This year I hit a significant milestone in my motorcycle riding. . . 100,000 lifetime miles! For my non-riding readers, this may seem like a lot of miles, but in the long-distance riding community, there are bikers who cover this level of mileage in one year, sometimes even over a few months. I just finished... Continue Reading →
Sometimes I travel just to sightsee. Sometimes I travel just to ride my motorcycle. And, sometimes I travel to visit friends and family. This trip was definitely a combination of all three. Though I made a sightseeing loop through the south, the primary purpose of the trip was to spend some time with my family... Continue Reading →
Yes, I’m still alive! I just returned from a 5,100 mile, month-long, two-wheel loop through the south. It’s too hard to write stories and post photos from my phone while on the road, so since I didn’t bring a laptop with me on this trip, the blog posts had to wait until I got home. ... Continue Reading →
Like most travelers, I’m fascinated by nuanced differences in items and slang between countries. Some of the differences in New Zealand households reminded me of things that were part of everyday life when I lived in Spain. For instance, tiny washing machines and refrigerators (relative to those common in American homes), heated towel racks in... Continue Reading →
“It’s YOUR vacation, so what do you really want to see while you are here?” I’ve been a guest in new-to-me cities enough times to appreciate that you can’t saddle your hosts with the expectation that they will function as a professional tour guide. It’s unfair to expect someone to magically know what you are... Continue Reading →
It’s hard to believe that it had been nine years since I’ve ventured outside of national borders. I have been so busy exploring the contiguous United States after limited time off while I was working, that I just hadn’t made overseas travel a priority. But when a friend I had not caught up with in... Continue Reading →
I stood alongside the twisty mountain road, at an elevation of 3000 ft, overlooking the 1,700-acre Nantahala Lake in southwestern North Carolina. At the bottom of that lake lies the old town of Aquone, and what was once the North Carolina Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Forest Service Camp #10 (NC F-10). At the age of... Continue Reading →
I headed east into Birmingham proper from the vintage motorsports museum to the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument. Not just one statue or building, this monument encompasses about four downtown Birmingham city blocks. Multiple landmarks associated with the American Civil Rights movement are located within this area, including the A.G. Gaston Motel which served as... Continue Reading →
Welcome to 2023! If this new year is anything like the last, I’ll have lots to blog about! After returning from my epic retirement moto journey, I didn’t stay home for long. I made a return trip to Louisiana for a couple of weeks in October, then headed back in December for the Christmas and... Continue Reading →
States Visited:NC, VA, MD, PA, NY, MA, NH, ME, VT, OH, IN, KY, MO, IL, MI, WI, MN, ND, MT, ID, WA, OR, CA, AZ, NM, TX, LA, MS, AL, GA, SC Now that it’s over, it feels like the whole trip was just a dream! This cross-country journey was something that had been manifesting... Continue Reading →
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