[Karl Bebout]

Danr, Adriana, and I had a nice ride up the hill, yesterday morning. Got into Payson and Danr led to the airport. Seems Adriana was uber chilly, and, of course, he had to pee. It was somewhat brisk in a few of the higher areas so I put my sweatshirt on, over my long sleeved tee and motored on. Definitely got nipply at 8000' but soon became near nirvana. I missed my turn to Mormon Lake so kept going to that garden spot, Winslow. Didn't see anyone in a flat bed Ford and no place that looked good for breakfast. That section of Rt 87, north of Strawberry towards Winslow gets so straight, you can literally see for miles. What's that? an opportunity to stretch a bit? Triple digits MAY nave been seen, even though the altitude is not conducive for my tiny engine's power production. Proceeded on to Flag, where I paid 50¢ a gallon more for fuel than I had at Costco, the day before. Got out of my jeans and sweatshirt and headed south bound and down. Stopped at Crown King to get into my ice vest and finally wound up my 8 hour day (6 1/2 hr moving) with a total of 420 miles. A bit more than anticipated, but it was such a beautiful day, I had no problem procrastinating about what ever honey-dos were waiting.