{"id":146,"date":"2008-05-10T21:07:55","date_gmt":"2008-05-11T04:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/?p=146"},"modified":"2013-12-14T12:20:51","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T17:20:51","slug":"roam-to-jerome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/roam-to-jerome\/","title":{"rendered":"Roam to Jerome…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another weekend on the road… what to do… what to do?<\/p>\n

Well, this looks pretty good<\/a>: I’ve seen the road to Jerome<\/a> mentioned many times in the forums<\/a>. Since I showed up at the rental place<\/a> with no reservation my bike choices were limited… a huge FJR1300<\/a>… or a SV650<\/a> for half the daily rate of the FJR? As much as I was hoping to avoid the SV and get a VFR<\/a> or V-Strom<\/a> instead… I can’t argue with half-price. It’s decided!<\/p>\n

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The road through to Jerome was amazing: dozens of corners… many 180 switchbacks signed at 15-20MPH (but with all the guardrails… few places to pull over and take pictures \ud83d\ude41 ):<\/p>\n

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There were lots of other bikes on the road! And downtown Jerome was crawling with them!<\/p>\n

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Here’s a pic from a rest area: you can barely see the road crawling along the left hillside (you can just make out a couple of tiny cars to the right of the blue sign):<\/p>\n

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I came in on top of the town.. Jerome is built into the side of a hill.. so you have to wind down the streets to get out the lower end to the highway: here’s a pseudo-panoramic view looking down:<\/p>\n

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And finally a view from the bottom of the town looking back up, and a pic of some of the old rail carts and electrics motors from long ago when mining was the booming industry:<\/p>\n

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After Jerome I looped North through Sedona<\/a>, and stopped at a bridge just outside town<\/a>. There were tons of cars there and lots of tourists so it was a good time to stop and stretch my legs and see what all the fuss was about:<\/p>\n

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There was a great view of the valley and river under the bridge… you could follow a trail down the hill to the river below… there was lots of people playing in the water (second pic)…<\/p>\n

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…here’s a closer view of all the people splashing around in the sun:<\/p>\n

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My last stop before heading home (2 hour drive straight South down I17 to Phoenix) was the Oak Creek Canyon lookout point<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Here’s an Easter Egg photo for my mom: the lookout had lots of tables set up with people selling crafts: this is where I bought her Mothers Day gift… since she rarely uses the Internet I should be safe posting the photo now before I mail the presents back to her \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Another long day… about 300 miles in total… time for some sleep…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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