Part IV Five State Ride/Return Ride Home

More than two weeks ago I started this motorcycle ride to Reno, Nevada, then on to Crane Springs, in Crane Oregon to attend the Giant Loop Ride ride, (test ride a Harley Panamerican) then on to Boise, then Portland, Tacoma and finally ending the trip in Seattle. However, I still have to get home. Today […]

Part III Mt Rainier National Park Ride

Today I rode my 2020 BMW 1250 GSA bike to Mount Rainier by way of the National Park highway, highway 7 that runs through the towns of Elbe and Paradise before reaching the park’s entrance. What a ride. At first I thought I was going to be closed in by trees throughout the ride but, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Marathon/Florida Keys

We’re happily seated and slowly beginning to feel the sights, sounds and festivities all around us at the 2012 Marathon, Florida Keys Seafood Festival. Slowly I begin to season my first dozen oysters on the half shell. The seafood they are selling is fresh and cheap; even the adult beverages like margaritas and beer are […]

WWII/Vietnam/Lyons Air Museum Ride

Today, To (pronounced toe) and I, rode our motorcycles out to the Lyon Air Museum, located on the West Side of the Santa Ana John Wayne Airport, in Orange County, California. To was riding part of his 50 motorcycle collection; a 1984 Honda CB750 and I was on my 2020 BMW GSA 1250. When we […]