Cool Springs Station – Route 66, Arizona
Sometimes when I scroll through my camera roll, it surprises me how many interesting things I’ve seen over the years. Though I no longer really participate in social media, there was a time when...
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Full tank. Wandering heart.
Sometimes when I scroll through my camera roll, it surprises me how many interesting things I’ve seen over the years. Though I no longer really participate in social media, there was a time when...
My Kriega US-30 drypack has become a loyal riding companion. With it’s waterproofness, easy mounting and universal fit, it is an excellent piece of motorcycle luggage. Over the course of your riding life you...
A collection of random non-motorcycle photos, thoughts, and observations made during a lazy week in Maine. I may have been tipsy. Each summer, our little clan piles into the car and heads off to...
Motorcycle blog: Assorted travel photos taken on a trip to Matewan, West Virginia
“Babe. Chris asked me to go do that Grand Canyon dirtbike thing with him.” “Okay. You should do it! When is it?” “Tuesday.” “Oh.” “We’re driving out.” “Really?” ….. And just like that, with a...
When I’m roadtripping on the bike, I do my best to pack lightly with regard to clothing. I try to pack things that are easily re-wearable, wrinkle resistant and fast drying. Fast drying is...
Route 66 holds sway over my imagination. I know, it’s just a road. And yet, for me something about it transcends that. I can’t be alone in this thinking because it has evolved in...
A few years ago during a pit stop at the DeLorme store in Yarmouth, Maine – I picked up a couple maps and travels books. One of the items I brought home was a map...
On Sunday morning as I rubbed the I think I drank one too many pints from my eyes I wondered how in the world my weekend had gone by so fast. What started on...
Let’s face it. The lives that many of us have chosen don’t allow us to fling ourselves out in to the world to just wander. Maybe we do it in small doses – a...
While at my mom’s house for Thanksgiving, I got a chance to look through a bag of travel mementos that she’d set aside for me. Inside were stickers, pamphlets, receipts and ticket stubs from...
Packing The Givi box liner worked out fantastically. Packing all of my clothing into gallon ziplock bags then packing them into the Bestem bag kept everything neat and tidy. This represents all the clothing and...
On Friday before I set off for a weekend away on the bike, I posted a picture of my SPOT tracker on Instagram. (Because that’s what the kids are doing these days.) Fellow blogger...
My life’s To-Do List is a never-ending endeavor to see beautiful, fun, exciting, wondrous things in this world. Putting ideas on the list and daydreaming about them is almost as much fun as being able...
When I first met Kenny, we were both sportbike riders. We’d go out on long day rides in search of full lean and speed and get up to shenanigans we had no business getting...
I’ve got a few places in mind – but time seems to be the biggest hurdle. I suppose the universe will unfold as it should. Still, I wonder if my fortune will come true?
I read a mountain of motorcycle blogs each day. In the last couple of years there seems to be a trend that has emerged across some of them. It is the idea that in order to...
It’s fun to daydream about hitting the road. Want to play a little scenario game? You have 3 days, 3 items & $300 You have $300 in cash for all expenses You have 3 days...
I could fill a book with all of the places I’d like to go. These three alpine passes are among the highest paved passes in the Alps. They’re also officially filed on my wishful thinking list.
On my 2009 in review list of 100 things that I learned abot motorcycling, my #40 entry was: I’m struggling with whether it’s better to have slabbed and seen or not seen at all....