Author Topic: The 7th Annual "Gathering of Eagles" in Cottonwood, AZ - May 4-5, 2018 (Read 52386 times)

Tom · « **Reply #60 on:** January 08, 2018, 11:00:20 PM »

Okay. Here's what you do. Take a support vehicle with the kids. You and your hubby take shifts riding your bike. You have helmets for the kids. If you go with a bunch, then you and your husband can round robin with other riders in a group, the kids too. I'm okay with you folks riding my SP1000. I'm pretty sure Fay would be okay with you riding her Scout. Can't speak for Richard and his 1400 Cali but he does have a V7 II.

JJ · « **Reply #61 on:** January 09, 2018, 04:04:40 PM »

Quote from: Tom on January 08, 2018, 11:00:20 PM

Okay. Here's what you do. Take a support vehicle with the kids. You and your hubby take shifts riding your bike. You have helmets for the kids. If you go with a bunch, then you and your husband can round robin with other riders in a group, the kids too. I'm okay with you folks riding my SP1000. I'm pretty sure Fay would be okay with you riding her Scout. Can't speak for Richard and his 1400 Cali but he does have a V7 II.

By the way, The View Motel is very "family friendly" and they have a nice POOL also!

JJ · « **Reply #62 on:** January 12, 2018, 09:38:13 AM »

Related to my last post...I give you........."EXHIBIT A"

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Guzzi Gal · « **Reply #63 on:** January 12, 2018, 10:26:38 AM »

Quote from: Tom on January 08, 2018, 11:00:20 PM

Okay. Here's what you do. Take a support vehicle with the kids. You and your hubby take shifts riding your bike. You have helmets for the kids. If you go with a bunch, then you and your husband can round robin with other riders in a group, the kids too. I'm okay with you folks riding my SP1000. I'm pretty sure Fay would be okay with you riding her Scout. Can't speak for Richard and his 1400 Cali but he does have a V7 II.

That sounds fun! However, my hubby informed me last week that he will be in Texas that weekend to visit family. I may take the kids on a day trip to Cottonwood in the van, so as not to completely miss out, but riding is now out of the question.

I was also sad to have missed this month's MGNOC breakfast. Our youngest was ill and all she wanted was to cuddle with Mama.

Wildguzzi.com · « **Reply #63 on:** January 12, 2018, 10:26:38 AM »

Tom · « **Reply #64 on:** January 12, 2018, 12:22:16 PM »

"Jus' tryin to haalp"

Take the kids fishing. JJ has the info.

JJ · « **Reply #65 on:** January 15, 2018, 04:16:23 PM »

Quote from: Tom on January 12, 2018, 12:22:16 PM

"Jus' tryin to haalp" Take the kids fishing. JJ has the info.

Lots of great fishing in Oak Creek Canyon...and there is even a "Trout Farm" there as well...the kids would LOVE that!
Catch a trout...they gut and dress it for you right there....then grill yourself or take it down to The Heartline Cafe in West Sedona, and for a nominal fee, the head chef will make "Trout Almondine" for you and the family!!

Mmmmmmm-BOY!!

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Guzzi Gal · « **Reply #66 on:** January 15, 2018, 04:31:03 PM »

Quote from: JJ on January 15, 2018, 04:16:23 PM

Lots of great fishing in Oak Creek Canyon...and there is even a "Trout Farm" there as well...the kids would LOVE that!
Catch a trout...they gut and dress it for you right there....then grill yourself or take it down to The Heartline Cafe in West Sedona, and for a nominal fee, the head chef will make "Trout Almondine" for you and the family!!

Mmmmmmm-BOY!! :1:

Yummm! We all have cheapo rods so this could work.

Tom · « **Reply #67 on:** January 15, 2018, 04:59:41 PM »

Nothing like a kid catching their first fish then eating right away.

Guzzi Gal · « **Reply #68 on:** January 15, 2018, 05:57:39 PM »

Quote from: Tom on January 15, 2018, 04:59:41 PM

Nothing like a kid catching their first fish then eating right away.

