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Sedona, AZ Ride Report

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elbacalao

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My partner and I took off for Sedona, Az last Saturday and ended up having a great time on the way out there, in Sedona, and on the way back. 1,616.2 miles from garage to garage. We ended up taking 101 South to 25 through Hollister to 198, then jumped on 5 to 58 to Bakersfield for day 1. Nothing exciting. Found a decent hotel right off the 58. The next day we rode east to Needles. What a creepy town. It was 111 degrees between Barstow and Needles. We weren't miserable, but neither of us liked Needles. The next day was more adventurous. Leaving Needles we jumped on Rt 66 and stopped in Oatman, AZ. Cool little touristy Western themed town with more donkeys than locals. After hanging out there a bit we continued on Rt66 and ended up in Kingman, Az for lunch. Nice town. We jumped back on 40East and made a stop in Williams, AZ. It had still been hot in Oatman and Kingman but with the continued elevation and forest, Williams was a much friendlier temperature. From there it wasn't too far before we jumped on 98A and twisted and turned down into Sedona. IMG_0658.JPEG
 
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Sedona itself is a nice chill touristy town, with absolutely stunning geographical views surrounding it. Weather was in the high 90's but felt very comfortable to us after having spent the previous day and a half in 100 plus degree temps. We arent the hiking types, so we just embraced our inner tourist and ate lots of food, people watched and generally just chilled. A lot of motorcyclists rolled through and even though there is no helmet law in AZ I was happy to see that most of the riders wore helmets. A couple from British Columbia on two V Stroms checked into our hotel right before we did. We were there for two and a half days.
 
On the way back we stopped in Williams again for a break and coffee. It's really a nice little town, on Rt 66 and we both agreed we could have stayed there longer and enjoyed ourselves. IMG_0710.JPEG
 
We stopped in Kingsman, Az for lunch again. Another Rt 66 oriented town. I wanted to pick up a small bungee cord and noticed that Ironside Cycles was right up the block from where we were eating, so I stopped in. They didnt sell bungee cords but he just gave me one he had in his shop for free. I bought a t shirt as a thank you. If you find yourself in Kingman, AZ, stop in and say hi, nice people. IMG_0713.JPEG
 
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We ended up back in Needles, Ca for the night. I get that some people love living in small towns, but I dont get Needles. It's just seems to serve no purpose. We both got weird vibes from being there. The next day was mostly uneventful. The weather was much more mild than it had been on the way out. Upper 90's mostly. We stopped in Barstow, Mojave then back to Bakersfield for that night. We did have one scary moment between Needles and Barstow. Just as we were passing a semi truck, right when we were parallel to it's rear axle, it's front rear axle tire exploded and sent tire thread everywhere. Thankfully it was a tire on the opposite side of the trailer from us or it could have been very bad. Those tires are really loud when they pop.

For the final leg home I wanted to take either 58 to 101 or 5 to 198 to 101 back, but those ideas were vetoed by my partner who just wanted to get home and rest since she had to work the next day. So we superslabbed it up 5 to Pacheco Pass and 101 to home. All in all a great trip, and the Multi Strada was excellent. IMG_0720.JPEG
 
Very cool... er hot!! Anything over 95 is just yuck!

You partner has a sweet helmet :thumbup

Looks like a good time was had..! Thanks for sharing.
 
A whirlwind weekend ?
You did find the glossy side, but didn't dabble in the dirty, , ,
Big selection of different dirty rentals/tours, 2 to 4 wheels available.
But you did get a taste,
Just need more "time on target"

Needles used to be a shipping port, before the dams, mining was big too
Snoopy's brother Spike, lives there.
 
CDONA said:
A whirlwind weekend ?
You did find the glossy side, but didn't dabble in the dirty, , ,
Big selection of different dirty rentals/tours, 2 to 4 wheels available.
But you did get a taste,
Just need more "time on target"

Needles used to be a shipping port, before the dams, mining was big too
Snoopy's brother Spike, lives there.
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My Partner has been to Sedona before, I hadnt. No real interest in hiking or pink jeep tours, so we happily skipped that. I did think about renting a SxS for a day but ultimately just decided to relax. We spent three days riding there, three days in Sedona and three days back.
 
Needles was kinda sketchy when I was there, but if you like boats and have the means, living along the river to do the boat lifestyle seems to be the vibe there...
 
That's where I learned to ride! We'd always take 89A out of Flag, down through Oak Creek Canyon, then from there choose between:
  1. Red Rock Loop (on days without a lot of time)
  2. 179 through Village of Oak Creek to Beaverhead Flats into Cottonwood, then into Jerome and over Mingus and back
  3. 179 through VOC then east towards the forest, up Lake Mary Rd., then back into Flagstaff
Now I wanna plan a trip back!
 
Nagasaki Nightrider said:
That's where I learned to ride! We'd always take 89A out of Flag, down through Oak Creek Canyon, then from there choose between:
  1. Red Rock Loop (on days without a lot of time)
  2. 179 through Village of Oak Creek to Beaverhead Flats into Cottonwood, then into Jerome and over Mingus and back
  3. 179 through VOC then east towards the forest, up Lake Mary Rd., then back into Flagstaff
Now I wanna plan a trip back!
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I believe 98 runs from Mexico to Canada. It's a bucket list item to ride the whole thing. It's is really beautiful in and around Sedona for sure.
 
My wife and I stopped in Sedona once and spent the night. Man!, what a racket it was. The cicada’s were in full voice.

And Sedona is where we discovered the Native American flute.
 
Looks like so much fun! Thank you for sharing your trip :thumbup
 
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