FINAL Day 7 – Olympic Peninsula Ride

And on the last day of our seven day gpskevin Olympic peninsula ride; Kinny Roger sang to me; as the town of Concrete kept getting smaller and smaller on my rear side mirrors. We rode away after a breakfast at the Lonestar Restaurant; definitely not a first choice. The 5B’s bakery and eatery, which we […]

Day 6 Olympic peninsula ride

In Sequim Washington for the night where the outside weather is a toasty 50 degrees now, with a mix of freezing rain. Yesterday the hotel front desk clerk must’ve really liked us stinking bikers, because she offered us up her best rooms, on the second floor. She also mentioned that too many dog people have […]

Day 5 Olympic Motorcycle Ride

Our planned ride today is to Neah Bay with planned lodging at Sequim, Washington. It’s near the John Wayne marina and our next mornings ferry boat ride to Port Townsend. It’s 41 degrees outside at 0630 with a 70% chance of rain in the forecast. As soon as I step out of my room I […]

Day 4 – Olympic peninsula ride

The riders were ready to go and ready for coffee at 0700 but, unfortunately for us the lodge wasn’t. They serve coffee starting at 0900; coffee is available in the rooms but, its all decaffeinated. Last nights dinner options at the lodge in the woods included six varieties of fresh caught salmon but, it was […]

Days 2/3 Olympic peninsula ride/Mt St Helens/Quinault Lake

Earlier in the day I recall offering up a bit of Johnny Cash’s song advice, to no one in particular. The words go something like this; Sometimes you need to know when to hold’em, when to fold’em, when to speed up and when to slow down. And today, I sped way way up at times […]

Olympic Motorcycle Ride Day 1

One of the greatest things about motorcycles travel is how many people you meet along the way. Today, Washington weather allowed us just enough time to load up our panniers before the “rain” gods turned the spigot on. So, I quickly duck into the hotel awning to shelter from the rain. I see a small […]