Mesa, Arizona
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Go to Tortilla Flats and have a bowl of chili while sitting on the saddle bar stools. Then, go next door and get some of their prickly pear ice cream and some chili seasoning mix to take back home with you. Your wife will enjoy shopping in their quaint shop. That makes for a nice day trip. A second day, you should go up to Cave Creak/Carefree. Plenty of great restaurants and bars and shops that you will both enjoy. See the Sundial. Before you beat feet out of that area, head east from Carefree to the Bartlett Dam and Bartlett Lake. You'll mostly be alone on the road and the scenery is great. If you have yes another day, Prescott is a short day trip, also with historic sites and good restaurants and shopping for the wife. If you have enough time, shoot up 89 from Wickenburg to Prescott instead of I 17. 89 is a crazy twisty road at times. With even more time, take Alt 89, or 89a, up through Jerome and to Sedona. Lots of twists and lost of scenery. Enjoy.
Cruiser
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From: Chandler, AZ
If you can drag it out until the end of March you'd be here for the pre bike week activities. Tons of stuff going on then. They've even got Charlie Daniels signed up to play on the new stage at Chester's HD on March 27th to help kick it off.
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Well again I cannot thank you all enough for all the information. I am pumped up more about this trip than anything else I have done in some time now.
I spent several hours looking at the area from Mesa north all the way to the Grand Canyon and I think that is the area we want to cover. Right now I think I can work this out to have three full days of riding before we have to get ack home. We like to have a destination in mind and reservations made within a reasonable distance and take our time along the way and soak in the sites. From what I have seen I should have visited Arizona a long time ago. We may have to make this an annual trip until we are able to hit all the key spots.
Keep your suggestions coming please.
I spent several hours looking at the area from Mesa north all the way to the Grand Canyon and I think that is the area we want to cover. Right now I think I can work this out to have three full days of riding before we have to get ack home. We like to have a destination in mind and reservations made within a reasonable distance and take our time along the way and soak in the sites. From what I have seen I should have visited Arizona a long time ago. We may have to make this an annual trip until we are able to hit all the key spots.
Keep your suggestions coming please.
Road Warrior
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From: Arizona
I am a big fan of Chandler HD. They have always been extraordinarily nice.
Lots of good roads up around Superior. RT 177 / 77 are quiet and scenic. There are some good local restaurants in Hayden (Marias) and Mammoth (Casita).
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I realized your question about March weather was not answered. I found this but remember that it can drop 20 degrees or so when you start getting into the elevation up north. This is one of those areas that pulling over to add or remove clothing layers is done often.
March rocks, the desert is blooming, usually scarce rain, good timing.
March
Average high temperature: 75
Average low temperature: 49
Warmest ever: 100
Coldest ever: 25
Average precipitation: .9
Source
March rocks, the desert is blooming, usually scarce rain, good timing.
March
Average high temperature: 75
Average low temperature: 49
Warmest ever: 100
Coldest ever: 25
Average precipitation: .9
Source
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