Mom came bouncing happily out of the house, followed by my grinning brother Brian and our wagging dog Cedar. The stories began, starting generally and then honing in on the fondest vignettes. Unpacking the bags would wait.
Time left on our journey dwindled to a point and receded away. The trip […]
The next day, to be considered our finale day of the trip, became the longest and most grueling ride of the entire journey. We fired up the engines at 10:20 Saturday morning, and occasionally swapped our bikes throughout the day. Our straight through mileage did not end until rolling over […]
We packed early the next morning to shove through miles. Tom bid farewell to us and our motorcycles, and we were gone bouncing and swerving along the ashram’s driveway. I detuned my brain for the days ahead, paying little attention to my surroundings. Instead, I curled up inside my own […]
The visit with Tom was a pleasant cap to a day of miles through beautiful Colorado scenes. Rocky Mountain National Park provided a high view looking down. Poopysuits protected us from the ascending cold, even keeping off the cool melt of occasional snow flurries. The road zagged across the faces […]
This day was pure travel, pure locomotion. We went through some great open spaces and it gave me a taste of Colorado, where roads twisted like a sine wave, covering the bottoms of valleys between mountains. I well remember a prior trip to the state, visiting my childhood friend Tom […]
The journey had the feeling of winding down today, transitioning from going out to coming back. The off and on dashed road lines said so, as did the passing jumbles of sagebrush. Our direction east had a sense of home and the future beyond this journey. A sense of mileage […]
This day was easy, ferry style. Even more relaxed and comfortable, actually. No cool, foggy winds to ice cube my head. Those winds were less than a foot from my elbow, but double panes made them untouchable. The Timberline Lodge’s huge exposed wood beams, angular and simple in form, were […]