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Goin’ South–A female tale from the desert of the Southwest USA Pt.4
The MC B&B is awesome. Dean and Mz Pam are not only good friends but amazing hosts. Pam had just returned from a diving trip in the Caribbean but didn’t hesitate to put together a delicious peach pie! We shared travel tales as Dean listened to two crazy women laughing and enjoying each other’s company.…
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Goin’ South–A female tale from the desert of the Southwest USA Pt.3
The ride to the actual Lees Ferry took me into the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, a sparsely visited park for more serious outdoor sports enthusiasts, which in of itself is ironic, since that certainly doesn’t describe me! The Colorado River is disguised in this area as a lamb, tame and braying softly. I found…
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Goin’ South–A female tale from the desert of the Southwest USA Pt.2
Ride ideas are sometimes altered. Beatty to LV was miserable, hot, straight and boring, but from LV to St. George was even worse. I believe that every bad driver in both NV and UT were on the interstate. I could hardly wait to get off onto Hwy 89 and then after a few miles of…
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Back home from the Southwest ride…sorting photos
Well, I made it back home and have a zillion pix to sort and then I’ll be posting a ride report. I saw some of the most gorgeous country, but then once a desert rat always a desert rat… Teaser…
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Countdown to Spain!
Many of you know that I am about to embark on a trip to Southern Spain, but for those that don’t, I’m here to share my excitement!! I have rented a motorcycle from BMW Moto Rental found in several of Spain’s larger cities. The bike is a BMW F650GS and the parallel twin should suit…
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More on the Death Valley Ride
The CA Poppy Reserve My travel mate Bruce took some wonderful shots and though I don’t usually post other’s travel photos, most of these are of me, so why not?
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Friends, Death Valley, Streetmasters and some Awesome CA backroads!
They say experience leads to wisdom, however early Tuesday morning, my experience taught me I was lacking in motorcycle maintenance as I prepared to ride off to meet my friend, Bruce in the blooming desert of Southern CA. My battery was as dead as the proverbial doornail. I hadn’t ridden the bike for weeks and…
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Off to Death Valley and a refresher course with Streetmasters!
Tomorrow morning I’ll be heading south to DV to do some riding with a friend and then to attend a day of riding the track working on ridding myself of bad habits and polishing up the good with Streetmasters Precision Cornering Workshop. The desert wildflowers are supposed to be opulent and magnificent right now as…
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Best Ride Reports Ever!!
My pal Frenchy’s ride log, “Riding, Ranting and Repeating. Awesome!”, truly is AWESOME! He is simply one of the best writers around and his ride reports border on the edge of hilarity, insanity, and a just plain killer read. Find out for yourself! His latest The Road To Wrestlemania XXVl ENJOY!!
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Riding the Grease: I get underway…finally
Well, the bank fiasco was one that ended up taking a serious slice of time and it was nearly noon before I was riding south, heading toward Las Vegas. Lacking the affinity for excitement like Hunter S. Thompson, I was trying to remain high on the highway and the miles simply began to slip by.…