:1: So true, and my kids haven't had that pleasure yet.
Grampa took me fishing many a time on our summer "RV the USA" trips. Grama would clean 'em and fry 'em for supper midwestern style. We usually caught perch (yellowbellies), trout or catfish and it was all good eats after Grama got her hands on them.

Later, I'd go fishing with my dad and his buddies down in the Sea of Cortez, or Costa Rica and they would arrange to have a local restaurant prepare them for our evening meal. I've hauled in some big yellowtail, roosterfish, swordfish and the like, but I'll tell ya, the hardest fish to bring in was a chunky red snapper. The thing just dove for the bottom and tried to take me with it, but damn it tasted goooood!

JJ · « **Reply #69 on:** January 16, 2018, 07:59:24 AM »

...at the Trout Farm in Oak Creek Canyon...they also give you rods, reels, and BAIT!!

Guzzi Gal · « **Reply #70 on:** January 16, 2018, 09:28:49 AM »

Quote from: JJ on January 16, 2018, 07:59:24 AM

...at the Trout Farm in Oak Creek Canyon...they also give you rods, reels, and BAIT!!

That would be Sedona's, right? We visited there on the way back from a Cub Scout trip to Flag's ice caves in '11. The kids loved feeding the fish, but we didn't stay to catch any.

At about the same time we did catch and release at Cesar Chavez Park, here in Phoenix. Our eldest might remember, the middle boy won't and our daughter was still a babe (born in '11).

JJ · « **Reply #71 on:** January 16, 2018, 09:38:49 AM »

Quote from: Guzzi Gal on January 16, 2018, 09:28:49 AM

That would be Sedona's, right? We visited there on the way back from a Cub Scout trip to Flag's ice caves in '11. The kids loved feeding the fish, but we didn't stay to catch any. At about the same time we did catch and release at Cesar Chavez Park, here in Phoenix. Our eldest might remember, the middle boy won't and our daughter was still a babe (born in '11).

Yes, the Trout Farm is on the right, just outside of downtown Sedona on SR89A on the way to Flagstaff, in beautiful Oak Creek Canyon...

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Tom · « **Reply #72 on:** January 16, 2018, 11:40:06 AM »

The Yelp reviews are interesting to read.

You can tell that they have experience working with tourists.

JJ · « **Reply #73 on:** January 16, 2018, 01:52:48 PM »

Quote from: Tom on January 16, 2018, 11:40:06 AM

The Yelp reviews are interesting to read. You can tell that they have experience working with tourists.

Sedona, (Pop. about 11,000), gets about 4-4.5M visitors PER YEAR from around the world, so tourism is their big industry. Believe me...they know how to deal with a variety of "tourista's!" (LOL)

Tom · « **Reply #74 on:** January 16, 2018, 04:07:32 PM »

Any of the negative comments are from the whiners. IMHO.

ITSec · « **Reply #75 on:** January 16, 2018, 04:15:43 PM »

Quote from: JJ on January 16, 2018, 09:38:49 AM

Yes, the Trout Farm is on the right, just outside of downtown Sedona on SR89A on the way to Flagstaff, in beautiful Oak Creek Canyon... :1:

Now we know where the last Tiger was killed....

(obscure Brautigan reference!)

JJ · « **Reply #76 on:** January 16, 2018, 04:45:46 PM »

Quote from: ITSec on January 16, 2018, 04:15:43 PM

Now we know where the last Tiger was killed....

(obscure Brautigan reference!)

Of course Tony, unless one is familiar with the writings of Brautigan...no one knows what in the hell you are talking about!! (LOL)

See you next week in Vegas!! I will call or text you... Annual group photo at The Lobby Bar...as in years past!

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twowings · « **Reply #77 on:** January 16, 2018, 06:17:09 PM »

"Trout Fishing in America" was required reading in my friends VW Microbus in the school parking lot while cutting class...

