Bicycling to 21 California Camino Missions – Part I

What I don’t want happening is for Jerry or Doug saying, we should have researched this camino walk/ride more. More thoroughly than what I’m now doing, by reading and writing about it? I don’t think so. Besides, If we do get lost on the El camino real, it’s all part of the adventure, and the […]

A Saturday Motorcycle Ride

Captain Jean Luc Picard of the Starship Enterprise said that…..”time stalks us, all of our lives.” Time is a companion that travels with us ……. and time reminds us to cherish every moment we have on this earth, because the moment may not repeat itself again. – So, make it so Data! Today was that […]

Motorcycle Ride/Jaz Ride

April 21, 2021 Planned Ride: Around 2,000 miles – see map below Sometime ago, my friend Joey sent out an invite to friends for a week long ride. Nearly twenty riders showed. Here we are now on Day 1 at the historic Gadsden Hotel in Douglas, Arizona. Last night the owner gave us a personal […]

Sundials/Time/California Missions

“And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun But it’s sinking Racing around to come up behind you again The sun is the same in a relative way, but you’re older Shorter of breath and one day closer to death…”. – Pink Floyd Recently I visited the Santa Barbara mission and […]

California Missions/Motocamping and Fear/ Hearst Castle

They say that humans always carry the weight of all of our fears on them. I have yet to meet any long distance hiker who would disagree with that statement. Before packing for my 600 mile round trip to Big Sur, for some Motocamping, I began by thinking of all the weather possibilities that I […]

California Missions/Motocamping and Fear/ Hearst Castle