In June of 2017, four of us headed out to ride our motorcycles to Alaska. These memories are from that trip. Enjoy! It was a big day with low mileage, when we pulled in to Canmore, Alberta in the late afternoon. That was what we were facing. As well as a torrential downpour that was... Continue Reading →
In June of 2017, four of us headed out to ride our motorcycles to Alaska. These memories are from that trip. Enjoy!After high-tailing it out of Malta, MT the next morning we truly felt that we were in the wild west. Leaving the Great Plains behind, we began to see mountains off in the... Continue Reading →
In June of 2017, four of us headed out to ride our motorcycles to Alaska. These memories are from that trip. Enjoy! This was the big split. Eric left us at Devils Lake for Minneapolis and Tony and Chris rode with us for lunch in Minot. After lunch, we huggedwhere they went south to the... Continue Reading →
A few weeks back I was following up with a friend of mine who I have recently reconnected with over motorcycles. Dave and I had gone to high school together but unfortunately have spent little to no time together due to life, location and other things. While I was browsing the Facebook back in July,... Continue Reading →
A sight to be seen. The eclipse was more than I expected. I was sent to Carbondale Il to cover this event for work. We thought we were going to have a shutout, but the eclipse showed its self for about a minute then cloud cover set in. It was enough to get the full... Continue Reading →
In June of 2017, four of us headed out to ride our motorcycles to Alaska. These memories are from that trip. Enjoy! For the Minnesota crew, day two really felt like things were under way. We all woke up under the same blue sky, slept in the same campground, and were looking at a full... Continue Reading →
In June of 2017, four of us headed out to ride our motorcycles to Alaska. These memories are from that trip. Enjoy! After months and months of planning, at some point you need to get started. Let the trip begin. The Chicago crew got started early on Friday morning. The Minnesota crew not so much.... Continue Reading →
Okay, I need to explain this one a bit. Last year, when we were talking about this site and we were playing around with different web tools, my son Hollis was on hiatus from school (another story for a different day). He was helping me figure out the best layout, design, and format for the... Continue Reading →
“Troy is riding his motorcycle from Prudhoe Bay to the tip of South America…I think we should join him on his way back and ride part of the way with him. I’m giving you nearly two years notice so don’t tell me you can’t do it.” That was the statement made by my former college... Continue Reading →
Okay, just so things don't get to confusing a bit of detail about the Alaska trip. We are all home now. We made it home safely, with only a couple of possible situations that could have turned badly fast, but thankfully didn't. Eh Dave, Eh John you might want to tell that story. Posting... Continue Reading →
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