ITSec · « **Reply #78 on:** January 16, 2018, 08:31:50 PM »

Quote from: JJ on January 16, 2018, 04:45:46 PM

Of course Tony, unless one is familiar with the writings of Brautigan...no one knows what in the hell you are talking about!! (LOL)

My grandfather was a Confederate general from Big Sur, and I've always thought Sedona was made of watermelon sugar...

Is that "The Ballad of Springhill" I hear in the background?

JJ · « **Reply #79 on:** January 17, 2018, 09:31:55 AM »

Quote from: ITSec on January 16, 2018, 08:31:50 PM

My grandfather was a Confederate general from Big Sur, and I've always thought Sedona was made of watermelon sugar...

Is that "The Ballad of Springhill" I hear in the background?

It's more like..."O' Toto...I don't think we are in Kansas anymore...." That's right kids...we have just entered the VORTEX in the VOC...

jdgretz · « **Reply #80 on:** January 17, 2018, 05:27:52 PM »

Reservations made. See y'all there.

jdg

JJ · « **Reply #81 on:** January 18, 2018, 06:19:38 AM »

Quote from: jdgretz on January 17, 2018, 05:27:52 PM

Reservations made. See y'all there.

jdg

It's already almost Feb... and May is just around the corner!

JJ · « **Reply #82 on:** January 19, 2018, 09:59:13 AM »

The T.G.I.F. *** BUMP ***

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gscott · « **Reply #83 on:** January 19, 2018, 10:50:20 AM »

Quote from: JJ on January 18, 2018, 06:19:38 AM

It's already almost Feb... and May is just around the corner!

Any solo riders interested in sharing a double queen room at the motel? $44 sounds better than $85...

PM me.

JJ · « **Reply #84 on:** January 19, 2018, 12:23:01 PM »

I believe we will have these folks from historic Cottonwood, AZ cater our Sat. night dinner again...but this year remind them to BRING MORE BBQ SAUCE!!!

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ITSec · « **Reply #85 on:** January 19, 2018, 09:34:05 PM »

Quote from: JJ on January 19, 2018, 12:23:01 PM

I believe we will have these folks from historic Cottonwood, AZ cater our Sat. night dinner again...but this year remind them to BRING MORE BBQ SAUCE!!! :1:

Remember, BBQ sauce is served on the side and used sparingly.

It's all about the rub!

Arizona Wayne · « **Reply #86 on:** January 20, 2018, 12:55:57 AM »

Quote from: gscott on January 19, 2018, 10:50:20 AM

Any solo riders interested in sharing a double queen room at the motel? $44 sounds better than $85...

PM me.

Actually with taxes it's $50 per person 2 in a room, $100 each for 2 nights. I too have a room for 2 reserved now as I did last year. Shared the room with a fellow Guzzisti from Colorado.

JJ · « **Reply #87 on:** January 20, 2018, 07:59:37 AM »

Quote from: ITSec on January 19, 2018, 09:34:05 PM

Remember, BBQ sauce is served on the side and used sparingly.

It's all about the rub!

That's correct..."O-Canada-breath!" (lol) The rub last year was fine...unfortunatel y, they did not bring enough "on the side!!"

- - but we will ensure that is taken care of this year!

Here is octogenarian, long-distance legend, "Griso-George" from Sequim, WA, at the New Mexico State Guzzi Rally in Datil in 2017, explaining to Tony, ("O-Canada-ITSec"), that "Size Really Does Matter!!" (lol)

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JJ · « **Reply #88 on:** January 23, 2018, 07:53:29 AM »

Cottonwood 2017

"Tire-kickin' and story-tellin'" at its absolute finest...

JJ · « **Reply #89 on:** January 28, 2018, 08:23:38 AM »

Next Guzzi event coming up in Arizona!! The "Gathering of Eagles" at "The View Motel in Cottonwood. the first weekend in May *** BUMP ***

(Oh....yes...that's poor ol' JJ trying out "The Chair" as NORCAL Griso-Tony pulls the switch at the Mob Museum in Vegas!!

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