Still campin' at the Ren-Faire site in AJ. Played pipes all weekend at the faire, and did the Horne Dance a coupla times, so no interweb time. Did get up to Tortilla Flat on Friday, did enjoy the twisties, but the road surface is just plain fugly. I guess they have "heat heaves" in stead of frost heaves around here. About every five to ten yards the whole way up there's a crack in the pavement clean across the road accompanied by an upswell about an inch or two in height. Needless to say, this did not instill confidence in the curves, and going down the road with a "k-thunk, k-thunk, k-thunk...." for 20 miles or so wasn't too comfy. But the scenery was great, and entertainment value high, what with 50 kabillion Hardly Ablesome riders and their biotches in tight jeans going up and down the whole way and hangin' out listening to th' cheezy but good country/rock cover band playing at the "mining camp" at the end of the pavement. Burgers were precooked, reheated disappointment, and a leetle pricey too. But as I said, it was a good time, all in all.
Hungering for more of an excursion, when I got back to AJ I headed for the 87 and let Chile Red unwind towards Payson. Super nice ascending sweepers outta the Verde Valley, then a right on AZ 188 thru Punkin Center, past Roosevelt Lake then back to Globe, right on 60 thence back to the Faire Site. About a four hr. tour, what with pokin' around here and there, enjoyed myself right well.
Now it's time to start packing up to get back to Taos, but in a leisurely fashion - not leavin' til Wednesday. Gotts to find a shop and get some more fork oil tho. Must be gettin' low, as that infernal vibration over 90 the bike had when I got it is back, even with the RideOn in the front tire. I still think there is WAY to much lead on that rim, maybe I can find a shop with a wheel balancer around here somewhere - or maybe it's just the lack of fork oil in the one leg :hmm:
