Category: Ride Report
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Overland Expo 2016
Admittedly I’m a bit tardy writing this — like two years tardy. But doesn’t somebody say “better late than never?” As I’m sitting here writing this on a rainy day, two years later, I can still clearly remember the journey to and from OE West 2016. Overland Expo, for those of you not familiar is…
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Home sweet home, if only for a little while
Back in Portland and everything is right with the world. After surviving a creepy night at the Bates Motel wannabe, I woke early and hit the road at the earliest time yet (7:45AM). It was only 35-ish degrees when I pulled out and started my trip and I was quickly finding myself shivering despite…
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Thwarted at John Day again
Today is my second overnight in John Day, OR. When I’m traveling by motorcycle I typically stay at a Best Western. It’s a known quantity and I don’t have to worry if I’m going to end up at a murder palace. Today was a surprisingly good day. Per my revised plan, with input from Angie,…
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I’ve always wanted to see Northern Nevada in Spring
Math won. Doesn’t math always win though? OK, so there is the Common Core Curriculum so perhaps math doesn’t always win, but it definitely has the upper hand. After I wrote my post last night I went out to Google Maps and counted, the old fashioned way, the number of days it would take me…
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The open road kicked my butt today
I looked back at my post from last month which suggested that I’d be traveling back to Chicago no matter what. Those were fun times… Where to start? Should I start with the numbness? How about the ache? Or perhaps the light sun burn? Oh, I know! Maybe I’ll start with Idaho wanting to kill…
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The open road beckons
It’s been a long, long time. The one-off commutes between Portland and Seattle will pale in comparison. The wandering tours around the Pacific Northwest will become short jaunts. I’ve decided to take the motorcycle on a round trip tour back home to Chicago from Portland. This most certainly won’t be easy. I’ll be pushing mileage…
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Day 10 – Astoria to Renton
Angie and I were leaving our room to go get breakfast and I happened to look out the window and saw another motorcycle. The rider was putting on his vest and ear plugs, etc. I was just about to turn away when a small poodle poked its head out from around the back of the…
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Day 9 – Coos Bay to Astoria
The bed at the hotel last night definitely left something to be desired. It was nearly broken on the side that I was sleeping on so there wasn’t much sleep to be had. That was unfortunate as we were planning on heading out early in the morning and had the most miles of any day…
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Day 8 – Arcata to Coos Bay
Back to the hard miles as we make our way back north. The big prize today was the miles between Crescent City and Brookings. That was the lone stretch of US Route 101 that we didn’t do in our rides last year so it felt good to get that taken care of. So now we…
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Day 7 – Redding to Arcata
Today could have turned out horrible. When we were in Susanville a cyclist that we’d met at the hotel had told us about CA Route 299. I hadn’t really planned on coming out to the coast mainly because we’ve ridden most of it already and the weather can be a bit flaky. However, there is…