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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Marked Improvement: A 180-Mile Test

July 28, 2017

I woke up a achy, groggy and a bit puffy. I was retaining water because I sweat so much the previous day that my electrolytes were…

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Fear and Sunnyvale

July 21, 2017

“Are you scared?” I looked at the sales guy blankly, blinked a couple of times and confidently said, “Nah.” I wasn’t in the mood to get…

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