{"id":16375,"date":"2021-09-10T23:06:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-11T03:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=16375"},"modified":"2021-09-10T23:06:02","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T03:06:02","slug":"days-2-3-4-riding-a-harley-in-the-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=16375","title":{"rendered":"Days 2, 3, &#038; 4&#8211;Riding a Harley in the Desert."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know I have not updated this blog as I had thought I would.  Well&#8230; I have been riding.  Having fun.  Keeping my distance from others since no one will wear a mask (unless required).<\/p>\n<p>Here is a recap since my last post, based in photos that tell their own story.  Read on&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nDay 2:  St. George Utah to North Rim Grand Canyon<div id=\"attachment_16376\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16376\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/RoomViewGCNR.png?resize=584%2C384&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"384\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/RoomViewGCNR.png?resize=800%2C526&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/RoomViewGCNR.png?resize=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/RoomViewGCNR.png?resize=150%2C99&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/RoomViewGCNR.png?resize=768%2C505&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/RoomViewGCNR.png?resize=456%2C300&amp;ssl=1 456w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/RoomViewGCNR.png?w=1156&amp;ssl=1 1156w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from our cabin within the Grand Canyon North Rim National Park<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_16377\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16377\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/AZUT8940elevGC.png?resize=584%2C385&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"385\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/AZUT8940elevGC.png?resize=800%2C528&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/AZUT8940elevGC.png?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/AZUT8940elevGC.png?resize=150%2C99&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/AZUT8940elevGC.png?resize=768%2C506&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/AZUT8940elevGC.png?resize=455%2C300&amp;ssl=1 455w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/AZUT8940elevGC.png?w=1418&amp;ssl=1 1418w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/AZUT8940elevGC.png?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16377\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AZ-67 road through and to Grand Canyon North Rim National Park<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nDay 3:  Grand Canyon to Page, Arizona<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_16378\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16378\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Vermillion-Cliffs.png?resize=584%2C356&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"356\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Vermillion-Cliffs.png?resize=800%2C488&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Vermillion-Cliffs.png?resize=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Vermillion-Cliffs.png?resize=150%2C91&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Vermillion-Cliffs.png?resize=768%2C468&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Vermillion-Cliffs.png?resize=492%2C300&amp;ssl=1 492w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Vermillion-Cliffs.png?w=1450&amp;ssl=1 1450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Vermillion-Cliffs.png?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vermillion Cliffs, Arizona<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_16379\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16379\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/AZUTtoPage.png?resize=584%2C385&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"385\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/AZUTtoPage.png?resize=800%2C528&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/AZUTtoPage.png?resize=300%2C198&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/AZUTtoPage.png?resize=150%2C99&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/AZUTtoPage.png?resize=768%2C506&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/AZUTtoPage.png?resize=455%2C300&amp;ssl=1 455w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/AZUTtoPage.png?w=1418&amp;ssl=1 1418w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/AZUTtoPage.png?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from the road as we entered Page, AZ.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nDay 4:  Monument Valley, Navajo Nation<br \/>\nRiding here has been a long-held dream.  It was fulfilled on September 10, 2021<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_16380\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16380\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MonValleyonway.png?resize=584%2C363&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"363\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MonValleyonway.png?resize=800%2C497&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MonValleyonway.png?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MonValleyonway.png?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MonValleyonway.png?resize=768%2C477&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MonValleyonway.png?resize=483%2C300&amp;ssl=1 483w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MonValleyonway.png?w=1115&amp;ssl=1 1115w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monument Valley, Navajo Nation<\/p><\/div><div id=\"attachment_16381\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16381\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Iconic.png?resize=584%2C339&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"339\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Iconic.png?resize=800%2C465&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Iconic.png?resize=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Iconic.png?resize=150%2C87&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Iconic.png?resize=768%2C446&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Iconic.png?resize=500%2C290&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Iconic.png?w=1513&amp;ssl=1 1513w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Iconic.png?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me \/ Harley \/ Iconic Monument Valley Scenic Road<\/p><\/div>Six more days of riding to go.  450 miles so far, ~1300 miles to go.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  dream your ride and fulfill it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know I have not updated this blog as I had thought I would. Well&#8230; I have been riding. Having fun. Keeping my distance from others since no one will wear a mask (unless required). Here is a recap since &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=16375\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awesome-adventure-ii","category-motorcycle-ride"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}