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Pascal Klingbeil Travler
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- Aug 27, 2017, 6:37pm
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Altitude: 1,196 m
- United States Arizona Cochise County Vanar 32.238914, -109.08626532°14’20” N 109°5’11” W
Day 7
Sonora --> Tucson
August 27, 2017 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Unsere Nacht im Auto war sehr angenehm und wir fuhren weiter in Richtung LA.
Wir haben uns vorgenommen bis kurz vor die Grenze Tucson zukommen, um wieder auf einer Rest Area zu schlafen.
Wir fuhren eigentlich nur auf der Autobahn und sahen uns die Gegend an.🙈😅 Die Gegend aber war sehr schön. Man sah schöne Berge und weite Wüsten. Frühstück und Mittag haben wir zugleich bei Burger King gegessen wo mich (Pascal) ein Mann angesprochen hat wo wir den her kommen.
Ich sagte ihm das wir aus der Nähe Berlin kommen und er antwortete auf Deutsch, er sei aus Hamburg aber schon vor 50 Jahren nach Australien gezogen ist.
Er hat auch Urlaub mit seiner Frau in den USA gemacht. Wir kamen ins Gespräch und er fragte uns wo wir denn schlafen würden. Ich guckte ihn lächelnd an und sagte in den Fiat 500 der da steht. Er lachte und hat gesagt das wir verrückt sind. 😂
Es war ein sehr nettes Gespräch und haben uns verabschiedet, weil wir noch ein weiten Weg hatten.
Das nächste kleine Ziel war dann El Paso, was an der mexikanischen Grenze liegt. Henry fand die Stadt echt schön wobei ich sie nicht so schön fand. Ausgestiegen sind wir nicht, weil es da nicht wirklich was zusehen gab. Also ging es weiter und haben uns einen netten Ort zum schreiben der Tagebücher gesucht und saßen an einer Rest Area mit wunder schönem Blick auf die Berge.
Die Nacht war am kommen und wir schliefen mal wieder im Auto.Read more
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Nancy Webb...Pat Bonetar Summer on the Harley
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- Sep 23, 2021, 12:25pm
- ☁️ 77 °F
- Altitude: 3,904 ft
- United States Arizona Cochise County Vanar 32.23667, -109.0932°14’12” N 109°5’24” W
Day 188
Cold Morning
September 23, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
After Kingman, I jumped on I-40 towards Flagstaff and no sooner was I on the road when the elevation began to rise and the temperature began to drop. Yay!

Just south of Flagstaff, I veered onto AZ89A to Sedona. What a beautiful road! Set in Coconino National Forest, this twisty, turny ribbon of asphalt begins with large evergreens lining both sides, occasionally receding to let in a meadow or stream. Then come the switchbacks down into the canyon. Sweet! The town center where the HD is (a t-shirt shop basically) is 💲caa-ching💰 😳. But it's really pretty as it sits nestled into the side of the canyon. When the traffic let's you leave town, you pass by the towering red canyon walls. Great road!

Leaving Sedona behind, I headed toward Phoenix to hit its numerous HDs. 9! The first one was in Cave Creek, where a pole was sticking up out of the middle of the road...at every crosswalk! WTF? Who does that?! Luckily, I didn't impale myself or Willie, and we continued on into the city.

Traffic. Traffic. Traffic. We fought and fought, and Willie got me through it all. The last HD photo was at 21:00, and it was just down the street from the hotel in Chandler. Which was excellent because I was beat. I crashed hard...I mean, I went to sleep very quickly 😉. No crashing authorized on this trip 🤞.

I left at sunrise and was just about to jump on I-10 when I spotted a Whataburger! Yay, I got a taquito for breakfast 😋! With that in my tummy, I made it to the Tucson HD at 08:00, where I put on my jacket liner and fingered gloves 🥶. It was a cold morning ride! I also put on my rain gear and covered my bags because of a front just moving into my area and heading my direction.

I only hit some light rain🌧️, but the roads were wet for a while and the temperature never rose, so I kept my rain gear on. It finally started warming up about an hour ago and now I can't take it anymore. The cool was nice, but I think the heat is coming again ☹️.

So long [for now], and thanks for all the fish! ✌️

Day 187 mileage: 689.0 (total 51658.2)Read more
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Traveler 2022 Fall Southwest Trip
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- Nov 1, 2022, 2:12pm
- ⛅ 73 °F
- Altitude: 4,065 ft
- United States Arizona Cochise County Vanar 32.227445, -109.04908932°13’39” N 109°2’57” W
Day 11
Made it to NM
November 1, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F
Pretty easy drive out in the middle of nowhere …. not much to see but desert and mountains in the background.
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