When you see the San Francisco Peaks, Flagstaff is not far away.

I won't be long and this will be the final view of my vroc family and friends. It has been a fantastic 11 days.

We're really getting close now

It's is time to go our separate ways.......we had a fantastic trip......Sherm is a great riding buddy!

One final wave until next time. Time to go home and wash the bike and get her ready for the next trip.

This was a cool old Buick pulling out of my last stop for fuel.
11 great days, 3222.3 miles
Until the next ride, biglefti signing off................

We are meeting Jack and Barb 4E here for dinner.

Barb giving Sherm a hug of greeting

I got to meet Jacks brother Tom and his wife as well as Barbs mom LaVern

Sherm, Barb, LaVern, Julie, Tom and Jack

Some of my all time favorite people.

There is more candle power being emitted from that white bike than from the city of Las Vegas on a moonless night.

This guy was following me most of the day. That's an automatic kickstand hanging out there.

We stopped at these vacation rentals.......

On the top of that hill is the mission in the picture below.

It is the Mission San Jose de la Laguna built in 1706

Some of the pretty hills around the mission

Sherm is thinking of putting money down.....I told him to check with Pat first.

A little info on the mission

Not as impressive as the Colorado ones

Still pretty

The vermillion cliffs along I-40

different angle

and another angle

Not too high, but way higher than the lowest point on the continental divide.

Not really, that would be Everest

Sherm was reminded of Big Sky Montana with this view.

Nice setting

We're back in Arizona! Now to go find Jack and Barb!

The last night the whole group is together. Final conversations, and good-byes until next rally.

Two guys, one motto

Looking out our window......yikes!!!!

Heading out of the hill country, these will be the last of the Blue Bonnets

Sherm wanted this picture, not sure why

No more hill country. We rode 500 miles and are spending the night in Ft. Sumner, NM.

Admiral Nimitz was raised here in Fredericksburg and this awesome museum is here in his honor.

Out of order, but a few more bluebonnets today

They only finished this bronze of him in 2011

Some of the memorabilia of the time and you can see the ghost of Sherm who happened to be in the Coast Guard during that same time.

Nice Petunias

Several German restaurants in Fredericksburg

Beer Gardens are big here too

Very nice setting to have a beer on a hot day

Lots of candy stores and bakeries too!

We rode to Llano to have BBQ at Coopers. We were pretty early and they are lining up already.

These pictures have loaded out of order so I will just caption them as though they are stand alone.

Sherm asked me if there was nothing over 25 cents in here. I told him no.

I climbed up on this sign so I could take a picture without having to pay the $7.00

These folks have made quite a climb to get where they are.

Time to dig in at Coopers

I chose a pound and a half of sirloin.....very good but I could only finish a pound and a quarter.

Joe taking pictures of Susan in the Blue Bonnets. He was wearing his helmet because she throws rocks at him if he doesn't get a good shot. :)

Picture of Enchanted Rock from on top of their entrance sign

These were our meat choices at Coopers.....yum yum!

A rare picture of John (Coyote) and Sherm

These are some of the better blue bonnets we have seen

Sherm likes roadrunners

Creative photography......called sticking the camera in the weeds.:)