Well, I’ve been back home in the San Francisco Bay Area for a few weeks now, and I thought I’d like to put some words together to reflect on what might be the most prolific motorcycle trip of my lifetime. Chris Weld First off, I need to thank my riding
Continue reading »2024-09-21: Ely to Bay Area
Breakfast at the Bristlecone Motel in Ely was pretty slim pickings, with not much aside from cereal and packaged pastries, but I grabbed some coffee and made the best of things. Just after 7:00, the Harley guys were hitting the road, and I wasn’t too far behind them being ready
Continue reading »2024-09-20: Steamboat Springs to Ely
I had a great night’s sleep in the super-comfy bed at the Quality Inn in Steamboat Springs, after nearly 10 hours of sleep, I was up and ready for the complimentary breakfast shortly after they started at 6:00am. It was also a great breakfast offering with the full spread of
Continue reading »2024-09-19: Rapid City to Steamboat Springs
After a pretty short day of riding and seeing the sights of Southwest South Dakota, I woke up on Thursday with a plan to take on a much longer day of riding. Today, the goal was to ride in three states, starting in Rapid City, South Dakota and traveling through
Continue reading »2024-09-18: Pierre to Rapid City
I had a reasonable night’s sleep at the Days Inn in Pierre. There was a very average complimentary breakfast on offer that I availed myself of before I got myself ready to jump on the bike and hit the road. It was due to be another lovely, but windy, day
Continue reading »2024-09-17: Brainerd to Pierre
After traveling well past sundown the night before, it was nice to enjoy my extra hour of sleep that I’d earned by crossing into the Central Time Zone when I entered Minnesota. Marvin Bohn’s place was very restful, and I slept right through until my alarm went off at 7:00am.
Continue reading »2024-09-16: Marathon to Brainerd
I woke up with it still dark outside to the sound of a hard rain falling outside. I checked the weather forecast on my phone to see a quick band of passing showers, not bad. But then, zooming out, I saw a massive band of showers between me and my
Continue reading »2024-09-15: Sudbury to Marathon
Chris and I woke up before dawn to be ready the moment the hotel started serving breakfast at 7:00am. We were all packed up and ready and enjoyed one of the best complimentary hotel breakfasts I’ve had before. Next, we got all of our stuff down to the bikes and
Continue reading »2024-09-14: Ottawa to Sudbury
My time in Ottawa visiting with family had drawn to a close, and it was time to start my trip back to the San Francisco Bay Area. With my riding partner having flown back last weekend, it was due to be a very different trip on the return than it
Continue reading »2024-08-26 to 2024-08-13: Ottawa
After arriving in Ottawa in the darkness the night before, Chris, and I had to get up bright and early to start our respective workdays. We let The Captain sleep in as we took Wiley, the dog, for his usual first-thing-in-the-morning walk. Luckily, both Chris and I work remote from
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