Good evening from a very windy and chilly Williams, AZ.  Forgive me for not posting last night.  Apparently the slow internet and tired eyes were not a good match for blogging!

We left Durango on Wednesday morning in the rain and continued to go in and out of it all day.  It did hold off while we went through the Four Corners.  I was able to take some photos before the sprinkles started again.

Paul was excited about the long straight stretches of highway!  He races his NXS and figured this would be the perfect road.  We did not, however, race our motovan!  The scenery slowly changed from the high dessert mountains and cliffs to more red rock as we continued into Arizona .

This is an attempt to give you some appreciation of the drive today.

There wasn't too much to stop and see until we got closer to Page,Arizona.  I noticed a lot of cars and people transport vehicles for some antelope creek canyon.  Further down the road I saw what looked like a line of ants going down a long flight of stairs.  I didn't really give it any more thought until later.

We got to Page too early to check into the hotel.  Paul and I took this time to run our daily errands and grab some lunch.  ( Nothing worth mentioning unfortunately.). We got checked in and waited for Kevin to arrive, by this time it was a very pleasant day/evening.

Kevin and another rider, Ryan coming in together.  As the riders settled into working on their bikes, there were a number of people stopping to look, take photos, and ask questions.  We had two separate couples from Germany stop by, one from Ontario, a man from Oregon and his friend from San Francisco, and a few locals.  It was at this time the gentleman from Ontario showe me photos of Antelope Canyon. Oh my goodness!  It is spectacular!  We do not have the time to go to it now but it is definitely on my list to come back to!  I recommend you checking it out for yourselves as well.

So here is the sign for yesterday, we found it in the toilet facilities at the Four Corners.  It was an outhouse type bathroom, not a port-a-potty!

Okay, so we left Page this morning with some cloud cover but overall not too bad-except for the wind!  It has blown ALL day!  We had the chance to stop by the Grand Canyon but it turned into a rainy day on top of all the wind.  All this with a temperature of about 55 all day.  Paul and I did take some short stops at a few scenic overlooks.  One such stop was a bit uncomfortable as we had a "local tour guide" come talk to us and gave me a quick setting advisement on my camera.  As he had my camera(gasp!) I kept thinking of how to take him down if needed!  No need, all is well!

The road is full of signs about animals but we never saw any.  As we neared Flagstaff we came across the Coconino National Forest.  As a few rays of light peeked through the clouds the mountainside lit up with the fall color!  

We arrived in Williams by 10:45!  Far too early to check in.  We drove up and down the streets 

(there's only two main streets and they are each one way!) to find our hotel and check out the eating 

choices.  I am happy to say, today was a good eats day!  We went to the Historical Brewing Barrel & Bottle for lunch.  It was very tasty!  We each had one of their homemade pastrami sandwiches.  It was on rye bread, ground mustard, sauerkraut, and cheese accompanied with homemade herbed French fries. They brew their beer and make wine as well.  So, rainy day sounded like a wine tasting day!  The staff was very friendly and the atmosphere pleasing.

As I mentioned before, we had the chance to stop at the Grand Canyon, and so did the riders.  It was raining and windy and so most of them just rode through and got in early.  By the time it was time to check in, the rain had stopped, but the wind prevails! 

Kevin came in finishing all his miles again today!  He had a stop at lunch where there was a little boy and his dad.  He even let the little boy sit on the Indian!

It was somewhere during the day when there was no rain Kevin could have really used it!  He had his rain gear on which is a bit poofier than usual and nylon.  Nylon and hot exhaust do not make good together as you can see here:

Yep, it burned a hole after actually having a fire on his pants!  He said he was going down the road 30mph while hitting to get it out!  All is well, don't worry.  They guys had a couple hours of work tonight before we went for supper.  

Once again, a great food night!  We ended up at Station 66 Italian Bistro.  Wood fired pizza, homemade wood fired Mac and cheese, and grandma's lasagna- so delicious! The lasagna was the winner as we each shared bites to sample all.  

As I close this edition, the wind is still howling! Hopefully it blows it self out by the morning!