THCR 2025, Apr 7-11

[Lee]

[Lee]

Having trouble posting tonight
Nothing new that I could see at Gordons.
A local told us the main partner of the motel died.

[955i]

I guess the partner slept in it one night. Did the coroner rule yet? Black mold or was it the exploding heater?

[Lee]

Today We drove down to Huntsville Ar for breakfast.


After that we went to the pottery shop in Osage, then up 21 to Berryville for icecream.
A car club was there for a lunch stop.





The supercharged LS engine in the Camaro made 700 HP
The owner said it cost him $120,000 to have the car built.
Besides the modern engine, it had modern suspension

[Lee]

Wednesday we head home to Iowa.

[955i]

Branyans made it home safe and sound Monday night. Via Houston and grandkids' birthdays is not the fastest way home!

[Susan]

We got in around Noon today. Fun times, fer sure!

[Lee]

Ozark Cafe Berryville

[Susan]

We've ridden by there a couple times but have never stopped. That looks nap inducing!

[Capnrip]

Just order a diet coke with that and you'll lose weight.

[Lee]

First time to eat there. It was definitely the local place. It was good but more than I could eat.
Glad I did not order the 3 egg omelet

[Lee]

Arrived home late afternoon Wednesday.
A little under 4,000 miles in 20 days in the car.
Other than taking the bicycles to Mackinac Island, this was our first car vacation since getting married in 1977.We decided to take the car 3 days before our planned departure date on the bikes. It worked out well.
If we decide to not buy a bike for two up riding it looks like car trips will work for us.

Mount Magazine Lodge

[Capnrip]

Thanks for posting up all the pictures Lee.

[Susan]

It doesn't matter how you get there, the important thing is that you just get there.

[cabnfvr]

Second day out on the way to Bandera we stopped on the TAT to visit our friend Percy. He's doing quite well and gave Susan a 29 second hug. Susan was counting. The TAT is the road that goes straight. It is known as "the uninsured driver road".

Hollis Arkansas breakfast stop. We arrived cold and starved at 9:59am. They opened at 10.


Arbuckle Fried Pies offers many wonderful delights. We ate good on this trip.


A few miles on down the road...


We are not afraid of weather but we do respect it. These are the next two days out. The three day forecast was 40% chance of snow with a high of 38º. Reroute time.




Breakfast stop. Guess where we are.


At the Pancho Villa State Park we came upon the Tesla Cybertruck prototype which is also known as The Jeffery Quad Armored Truck built in 1915.

[955i]

I like the looks of your Borderland Cafe, but have no Earthly idea where it might be.

[cabnfvr]

Waiting for check-in in Bisbee Arizona. The wind is really messing with my dandruff.


The next morning.


First time back here in over 30 years.


From Oatman to Seligman Arizona on Route 66.

[955i]

I like that section of Rt 66 from Kingman to Seligman via Peach Springs. My family caravaned on Rt 66 from Oklahoma to Southern California in the summer of 1965. Only disconnected (and short) segments of 1-40 were open then. All the famous towns and cities had Rt. 66 go straight through the middle of town. It was actually a glorious epic trip.

[cabnfvr]

Our route went from counter-clockwise to clockwise, Seligman to Bisbee AZ. This is why. This snow is 4 days old.


20 miles west of Eagar AZ our route was altered once more due to snow. This one only costs us a few miles. Here's the picture.


We travel light. Some do not. No idea how you get a 900 pound bike loaded like that.


New Mexico back road headed to Roswell was fun and beautiful. Very little traffic.


We had coin. They had food.


"Old Yeller"


Texas. Ride aware, cause sometimes it ain't always deer.

[Doctor350]

Smokin' Dick's.

That's Aussie humour

[Susan]

I had my very first Frito pie there and it was wonderful. I could not finish it. While we were out front, a couple of guys walked up and asked us if this place was famous. We just smiled and said that we hoped so. Food, service and atmosphere was great!

[cabnfvr]

We've been riding past this store for over 20 years. Finally stopped.


Finally made it to Bandera.




The official National WASP WWII Museum, Sweetwater Texas. Women's Airforce Service Pilots. These women ferried military planes from Sept 1942 to Dec 1944.


Yes we are, and if you are nobody messes with you.


Breakfast stop.


We are an hour and a half from home. Susan had her 4th, 5th, and 6th cups of coffee in life on this trip.


It was fun, cold to very cold at times, and extremely windy on many days all day. But it was a dry wind.
Speed safe.

[955i]

Hey, I really enjoyed the WASP museum in Sweetwater when Cathy and I stopped a few years ago. It was a sudden unplanned stop, but well worth it. My dad was the Chief Engineering Officer for a P-51 squadron during WWII. He had interesting things to say about these women pilots.

[Lee]

Did you stay at the Crazy Water Hotel in Mineral Wells?

[Susan]

No, but we did ride by it.

[Lee]

The Baker Hotel is another interesting place in Mineral Wells. We walked the grounds a couple times before they fenced it off.

[Susan]

That looks like a nice place. We were a bit bummed that Natty Flats BBQ was closed. Maybe next time.

[Lee]

We've been riding past this store for over 20 years. Finally stopped.

Debbie checked out the bathroom in 2004. When we rode by the other week we noticed the outhouse was gone.

[Susan]

That may be a good thing!

[Lee]

I forgot about my pictures that didn't load in post #54.
Castell Texas









Pie from Mary's Cafe in Strawn, Tx.


Chicken at the Mesquite Pit in Mineral Wells, Tx.



Antlers Ok.
On the way down we took 2 and 3 through Antlers and on the way north we took 271.