Trip Planning: Northern California – Can You Help?
Kenny decided he wanted to go back to northern California to do some motorcycle riding. As a good girlfriend, I obliged him and agreed to go along. My arm was killing me from all...
Tagged: road trip
The Post-Road Trip Hangover
When setting off on a road trip your imagination is full of best laid plans and wonder. There is an excitement that takes over your thoughts as you watch your shadow riding along with...
People Watching on the Ferry
Though I was on line for the early ferry, the heat of the day was already rising. It was going to be a hot one. I was the only motorcyclist on board the boat....
The Long Shadows Were Calling Me Home
When the shadows start getting long, that’s when I start missing home. I continuously walk the line of having the curiosity of a person who likes to wander and one whose heartstrings reel them...
Welcome Back to the Empire State
Following the Hancock Highway, I crossed the border from Pennsylvania into New York in the town of Hancock. For hours and hours, my belly had been growling. I felt the pasty, dry, mouth that...
Sometimes You Have To Go It Alone
I sat on the curb in a Pennsylvania gas station and looked up at Bill. The backdrop behind him was a rolling green mountain, under the brightest blue sky. We’d already put just about...
Virginia Is For Motorcycle Lovers
When we left Long Island heading south, we were three. It was Graham, Bill and myself. We were set to meet up with the other Bill in Virginia, which we did on Saturday night...
Not Quite a Double Rainbow, But…
… I was pretty excited about it anyway. After riding around West Virginia all day, we made our way to Chambersburg, Pa. and got rooms for the night. It was there that a full...
Whoopsie: Even a Camera Needs to Wear Good Gear
I left home deciding against taking my DSLR because I didn’t want to care about it. Instead, I decided that on this trip I would use my iPhone and my old G9 as backup....
On the Road: A Perfect Moment in Virginia
Sometimes during the course of a ride, you get the distinct feeling that you are bearing witness to a perfect moment in time.
On the Road: The Sunrise Outside My Window
When I got up and looked outside of my hotel window this morning, the sun was rising over the gauzy backdrop of the Blue Ridge mountains. Squeezed beneath the hotel entry way sat bikes...
On the Road: Two Ugly Ducklings
Bill and I danced along the Blue Ridge Parkway on our two ugly ducklings. They kinda make a nice couple though, don’t they?
On the Road: A Perfectly Named View
Have you ever seen a more perfectly named overlook? Buena Vista Overlook – Along the Blue Ridge Parkway
On the Road: South of the Mason-Dixon Line
For the first time in ages, I’m heading out in the road for a long weekend. The Speed Triple is packed and ready to roll in touring mode. In an effort to take less...
Riding the Alps with a GoPro Hero Camera: Is This Thing On?
Kenny and Pimmie both rode with GoPro Hero HD cameras throughout our Alpine trip. Kenny mounted his on the side of his helmet for a “you’re seeing what I’m seeing” point of view and...
Someone Pinch Me – Switzerland is Motorcycle Riding Heaven
When we climbed down from the top of the San Bernardino pass, we had the rain on our heels. If we were going to make the most of our plans for the day we...
One of the World’s Best Motorcycling Roads: San Bernardino Pass
Though it has been in use since Roman times, the San Bernardino pass was first made known to me from the first episode of Top Gear season 10. In it, Clarkson, Hammond and May...
Motorcycle Nirvana: Riding The Splügen Pass
The Splugen pass wriggles it’s way up a mountain along a terraced roadway. Hairpin turns are stacked against the earth rising up, up up…
A Sunday Ride Through the Swiss and Italian Alps
On Sunday, we started our day with a bang, leaving our Bormio hotel and heading straight up and over the Stelvio pass. Winding our way along it’s delicious serpentine hairpins, I wondered if my...
Cross One Off The Bucket List: Riding the Stelvio Pass in Italy
Stelvio: The Holy Grail of Roads – A Dream Realized
