Category: Road trips
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2014 motorcycle road trip: Yellowstone
I set out in June of 2014 (June 28, to be precise) to meet up with my brother Colin for the second of our ‘annual’ motorcycle road trips. The plan was simple: go to Yellowstone Park, and see what is to be seen. A very rough map of the sites we visited (if not the…
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Motorcycle road trip 2013: Sturgis, New Mexico, Grand Canyon, Vegas, and aliens
Back in August of 2013 I set out on what would be my longest motorcycle road trip up to that point in time. Apparently it was so big that it has taken me nearly two years to even start documenting it 😉 That’s a little bit of an exaggeration- I did post a few things…
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Motorcycle Road Trip 2012 #2: the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island
I was lucky to be able to enjoy a second “significant” motorcycle road trip this year. My brother Colin and his son, Troy, came out to the coast from Alberta on their motorbikes. Colin had previously ridden up the Sunshine coast and wanted to share that with us, and it sounded fantastic to me. I…
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Motorcycle Road Trip 2012 #1: Washington, Idaho, Montana, Alberta, and back again
My first “real” (i.e.: more than one day) motorcycle road trip of 2012 began on July 30. Myself, my nephew Shane, and our good friends Jeff and Tim set out on a journey to buy Shane a T-Shirt. Yes, that was the only actual specific, tangible objective of the trip. Everything else that happened was…
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2011 Motorcycle Road Trip #2: the Coastal Highway and Computer History Museum
My second big motorcycle trip of the year took me down the Coastal Highway (Highway 101). Road trip #1 had already established that I enjoyed motorcycle touring, so now it was about seeing where that enjoyment would take me. I still had questions I wanted to ask myself during the ride: how far in…
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2011 Motorcycle Road Trip #1: to Edmonton and back
2011 is the year I wanted to start taking my motorcycle on some longer, multi-day trips. I had lots of questions to explore: would I figure out how to pack what I need? Would the Road Glide be comfortable for the long haul? And most important: would this kind of riding be the kind of…
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