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Moments of Canadian Heritage

A ride into St. Lawrence River history. John Anderson, Jim Oliver and I pulled out of my remote cottage north of Kingston on our way to ride the Adirondacks in upstate New York. I have had a lifelong...

Great Roads, Good People

Exploring mountain passes, national parks and the Black Hills. It was a single-digit morning. The dew was frosty, and I was hungry. As I transitioned bare arms...

Winding Road for the Next 1,000 Miles

Riding the Rockies and Ranges of the U.S. Northwest. Two hours of riding upriver had not narrowed the Columbia in the least. Interstate-84 hugged the south shore as cargo ships, cruise ships, barges...

The Colville is Calling

Little traffic, twisty roads and scenic look-offs keep bringing this rider back. As the mighty Columbia River makes its remaining 1,200-kilometre journey from the southern edge of British Columbia to...

Yukon with a Side of Alaska

A circuitous loop through British Columbia and points north. As we crossed the border into the Yukon it was hard not to think of how this trip came about. John and I were sitting at his kitchen table...

Mae Hong Son

An unlikely group of riders experience the challenging roads of a foreign country. In April of 2023 I was hiking in Nepal but found myself with a case of pneumonia and a case of the blues. It’s a...

The Mother Road

Riding America’s Main Street through the U.S. Southwest. I may have been joyriding a little too joyfully. I blame the vast New Mexican desert. But when an unmarked right-hand curve jumped out from...

Take Me to the Sun

Stunning scenery and outstanding roads, Glacier National Park always has something to offer. The month of August is the prime vacation month for many and a traditional motorcycle touring month in the...

The Shows Must Go On

It’s that time of year again: the snow slowly dissipates from the earth to reveal a glimpse of what summer will hold (at least in the parts of Canada that received snowfall this year). But before...

Getting Our Kicks

Exploring Route 66 across the American heartland. The heat was killer. Even as the sun sank behind a treed horizon, the thick air clung like a wet quilt. Wilting and spent, the three riders circled...

It’s a Loaded Question

How much weight can your motorcycle handle Whether you’re off to local events or heading across the country for a huge rally, we all know how good it feels to put our faces into the breeze and hit...

Buzzing Around Lisbon

Portuguese culture on a variety of electric scooters. It was a weird riding sensation: listening to the locals talk, hearing the pebbles of the road underneath the tires — but nothing from the...