Day 7&8- Buena Vista to Aurora Plus One
September 2, 2017
The dilemma: I am on a motorcycle and I am 20 minutes from my destination and it starts to downpour. Do I stop under an overpass…
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Day 6: Buena Vista Layover – Rehydrate
August 31, 2017
I don’t know if it was the heat, the altitude or just plain old dehydration, but a headache had settled into then base of my skull…
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Day 5: Dolores to Buena Vista – Reunions
August 29, 2017
Hello Colorado, my old friend. I am still a native. Today was a day of Rocky Mountain highs. Rocky Mountain air and Rocky Mountain reunions. Okay,…
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Day 4: Page to Dolores – Navajo Country
August 28, 2017
Time zones are messing with me. I hit road in Nevada two days ago what I originally thought was an hour later than I wanted, but…
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Day 3: Panaca to Page through Zion
August 27, 2017
“You are an unusual person; riding alone across the country on a motorcycle.” “Thanks,” I responded with a grin. The innkeeper prefaced that comment with “It…
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Day 2: Austin to Panaca via the Extraterrestrial Highway
August 26, 2017
No knows you’re crying when you’re in a helmet… And alone, on a motorcycle, on a two lane blacktop, in the middle of nowhere, sliding through…
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Day 1- Pollock Pines to Austin; I am Really Doing This!
August 24, 2017
I vacillated between scared, excited, nervous, intimidated, antsy, hopeful, jittery, and optimistic with a undercurrent of panicked stress all week. Where did the time go? But…
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Gearing Up – So Much Stuff
August 20, 2017
Holy crap! I am hitting the road in less than a week; in just five days. Thursday morning, bright and early, geared up, I ride off…
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Nomad Seeking Riding Buddies & Friends Along Way.
August 9, 2017
So, I finally set dates for hitting the road (I will get to that later). I was a bit ambitious with an early August departure. So,…
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