Days 16 & 17 Thursday & Friday, July 7 & 8 Seattle, WA to Van Nuys, CA 1,116 miles My ST1300 looks like it's been sponge painted with mud. It's the result of a custom blend of rain, hail, mud, dust, bugs, wind, 11 days and 3,941 miles. I can't see how this is ever …
Continue reading Alaska Adventure 2005 – Superslabbing & Post Ride Ruminations
I know some of you think that Inga rarely leaves the house, but believe it or not, there was a time when Inga embarked on grand adventures to far away places. Fifteen years ago, Inga and I belonged to the University of Washington Spelunking Club and we went on week long caving expeditions in Montana …
Inga and I were digging through some old papers the other day and we came across an essay I wrote in 1975, my junior year of high school. It was published in the school's literary journal. As I retype it here, it's really hard to not edit it, to improve on the prose of a …
My brothers and I have converged on Arivaca, Arizona, a small town with approximately 700 residents in the Sonoran Desert, for our father's 70th birthday on March 19, 2005. Brother Paul has offered his two street motorcycles, a Harley Davidson Dyna Glide and a Yamaha FJR1300, to Eric and me as transportation from his home …
We've been doing some long overdue remodeling in the house. We hired Kevin, a good friend and superb contractor, to rip out the upstairs bathroom. As it needed a complete overhaul, Kevin gutted the room right down to the studs. Inga and I spent quite a bit of time working on the design of the …
Inga and I had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with friends this year here in Seattle. Before eating, we conversationally covered a lot of ground, from encounters with wildlife, to a study that measured the attunement of plants to human emotions, to vegetarianism. The mention of deer and plants caused me to remember a healing I …
What does one do with a brand new 2004 Honda ST1300? Well, for starters, the motor needs to be broken in, the tires need scrubbing and the rider and the bike need to get acquainted. So you hope for a dry day, an iffy thing in mid-October in Puget Sound, and we've already figured that …
[one_half padding="8px 14px 0 0"] Trip Journal States we rode through: Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona 2,685 miles in 8 days (Scott's route) Objectives: Rendezvous with family & friends from Seattle, Tucson & Los Angeles at Crater Lake National Park in southern Oregon Ride on superb roads Visit spectacular national parks Get Scott to Yosemite so …
No glamour bike shots here. Just dirt, bugs & darkness! Jeff “Pork Chop” Adams Click on a photo to launch the slideshow Trevor “Uncle Bob” Trifiro Click on a photo to launch the slideshow Paul “Pablo” Espensen Click on a photo to launch the slideshow Eric “Dr. Evil” Espensen Click on a photo to launch …
Saturday, June 19 Seattle, WA to Waldport, OR 333 miles Scott & Trev Los Angeles, CA to Sunset State Beach, CA 336 miles Paul, Jeff, Eric & Joe What does it mean when you wake up the day you are to depart on a motorcycle trip with Deep Purple's "Highway Star" playing in your head? …
Continue reading California Cruise 2004 – Day 1: Cruising the Pacific Coast
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