Day 3 – Winslow , AZ to Silver City, NM

While Lee was scoping out a breakfast spot, I was watching the bikes. And guess what happened... Well, I'm standing on a corner In Winslow, Arizona, and such a fine sight to see. It's a girl, my lord, in a flatbed Ford slowing down to take a look at me....

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Right....! Perhaps this happened to Glenn Frey but not me. Of course, these are the lyrics from the Eagles hit.. “Take It Easy”

Here’s a bit of trivia gleaned from cyberspace.... “Jackson Browne wrote this for his first album, but he didn't know how to finish the song. He gave it to his friend Glenn Frey, who needed songs for his new band - the Eagles. Frey finished the song and the Eagles used it as the first song on their first album. (thanks, Bill - Johnstown, PA)”

Anyway... back to the travelogue:

We found “The Falcon” family restaurant on 3^rd Ave. It hasn’t been redecorated since Route 66 was THE highway through town, but the food and service was great. After breakfast we took I40 to Holbrook and south on hwy 87 through Snowflake, AZ and hwy 260 (the scenic route) through White Mountain National Forest and the Apache Reservation.

I’m discovering that there is a lot of high elevation terrain in “these here parts”. We climbed once again to over 9000 ft and passed by a ski hill with snow on it!! Once again the heated jackets were valuable.

We stopped for a bite to eat in Alpine Arizona. The restaurant we initially selected looked like it was busy with the after-church crowd so we opted for a local general store that advertised subway sandwiches. Unfortunately the sandwiches were not available on Sundays so we settled for a nuked burrito. Yum-yum!

The best part about travelling is the serendipitous encounters. The burrito was not so good but when motorcyclist's paths cross, there is always time for conversation. In this particular conversation with a local biker, we were redirected from our planned route and convinced to follow Hwy 191 south from Alpine. What a road! Not for the timid. For a while I thought we were already in Mexico. Narrow road, tight turns, no guard rails... incredible ride, incredible views!

We arrived in Silver City around 6:30 and sought out the old downtown area. We are in Palace Hotel, one of the original hotels and dined at a local brew pub.

We are heading into Mexico tomorrow. Crossing the border at Las Palomas. Planned destination is Nuevo Casa Grande.

Hwy 191 south of Alpine, Arizona