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Author Topic: Last Seen in Arizona  (Read 3339 times)

Offline Lucky_Lou

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Last Seen in Arizona
« on: November 03, 2010, 01:06:55 PM »
My Biker budddy Les and his wife are on there way to visit family in New Zealand via the Southern USA they were last seen canoeing under London Bridge he as posted loads of pictures ...does anyone know where the one with the bikes is.The last picture is Les and me on the Airfield earlier this year,ive asked him to photograph any R65,s he sees on his travels you never know....
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Mental note ...must visit Two Guns dont know why must be a "Cowboy" thing  
« Last Edit: November 03, 2010, 01:09:48 PM by Lucky_Lou »
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Re: Last Seen in Arizona
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2010, 01:34:48 PM »
Two Guns, Arizona is about 35 miles east of Flagstaff, Arizona on Interstate 40 at exit 230 .

Flagstaff is about 160 miles north of Phoenix and 6,000 feet higher in elevation .

Two Guns is 3 miles west of the exit for Meteor Crater, a big hole in the ground created by, you guessed it, a large meteor about 50,000 years ago .

http://www.barringercrater.com/science/

http://www.americansouthwest.net/arizona/meteor_crater/index.html


The first picture is Sedona, Arizona about 120 miles north/northwest of Phoenix .

The second picture is Winona, Arizona about 15 miles east of Flagstaff, it's mentioned in the song 'Get Your Kicks On Route 66', by the Rolling Stones sometime in the late 60's / early 70's .

The fourth picture is Arizona Route 89A in the Sedona area .

Well, while we're in the area there's another small town called Winslow, it's 23 miles east of Two Guns .

It was somewhat imortalized in the rock group Eagles song 'Take It Easy', the line was 'Standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona ........', you probably know the rest .

Just in case you don't remember the song .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zuhxfrXocw

The town even erected a statue in tribute to the song .

http://www.standinonthecorner.com/

http://www.illusion-art.com/winslow.asp

« Last Edit: November 03, 2010, 10:10:38 PM by Bob_Roller »
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Re: Last Seen in Arizona
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2010, 05:58:07 PM »
Gun Barrel City, Texas, is just a short hop from my house. Come on over, Lou. We'll do Fredericksburg, TX, and the single action shop down there. Pistols, long guns, period-correct clothing... Bring a little cash, we'll have a bash. Did I mention there's two R65s in my shop?

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Re: Last Seen in Arizona
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2010, 01:46:51 PM »
He can head farther north to Page, AZ and visit the memorial to my birth.  At least, I assume there is one.  

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Re: Last Seen in Arizona
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2010, 05:31:09 PM »
So much to do and so little time....i think i will give Two Guns a miss though, cant help wondering if it was an inspiration for the story line in Pixar,s "Cars" my grandsons favourite film.......now the Crater and the gun shop right up my street.Serenity SyFy with cowboys perfect.
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Re: Last Seen in Arizona
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2010, 05:42:25 PM »
Several years ago I flew out to Las Vegas to help my sister & bro-in-law move to Indiana.  I was driving Dave's truck.
Shortly after leaving Flagstaff on I40, I saw a sign for Meteor Crater Rd.  WOW! I thought!  So I took the detour.  Well worth it! :)  What a nice surprise!

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Re: Last Seen in Arizona
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2010, 05:51:12 PM »
By coincidence the Barringer Meteorite Crater featured in a BBC documentary last night  - "Horizon: Asteroids - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"

There were some very impressive flyby shots of the crater. I'd love to see it one day.
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Re: Last Seen in Arizona
« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2010, 04:47:09 PM »
Ok thats it im packing my bags.....next stop Tombstone
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Re: Last Seen in Arizona
« Reply #9 on: November 05, 2010, 05:00:04 PM »
Lou, weather is perfect this time of year, 85 F., 8 % humidity and a light breeze .
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Re: Last Seen in Arizona
« Reply #10 on: November 06, 2010, 01:47:08 PM »
Its reassuring to know you have high standards out West...
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Re: Last Seen in Arizona
« Reply #11 on: November 06, 2010, 01:53:48 PM »
It's the tough drinking and driving laws we have here in Aridzona . [smiley=happy.gif]
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Re: Last Seen in Arizona
« Reply #12 on: November 06, 2010, 04:15:58 PM »
Meteor Crater is definitely an interesting place to visit, and Sedona is some might fine/picturesque scenery -and if you head just ~ 2 hours north of Flagstaff you can visit the south rim of the Grand Canyon, which, IMHO is awful darn pretty, too!

Maybe someday I'll ride a motorcycle down there and back - not this year though.  Would make a nice trip!
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Re: Last Seen in Arizona
« Reply #13 on: November 07, 2010, 09:13:15 AM »
Getting closer....no air heads yet.
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Re: Last Seen in Arizona
« Reply #14 on: November 16, 2010, 10:25:34 AM »
Lucky Lou...how do I post a picture in the smaller format like the ones attached to this post? I want to post a couple of pictures of my Frankenbeemer's new engine. I tried posting a photo and it eneded up being about 2 feet in width (not over exaggerated...much), so I deleted the post.
Thanks in advance, Alex in Ohio