Mark H
New member
Hi all,
As part of a much larger adventure, my wife and I are planning to ride from Southern California to Yuma and then across to ride the Apache Trail. From there we head north towards Colorado, and into the distance for another 4 weeks of what we hope will be motorcycling heaven.
The challenge in the early part of our ride is to find an interesting route between Yuma and Apache Junction (eastern outskirts of Phoenix).
This part of the US is not short on stunning open desert vistas, but as things stand, we are thinking there isn't much in the way of "great" roads across this section of Arizona.
We have mapped out the following route -
LINK to Google Maps
We plan to start the days ride in Yuma after the previous day skirting the border with Mexico (to see first hand what the border wall looks like).
But leaving Yuma, it looks like there is a combination of highways and fairly straight secondary roads. I added the dip down through Ajo and Why to try and capture more interesting terrain, but it's still not looking too exciting. We ride R1200GS and had considered riding El Camino Del Diablo or part of it, but that may be a little too isolated and remote. We like off-road sections, but are not hardcore adventure riders.
Does anyone have any local knowledge of this area and can share insights or recommendations for an alternate route across this part of the country.
Regards
Mark
As part of a much larger adventure, my wife and I are planning to ride from Southern California to Yuma and then across to ride the Apache Trail. From there we head north towards Colorado, and into the distance for another 4 weeks of what we hope will be motorcycling heaven.
The challenge in the early part of our ride is to find an interesting route between Yuma and Apache Junction (eastern outskirts of Phoenix).
This part of the US is not short on stunning open desert vistas, but as things stand, we are thinking there isn't much in the way of "great" roads across this section of Arizona.
We have mapped out the following route -
LINK to Google Maps
We plan to start the days ride in Yuma after the previous day skirting the border with Mexico (to see first hand what the border wall looks like).
But leaving Yuma, it looks like there is a combination of highways and fairly straight secondary roads. I added the dip down through Ajo and Why to try and capture more interesting terrain, but it's still not looking too exciting. We ride R1200GS and had considered riding El Camino Del Diablo or part of it, but that may be a little too isolated and remote. We like off-road sections, but are not hardcore adventure riders.
Does anyone have any local knowledge of this area and can share insights or recommendations for an alternate route across this part of the country.
Regards
Mark