Wet and cold It had rained during the night at Mt. Robson Park, but a sliver of sun came out in the morning. Of course everything was soaked as I packed it up, but I was hoping for something drier ahead, so I got to work packing and loading up the bike. It always seems […]
Hot Vernon, BC was hot! And, the enormity of what I was wanting to do had finally hit me as I had ridden into Canada the previous day. I didn’t sleep well and the anxiety was hitting me. I talked to my family and felt much better. I loaded up the bike and hit the
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Photography If you don’t know me well, you may not know that I love ghost towns. I also love photography, though I’m just a beginner. Now that you know these things, you’ll understand why I decided to plan a short trip to Bodie State Park and Mono Lake. I’ve recently upgraded my camera set up
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The trip In thinking over what I should say about the trip, I become overwhelmed. There is so much including how far I went, how long I travelled, what it cost, the gear, if my time researching was wasted, what I felt through the whole thing, just a lot to think about. I’ll try to
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Another thunderstorm I woke up at about 0300 to flashing lights. I initially thought it was a problem with a street light or something, but very quickly realized it was a distant thunderstorm. It was so far off, I couldn’t hear the thunder, I could only see the lightening. It took about 40 minutes before
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Casual start I was feeling more excited to get home, but definitely still wanted to savor the time and the trip, so I decided to take it easy today. My ride would be fairly straightforward, just on the U.S. 2 out of Michigan, across Wisconsin, and into Minnesota. I was headed to the campground my
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Worst night ever After crawling in bed to get warm and falling asleep, the rain started coming down about 0100. It wasn’t a pouring rain, as it has been, but a steady, constant rain. In about 20 minutes, the tent started leaking. I quickly put my sleeping bag in its dry bag. It was freezing
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Clean bill of health With her clean bill of health, Lucille and I were ready to head to Maine. I was really looking forward to Acadia National Park and Stephen King’s house. Plus, Acadia would mark the furthest east I would go before turning west to head home. This would be a milestone. Cold! I
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Eager I was eager to get moving and ride some more cool roads in the area, so I got a early start from Redd’s place. South Carolina sunrise. I hit the road before 7 and headed towards Gatlinburg. Trouble? Turns out through, in North and South Carolina gas was still a rare thing due to
A “Thing” So the other day, I did a thing. This is probably not a “thing” for most of you, but I’m a very anxious person, so it was a really big deal to me. I reached out to two total strangers to ask for advice on the trip. I found both of them on
