Anxiety The check arrived about 2:30 Thursday afternoon, and my BFG and I hit the road. That was a very long 450 miles, but my BFG is fun to talk to and we had a good time. We checked in to our hotel and I told him I wish they had sent me the owner’s […]
Searching Looking for something that you really want can be so difficult. I was searching for a used BMW R1200 RT or R1250 RT. I could afford a new one, but the prospect of buying a brand new bike scared me, and I was hoping to save several thousand dollars. A new bike would be
Reality The first dose of reality surrounding this long distance trip that came to me once the euphoria of the thought of travel started to abate slightly, was thoughts of my bike. The motorcycle I was driving when I came up with this brilliant idea to see my own country was my 2007 Yamaha FJR,
The beginning I rode my first motorcycle when I was 18 years old and promptly bought one. I lived in the Philippines at the time, and everyone rode them there. It was a great place to ride, because the weather was always warm even though it rained a lot, and there were a bunch of
A few months ago, feeling trapped by COVID-19 like so many others, and after reading something regarding European’s surprise at how little Americans travel their own country, I decided to take a motorcycle trip to see all of the states to which I had not yet been. A friend of mine travels everywhere and I
