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Finding Balance…
Tioga Pass I don’t know, maybe it’s where the moon sits in the sky or where the stars are all located or maybe it’s just because I have another impending birthday that leads me to my 62nd year of dulling patina. I can’t pinpoint any singular cause, but I feel like I’ve been spinning circles…
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Riding the NV/CA mountains with no particular place to go! Part 2
I was up early, but the chill of the morning made me reconsider an early start. Instead, I sat on my bed and sorted photos deciding what was worthy posting and those that were less so, as I awaited the rising temperature. Before long it was in the 60s and I was ready to head…
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Riding the NV/CA mountains with no particular place to go!
Hugo coerced me, made me pack all the wrong stuff, took me the cold way and then didn’t allow my gerbing to heat. How’s that for a third date and does that make the romance a one sided type? Oh dear, I had a lot to consider as I attempted to scoot through a huge…
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Lanakila Macnaughton–The Womans Motorcycle Exhibit
I had posted earlier this year regarding Lanakila Macnaughton’s Womans Motorcycle Exhibit that was held in Portland, OR. She is an OR rider and photographer that prides herself in showing “real women riders” not just the sexy female prop draped over a beautiful motorcycles. Lanakila likes the more gritty, fun, raucous, presentation of REAL female…
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Riding for Mother…to Portland OR and back for Mother’s Day
A spontaneous ride emerged with the onset of Mother’s Day, since it had been several months since I had seen or spent time with my mother. So, In near perfect weather, I packed up the Bandito, routed a quick map in google and asked Gary to clone it onto the GPS and off I went…
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Women motorcycling alone and why every female should try it…
This morning I read an article in the Huff Post entitled “Why Every Woman Should Travel Alone (At Least Once in Her Life)“. Though I find a good many of the Huff Post’s women’s section articles pretty darned trite, I did find this one quite interesting, even though it was not geared to motorcycle rides…
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January 6, 2013 and it’s pouring and dark…do you know where your bike is?
Well, my bike is in the garage drinking from a trickle charger as it too awaits spring. I can barely stand this weather, but know that it’s necessary for the reservoirs to fill providing a drought free summer and a verdant rich spring. I spent yesterday posting to one of my favorite motorcycle forums, Motorcyclist…
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Well, it’s another new year’s eve and the sun is shining but it’s clear and chilly and I’m sitting in a local coffee house talking to two people confined to wheelchairs and counting my blessings. As I look to 2013 I am compiling a list of what I like to call fact or fantasy for…
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BEST RIDES EVER!!! Now where shall we go in 2013???
That snowman in the background is not the one you are looking for… Baby, it’s cold outside and I can’t help but venture to my computer for a bit of nostalgic armchair travel to places that I have had the good fortune to visit on my motorcycle. But what stands out most from what I…
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Riding the World…2012
Every year I like to do a culmination slide show of the year of riding. This year I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to ride with one of my best pals, Tyler Risk. We did a 3500 mile ride up to the great Northwest and Canada in the summer, seeing some absolutely gorgeous…