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To Hell and Back

If you look hard enough, you can find weird and wonderful destinations in your own backyard. Unique times create unique opportunities. The plague that has paralyzed the world has left two-wheeled...

Up Every Road

It’s not surprising the travels you can find with a new moto passion and a highly detailed map. Vancouver Island is a Mecca for dual-purpose riding adventures. I know that because my sister Summer...

Encounters of a Wild Kind

Meeting up with wildlife on the road might scare some people, but not everyone. I want to see Yellowstone: this has been my dream since I was a child,” I said during the bucket lists discussion...

The Pursuit of Happiness

Sometimes lessons from the past and a motorcycle are all you need to move forward. Motorcycling traditionally has been about experiencing freedom. And, personally, I’ve found some of my greatest...

Oil & Water

Powerful rivers flow through this area of North America’s first oil boom The highway widens into four lanes as the steady kathump kathump kathump of the cemented road pulsates through my...

Sandhills Surprise

Yes, Virginia, there are great motorcycle roads in Nebraska Okay, so Nebraska wasn’t high on my list of motorcycle destinations either, but research for a book I’m writing about America’s...

The Road to Nakusp

A history lesson of sorts led to a change of plans for this rider. I had been riding my BMW F650GS for four hours by the time I glimpsed Old Hedley Road. The secondary route east of Princeton, B.C.,...

Riding The Berkshires

Berkshire County offers fantastic roads for the motorcyclist and a rich past for the history buff The Massachusett people, meaning “by the range of hills,” roamed these valleys, flanked by...

Ghost Town Rider

Remembering a town that was I was going to say goodbye to a little town called Jordan River on the southwestern edge of Vancouver Island, about halfway between Sooke and Port Renfrew. The hamlet is...

Paradise in the Pyrenees

Exploring the quiet roads of Catalonia on BMW’s new G310GS Spain. It’s one of the seductive countries, right up there with Brazil and Italy, beckoning travellers with its romantic culture and...

Monkey Business in Baja

If you want to be free, all you have to do is let go. Anyone who knows me well knows that the thought of sand riding sends shivers down my spine. It penetrates my every cell and seems to scatter...

Bordering on Confusion

Once you understand the game of crossing Central America’s borders, it can, oddly enough, become an enjoyable experience What does a round-the-world motorcycle trip look like It can look very...