/50 drawing. Congratulations to Les Finkel for winning just over $100 in cash.