Cody Trip - Morning Day 2

Yesterday we started in Glendale at 7:15 and landed in Henderson, NV at about 4:30pm. To say it was hot is an understatement. We passed through the Joshua Tree forest which was beautiful and different. Out in the middle of no where so, we didn't have any good places to stop for pictures. Met a couple of Austrians who were touring the SW on rented bikes. And passed through Nothing.

The last 40 miles were probably the longest 40 miles of my life. We crossed Hoover Dam in slightly less than an hour. Great place to practice your slow ride skills but I wouldn't recommend it in the heights of summer. We stopped once just to poor water over ourselves, the heat from the engines scorched our thighs. When we finally got through we stopped at strip mall for some shade where I worried that I might be having heat exhaustion. After cooling off and drinking plenty, I felt much better and we went another 10 miles or so where we planned to stay for the night and meet Deb's step sister.

We pulled into the Fiesta Casino Hotel, talk about service! We scared the parking valets to death when we pulled up to valet parking. We told him we were just looking for motorcycle parking, he directed us to that and then met us at the bikes with a luggage cart, unloaded our bikes and sent us off to the front desk to check in. When we had done that, he met us at the desk and followed us to our room, unloaded the cart and set the AC for us. Definitely worth the hefty tip we gave him and it was still less than staying at the Holiday Inn as we originally planned.

Deb's step sister Sharon and her husband Bob met us for dinner. We had a great time with them, laughing a lot. Later we took a little ride to the cemetery where Deb's father is buried.

Finally, it was back to the hotel, about 30 minutes of TV and snooze city.

Packing up shortly to head out on the next leg of the trip. Look for pictures under Debbie's Facebook page.