4 weeks – 10 States – 5,000 miles California – Arizona – New Mexico – Utah – Colorado – Wyoming … More

Stopped in South San Francisco to visit my boys for a couple of days. It was a great three-day respite. … More

The run from Bend, OR to Redding, CA was uneventful. Blue skies, puffy clouds, clear roads, and no traffic. Mt. … More

I had a great time seeing some old high school chums David and Leslie in Bend, OR. They have recently … More

The ride from Corvallis to Bend took me over the Cascades from coastal prairies up over through lush rain forests … More

It was now time to work my way down the coast and eventually to Bend, OR. The ride was all … More

I shot across Oregon to the coast to visit my brother in a small town outside Astoria, OR. Astoria is … More

After following the Columbia River for several hundred miles, I stopped to visit my friends Doug and Janet in Trout … More

Dowsing is a type of divination employed in attempts to locate ground water, buried metals or ores and many other objects and materials without the … More

I always ride with a Garmin satellite phone and GPS transponder. Just in case I end up in a ditch … More

I stopped off in Boise, ID on my way West to see my old grad school buddy Kevin. We hadn’t … More

I was hoping to see buffalo on my ride tough Yellowstone, but I didn’t necessarily need to see them this … More

I shouldn’t have to explain Yellowstone National Park here. I wasn’t there to see the park this time, I was … More

Chief Joseph Scenic Highway is the downhill slide from Beartooth Pass, Montana into Cody, Wyoming. This fifty mile highway begins … More

Beartooth Pass in Montana and Wyoming is a right of passage for adventure motorcyclists. It is one of the most … More

Loveland, CO to Powell, WY proved to be more than I wanted to bite off. I rode twisty-turnys for days … More

I’ve been to Rocky Mountain National Park many times over the years. I went to grad school in Greeley, CO … More

Pikes Peak is the highest summit of the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, in North America. The ultra-prominent 14,115-foot fourteener is located in Pike National Forest, 12 miles west of … More

The Million $$ Highway is an iconic motorcycle right of passage. It is beautiful, treacherous, exciting, and one of the … More

This was a beautiful ride across the desert. Every few miles the colors changed and the landscape morphed into new … More

Monument Valley is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft above the valley … More

Petrified Forest National Park straddles the border between Apache County and Navajo County in northeastern Arizona. The park is about 30 miles long from … More

Salt River Canyon was an unanticipated beautiful adventure. I had no idea this canyon was on my direction but coming … More

Biosphere 2 is an American Earth system science research facility located in Oracle, Arizona. Its mission is to serve as a center for research, … More

I was hoping for a road like this across Arizona. Smooth pavement slowly meandering through the saguaro cactus with blue … More

Yuma, AZ was my first stop on the Western States Tour. It was about five hours from home so I … More

Felicity is an unincorporated community in Imperial County, California. The town was established in 1986 by Jacques-Andre Istel. Istel first bought the land in the 1950s … More

I’m off on another big adventure. The plan is a Western States trip lasting about four weeks. I hope to … More