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would compare, and the only things we really has no lodging, food is grab-and-go, its notable
came up with was maybe the Beatles with sights are spread along a 28-mile highway, and
Abbey Road and Springsteen with the Jersey that other park’s name is on every Arizona li-
Shore.” cense plate. But that sounded perfect to Dan-
If you imagine the Brosnicks speak with New ney and Debbie Watson and Doug and Nell
York’s distinctive, hey-I’m-walkin’-heah accent Watson (Danney and Doug are brothers).
that we expect and love, you would be right. So “Scenery. That’s what we do,” Debbie said in
further imagine motoring a bit farther east to explanation of their road trip purpose. “We
Petrified National Forest National Park east of like to get out.”
Holbrook, Arizona, and encountering the Wat- The retired couples were on a monthlong
sons, who live near Lake Charles, Louisiana. Western expedition aboard a pair of matching
They speak as if emery cloth had smoothed ev- red 2021 Honda Gold Wing motorcycles done
ery sharp consonant before words leave their up with California Side Car kits, a customiza-
mouths. tion that converted the bikes into three-wheel-
The Petrified Forest gets about 10 times ers. Nothing like a comfy second seat, cruise
fewer visitors than the Grand Canyon, perhaps control, a windscreen that moves up or down
because the place where trees became rocks at the touch of a button and even a reverse
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