One rider’s sporadic thoughts on motorcycling and whatever else life throws at him.
I pulled into Martin Creek Lake State Park in Tatum, Texas yesterday afternoon at about 2PM and it was already close 99 degrees hot. My plan was to get one of their screened enclosures to camp in so I wouldn’t need to set up the tent. The ranger lady at the front gate took one [...]
I was sitting there eating my barbeque plate and it occurred to me I did not want to ride to Monument Valley and through Colorado. It was just a matter of being tired of being blown all over the place day after day by this unrelentless wind…and being cold. I was ready for some warmth.
So [...]
After awaking and getting dressed and packed for the day, I found myself at the local Wal-Mart at 4AM looking for a can of Teflon Multi-Use Chain lube. My can ran out yesterday and I forgot to go look before retiring for the evening. It turned out they didn’t even have any…so I got a [...]
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 [...]
Today is Saturday….
Jeremy, my daughter’s S.O., came home from his tour of duty at the firehouse this morning. Jeremy wanted us to go out and do something! He wanted to show me a Los Angeles “sight” and get away from the house. After a 2nd nice smoothie, we all decided to take a ride up [...]
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 [...]
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