Alone with Your Thoughts
One of the things about being on a motorcycle road trip by yourself is you spend a lot of time alone with your thoughts. Yes, you can put some headphones in and rock out, or lean your crotch against the vibrating tank, but both those…
Burn
Back on highway 20, I headed east to a little town called Burn, where I found that I was getting tired of riding and in need of a place to sleep; I stopped at the Best Western, where they wanted to charge me way more…
The Shoe Tree
Passing through Bend, following the long roads lined with yellows and brown shades of possibly living plant life, I found a little town called Alfalfa. Not much interesting to see, but as I followed the road east where a dirt road called Willows and a…
Ouch My Balls
I don’t understand what BMW was thinking with the design of the seat on my bike. I realize they are German and have a different level of what they consider comfortable, but the seat on that thing is ridiculous. Besides being super hard on my scrawny…
The Portland Zig-Zag
After spending an evening in Portland, at a very posh hotel, visiting the coolest bookstore (Powell’s), eating some good food, and discussing life’s plans with a friend, it was time to be getting back on the road. Getting out of Portland involved zig-zagging south and…
Bike Guy
The most tedious aspect of the trip is now over, the ride from Seattle to Portland. All down I-5. While stopping a rest stop to eat a sandwich, a guy starts talking to me, asking where I was going and all that. Then he proceeded…
And I’m Off
We watch movies, read book and blogs, and think about getting on the motorcycle and riding the open roads into an adventure. Is this a romanticized sense of adventure, or is there something on our nature that compels us to leave the crowds of the…
1 Week
The original trip of two weeks, down the Oregon and California coast, over into Arizona and up through Utah has changed. Now it’s one week, down to Portland following the Columbia before cutting down into the northern tip of Nevada. And back through Utah and…
Older Bike to Newer Bike
Was it a step up or a step down? It’s hard to say, but the Bonneville T100 went away, and the BMW took it’s place. From 865cc’s to 800cc’s, isn’t a big change in numbers but, it sure is noticeably different in the ride. The Bonnie…
Digital vs. Film Photography
Traditional photographers might say film is a better way to go when it comes to quality. While anyone who has switched to digital photography can attest, the ease of use and instant feedback of digital files far outweighs the cost and hassle of film….
