Arizona

Cool Springs, AZ. It was only 7:00AM so they were closed, but this is one of our normal stops during the Laughlin River Run every year. Just before this we came across two wild donkeys walking around in the middle of the desert.

Take It Easy - The Eagles. This is the place where that song began. Technically, it the corner to the right (where the one way sign is pointing), but this is the monument made to memorialize the song and artist. Pretty cool.

Anybody want to stay in the "Cozy Cone Motel"? The Wigwam Motel is still operating today. It was pretty cool.

Today we rode through a good chunk of Arizona. As flat as it is there are quite a few things to see in this section of the ride.

The last time I had been to the petrified forest I was a little kid. I only have very faint memories of it, so seeing it again was pretty neat. I'm no scientist, so I have no idea how wood turns into rock, but it does. A lot of the pieces even have coloration similar to the wood, so it's pretty trippy to look at. We rode through the forest, stopped at all the lookouts and got a few little pieces for the boys back home.

I bought the largest bike I could find and I still manage to make it look small. Sometimes I wish I were a bit smaller.

So this used to be a log that fell over a stream of some sort. Magic came into the picture and now it's a petrified wood bridge. I don't get it, but it's picture worthy for sure.