One rider’s sporadic thoughts on motorcycling and whatever else life throws at him.
At some point today I determined that I did not want to venture up the Oregon coast on the US 101. I think it was when I woke up this morning and realized how tired I still was from fighting the wind and twisties for the last two days up Hwy 1. But I’m not [...]
Wednesday…Is it Wednesday? I can’t keep up or even remember. Each time I sit down to write about a days happening, I have to count on my fingers from Day 1 which was Saturday the 5th. I don’t even know the date today That’s the kind of ride/vacation I like.
I spent way too much time [...]
I began kind of “out of sorts” today..and if I could have done it, I would’ve materialized myself back to the house in Woodstock and tried to salvage what’s left of my summer. After spending the last 5 days with Trish and Jeremy, I didn’t want to leave them, so I departed in a melancholy [...]
Day 7 began by waking up to a nice cold breakfast smoothie, that my daughter made me as she got ready to go to work. She has this Vita-Mix tool…It’s like a blender on steroids and she chops up whole bananas, oranges, spinach, etc. etc. with ice cubes. MAN! It was good!
She went off to [...]
I woke up early again, and as I stretched I felt good that I was still alive and had not been chewed on by pit vipers in my sleep! The temps had dropped to a very arid 76 degrees, and the wind was blowing softly. All was well and I knew it was not very [...]
The day began really cool and ended really hot!
When I got up and began packing this morning in Pie Town at 5:30 AM eastern time it was about 46 degrees. I had to don the Frogg Togg over my mesh jacket and my Aerostich overpants along with my thicker gloves in order to stay warm [...]
I think one of the most inspiring things about this motorcycling travel is riding along very early in the morning and have a beautiful sunrise coming up at your back. I could see it happening in my mirrors, and realized at once I had to capture it the best I could.
I made good time in [...]
The most remarkable thing about today’s ride was the slowly increasing elevation between say, Ardmore, Oklahoma and Plainview, Texas, where I now am located in a small east Indian owned motel called the Starlight Motel. I imagine in the heyday of US Highway 70, before the interstate highway system was built, this was a hot [...]
Holy crap! It’s 95 degrees here in Hugo, Oklahoma…and I seem to be the only person dumb enough to be camping here in Hades. The lake is pretty though, and the attendant gave me a nice shady spot where I “might” get some breezes off the lake tonight. Heaven help me if I don’t. Hopefully [...]
My first day out had an auspicious beginning. I woke up at 5AM and since I already had everything packed, I just had to get dressed, fix some breakfast and load up the bike. Seems straightforward enough, right?
Well, I began loading stuff and quickly realized I just simply could not take everything I wanted to [...]
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