General Discussion

Vulture City Mine Tour

On Sunday, 19 Nov 22, 45 intrepid BMMC’ers on 34 bikes and trikes braved the early go in cooler temperatures to make the trek to the Vulture City Mine, just south of Wickenburg. Due to some timing issues we had to adjust the groups spacing, which turned out to be non issue.

It was a direct ride with no bio/gas stops planned to meet our arrival window and get wrist bands for the guided tour. The owners of the mine have done an amazing job to bring this once a ghost town back to life. They even had a "Marshalls Gun Fight" demo with real guns and real blanks for sound effects. Nice touch.

I don’t believe any riders had any trouble negotiating the small hills and turns in the gravel/hard packed dirt of the mine’s premises on the way to/from the parking lot. Nice job!

After the mine tour most of us (some had other commitment and had to break off) proceeded south, southeast, south, east, south, southeast, east, north to arrive for another time window slot and lunch at Waddell’s Longhorn Saloon in Waddell. They have an incredible selection of western type food and I don’t believe anyone left hungry.

The return trip toward the starting point (and official end of the ride) was north, east, onto Loop 303 north and ride home.

I’d like to thank all of you for braving the cold, the dust, using cash instead of credit cards, and a few 'bumps in the road' (literally) to join me for the day.

I’d also like to thank the Ride Captains (Roddy L, Mike C, Mike V, Ed G, Tom D, Phill S, Robert M, and Wayne W) for all their help. They sure made it easy.

Hasta,

Gene Adee,

Ride Captain Host