Day Ten - Chinle Arizona to Santa Fe New Mexico

The crew has become restless - we tire of endless open spaces and beautiful valleys and canyons. An insurrection is brewing as Santa Fe looms. High speed tarmac, Route 66, Breaking Bad locations and retail therapy are now the priority. The plan is hatched last night at the daily Jack Daniels meeting. 

 

With that in mind the route is reshuffled to run through Gallup and Albuquerque and then Madrid (Mad Rid) to Santa Fe. But the captain extracts a price. We start with breakfast at Denny's where the northernmost Denny's t-shirt is worn with pride!  And right opposite the restaurant is this most attractive retail offer. Although what you do while the item is on layaway doesn't bear thinking about!

 

We start with a smooth ride down to Gallup and a coffee at the historic El Rancho hotel - well known to the Fukawi!

 

From there a 2 hour interstate blitz at 80 mph and temperatures that eventually hit 102F for lunch at Loyola's. Again a Fukawi haunt and the scene of both Bteaking Bad and Better Call Saul shoots. In fact we sat at Jimmy's table!

 
 

Food was excellent and the crew from Ron Peterson's firearms store opposite were there. The main man even has a Goldwing trike!

After lunch we climbed up through Madrid - scene of the movie Wild Hogs - to Santa Fe. 

We're at a great hotel, the Luxx, right downtown, and tonight's dinner and shopping exploration points to a full day tomorrow. No riding and it should be nice and hot!

Sone Santa Fe experiences:

 
  

Comments

  1. Don Weber16 June 2017 at 07:42

    Oh the memories of
    Rte 66. Great to see the fun you all are having.

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