Motorcycle diaries: living life, loving my life and growing old
Imagine reading a book with no way to turn back the page. How carefully would you read it? That’s life. Yesterday marked my third day in Manila, a grueling experience I’ve dubbed the Manila Death March. My friend Ray, a friend from my BMW motorcycle club back in Southern California with boundless energy, led me […]
Read More Manila’s Monsoon March: Blistered Steps, Megachurch Feasts, and the Quest for MissionThe open-faced Bell helmet, white t-shirt, leather jacket, Levi jeans, and Converse basketball shoes took me back—way back—to my early teens, about four score and seven years ago, when I first felt the thrill of riding a motorcycle. Only this time, that was all in my head; I was wearing a modern open-faced helmet and […]
Read More A Ride Through Time: Ric’s Weird, Wonderful, and Historic Landmarks Challenge Day TwoRic’s Motorcycle Ride Challenge: Riverside, California The Mission Inn loomed over Riverside like a haughty Spanish palace, its arches and clock towers daring me, Ralph, to etch this day into legend. This was stop one for me as part of Ric’s “Weird, Wonderful, and Historic” Landmarks of Southern California Ride Challenge, a sprawling quest to […]
Read More Ric’s Motorcycle Ride Challenge: Riverside, CaliforniaTwo Sides: Together or Apart Every couple has their own rhythm. Some are inseparable, sharing every moment, while others thrive with their own space to chase their passions. Let’s peek into two ways of loving: the “Joined-at-the-Hip” couple and the “Independent Free Spirits,” like us. The Joined-at-the-Hip unity reflects a couple whose strength lies in […]
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