Sights from the Road: Portland Head Lighthouse
Maine’s oldest working lighthouse, the Portland Head Light was a a pitstop on our recent trip back home to New York from Maine.
Maine Lighthouses: Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse
Saturday was a gorgeous day for us to head out on to the jetty to visit the Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse. It was actually open that day and for $2 you could head on...
Sights from the Road: The BFI – Big Freeport Indian
The Big Freeport Indian stands along the side of the road near Freeport Maine.
Visting the DeLorme Map Store in Yarmouth Maine
Right outside of Freeport in Yarmouth, Maine is the DeLorme map store. If you’ve travelled I-95 north through Maine, no doubt you’ve seen the giant globe named Eartha in it’s glass house too. We’ve driven past it for years now but time always has a way of getting away from us so we’ve never stopped in. As luck would have it yesterday, we weren’t in any kind of hurry to get anywhere and had no real timetable other than making sure we got to the last ferry across the sound, so we took the opportunity to finally go in.
And.. We’re Home Again
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor....
Spy Shot: Golden Gate Bridge
Its seems kind of funny to see a picture of myself actually riding. When I’m on the bike, I’m so engrossed with what is going on inside my helmet that I don’t generally consider...
California: Caution – Bear Crossing
The story of my first encounter with a bear in the wild, on a motorcycle.
California: Missing the Beauty of Big Sur
Tonight I said to Kenny, ‘When do we leave for California?’ I swear, it already seems like it was 5 years ago that we were there and I haven’t even been home for a...
California Dreaming: Willits to San Francisco
June 20, 2008 – Willits to San Francisco There was a little bit of a sting to leaving Willits. This was our final day of riding in California. We had to be back in...
California Dreaming: Mount Shasta City to Willits
Thursday June 19, 2008 – Mount Shasta City to Willits We left Mount Shasta City early on Thursday morning with the intent of stopping in the city of Redding so that I could visit...
California Dreaming: Crescent City to Mount Shasta City
Wednesday June 18, 2008 – Crescent City to Mount Shasta City Heading south from Crescent City on 101, we moved through the big trees. There was a layer of fog that seems to hang...
California Dreaming: Klamath Falls, Or. to Crescent City, Ca.
Tuesday June 17, 2008 – Klamath Falls, Or to Crescent City, Ca. We left our surprisingly plush and unexpected 2 room suite in Klamath Falls on Tuesday morning, heading north to Crater Lake National...
California Dreaming: Lee Vining to Klamath Falls, Oregon
Monday June 16, 2008 – Lee Vining to Klamath Falls, Oregon Waving goodbye to Lee Vining, we headed north on 395 towards Bridgeport, California. Not far from Lake Mono, I saw a sign for...
California Dreaming: North Fork to Lee Vining
Sunday June 15, 2008 – North Fork to Lee Vining Our night at the South Fork was interesting. The motel owner actually gave us our money back as soon as we walked in the...
California Dreaming: Bakersfield to North Fork
Saturday June 14, 2008 – Bakersfield to North Fork I guess Kenny’s zipper didn’t have the tensile strength to hold back the sheer force of his manaconda. It ended up blowing out, so before...
California Dreaming: San Luis Obispo to Bakersfield
Friday June 13, 2008 – San Luis Obispo to Bakersfield We rolled out of SLO and headed towards route 33 where we would be meeting up with Ed in Ojai. He was heading up...
California Dreaming: San Francisco to San Luis Obispo
Thursday June 12, 2008 – San Francisco to San Luis Obispo We were at the Dubbleju Motorcycle Rental place promptly at 9:00 to pick up our bikes for the next 9 days. The three...
California Dreamin: Hello, San Francisco
Kenny and I head to California for an 8 day, 3000 mile trip riding in all over California and Oregon – visiting San Francisco, Sequoia NP, Yosemite NP, Redwood NP, Crater Lake NP and everything in between
Heading West – Prologue
As I sit here and type this I am filled with nervous excitement. 48 hours from now I will be taxiing down the runway on a plane heading towards San Francisco. That will be...
Eat Here and Get Gas
I was poking through my pictures from the last few weeks and found that I’ve got a couple related to gas pumps. I guess the folks at the pump below in Virginia were just...