The Breakfast Club
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The Knife &
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Breakfast Club Drops-in on Winslow
Dines at The Turquoise Room at La Posada
12 Jan 2013
by Warren McIlvoy
The Breakfast Club kicked-off its 19th
year of monthly breakfast fly-ins in grand style by flying to
The day of our event, the weather was a tad brisk (bordering
on down-right cold) but clear in the beginning.
Today, we (my wife and I) were flying with Paul Fortune (BC-201) in his spiffy Piper Turbo Arrow. We departed Deer Valley Airport and headed to the northeast. The ride was smooth as we passed to the
northwest of
We did not hear a lot of chatter on our “flight following” frequency as we neared Winslow. It became painfully clear that we were “tail-end turtle” this time as we taxied to the ramp in front of Wiseman Aviation. We had no problem in finding a parking place as the Breakfast Club aircraft were the only aircraft on the ramp.
After we had secured the aircraft, we quickly walked towards
the terminal building. When I mentioned
that the weather was brisk at DVT, that did not exactly apply to Winslow. The temperature was most likely in the upper
20’s with just enough wind to remind one that some parts of your face were left
unprotected. After entering Wiseman, I called the cab company to
get transportation to the La Posada. The trip lasted less then ten minutes as we
soon arrived at the entrance to the La
Posada. It has been a couple of
years since our last visit to this place so I was completely familiar with the
layout. The Turquoise Room is to your left as you reach the old lobby where the
check-in desk used to be located. The
dinning area is run by famed chef John
Sharpe who has made the Turquoise
Room one of the finest dinning stops in all of northern
After an outstanding breakfast, we stopped by the new check-in desk that is located in the gift shop. I asked the folks there if the east wing had been restored and they said that it had and is open for occupancy for overnight guests. I asked if there was a room that was open so that I could show our Breakfast Club folks just how nice this place is. The restoration of the east wing was a little different than the historic west wing in that it is a bit more modern but still retained the historic charm that is the La Posada. After looking at a couple of rooms, I took our group over to the west wing to show them what that looked like. The next time that we stay for a weekend, I am not sure which side that I would select but in any case, you would never go wrong.
After our short tour of the hotel, I called the cab company for our ride back to the airport. We departed on runway 21 with the intention of more or less following that direction but the weather that was clear in the morning had turned a little sour. Broken clouds (since repaired) blocked our direct route back to the valley so we jigged and zagged through gaps until reaching Payson. The ride over the Mogollon Rim was quite bumpy which may have explained why the weather had gone south on us. Other than some creative routing, the flight home was uneventful.
The Winslow
Gang
What’s Next?
Our February event will be a return engagement to
To view photos of the Winslow outing, just click on the Winslow link