Wow! Thanks for all the good tips and advice on how to enjoy the trip...I've thought of many other places I'd like to see too, but my son Preston's got his heart set on seeing a real part of the old Route 66, so Arizona it is...thanks for the specific directions, Bob.
Russ, yes, my skin has seen too much sun already - three cancers, one of them a malignant melanoma so long sleeves and screen yep.
Rick, I appreciate the cooling off tips, been thinking of putting an ice-water filled container on the floor with two sipping tubes!
Sedona's on the list now, Doug. thanks! I visited there in my motorcycle-crazy times about 1979...AND I remember sliding down the rocks in the river...think I had my mind more focussed on that lovely blond who came along on her own bike...now THAT was "back in the day..."
I'll have completed the steering revamp and the high CFM fan for my cooling system by Tuesday....oughtta make a difference.
Dan, TwoBJ, my wife calls those places "Five Calendar Restaurants" and is now whining that there's only one passenger seat.
Yes Russ, the high end gears are much appeciated given how much distance we'll be covering, and Ed, I'll keep it at the speed limit when cruising, but I might just hurry up a whooooole lot getting to it
Anybody have a recommendation of a reliable shop along the way just in case the car needs more TLC than I can give it?
I don't run a front plate (have it in the trunk) - anyone think the troopers will pounce on that?
Breakfast soon yahyoubetcha!
You guys are the greatest!
Dirk
here mid-days - your lips are going to swell 
up and explode 
right off your face. I mean this is not the time to be driving through Arizona. Go North young men...go north!
Hybrid Mode
