Took some pics just after getting into Utah at Buff. This place is awesome. Then stopped outside of Mexican Hat. Beauty at its best. By now, groups and clicks have formed and our riding group was down to about 10 bikes. The others went into other groups and did their own thing for the day but still end up in the same town at the same hotel to hang out. We continued onto 40 to get to Mexican hat. We could see the Monument Valley in the distance. Once in town our group (minus David because he had to get a tire and was behind us) went to the top of the mountain via miles of dirt road, called Moki Dugway. It was actually worth every minute of it. It was so majestic. We also went to Goose neck Creek, I believe. The creek runs about a mile and a half like an 'S'. They say if you were to straighten it out it would be more than 6 miles long. It was so beautiful. there wasn't much color like the mountains and rock ridges but the gray hues were pretty. We were so high up too. We got word that David arrived at hotel and began checking us in at the San Juan Hotel. I had told David we needed a large room with 3 beds because it was cheaper. He must have been confused as he got a suite with full kitchen, dining room, living room and 2 bedrooms. It had pull out couch and many cots. Though we only had Dan, Becky and Bill. It was nice having this as we had shared so many nights we got some privacy and some room to walk around. We went to the Swingin steak for dinner. This was the talk of the group for many nights prior and we were so looking forward to this. We had heard it was expensive so we ate accordingly previous nights to even things out. I must go on the Internet and write a review. I was so disappointed as well as David. The steak was 18oz, 10 of which was fat. I chose the Rib eye at medium rare which arrived overcooked. Not by much, but when you pay $36 for a steak you want it right. It was not only overcooked but it was bland. No seasoning whatsoever. Which if you like that sort of thing it would be fine. I was expecting some flavor. It was served with pinto beans that tasted like cardboard and a salad with Italian dressing. That was the most flavorful thing on the plate, the salad. Certainly not worth the money or the time leading up to what I thought was going to be an awesome experience. The cooking process was interesting though. The grill was literally swinging over the fire as the steaks cooked. Out of the 20 of us that were there, half of us were pleased and the other half not so much. Some steaks people said were awesome and others like myself, bland and overcooked. My interpretation of this is that perhaps some steak cuts are better than others but I believe these people never had our steaks on the grill, marinated in my 'crack' marinade as the guys put it. Either way we returned to the hotel, where most of the group hung out at Biff's and John, Bill, David and myself chilled at our suite. Nice evening.
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