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Passage: Speed X Time = Distance
In The Mind of the Traveler: from Gilgamesh to Global Tourism, Eric J. Leed wrote that every journey is an unalterable sequence of three: Departure, Passage, and Arrival. Travelers pay closer attention to the first and last steps because they … Continue reading
Posted in Craft Beer, Lodging, Main Street, Motorcycle, Travel
Tagged Canada, Interstate 90, Passage, Shunpike
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Shadows & Reflections of Reality
If you seek the fountain of youth, check out Fort Dodge, Iowa. When I asked about a single room for the night of August 22, 2016, the Comfort Inn clerk immediately offered me the senior-citizen rate. “It’s our best!” she … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Craft Beer, Lodging, Main Street
Tagged AZ, Grand Canyon, Laundromat, Route 66, Williams
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Along Interstate 84, US 30 Sustains Oregon Small Towns
PENDLETON, OREGON—Along much of its route through Oregon, US Highway 30, is now co-located with (subsumed by) Interstate 84, which runs from Pocatello, Idaho, to Portland, Oregon. Destined for Pendleton, Oregon, the GPS had a simple command this morning: Drive … Continue reading
Posted in Craft Beer, Food, Lodging, Main Street, Motorcycle, Travel
Tagged Baker City, Main Street, Oregon, Pendleton, US Highway System
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Plymouth’s Marvelous Mill Street
PLYMOUTH, WISCONSIN—What other word describes a small town main thoroughfare lined with active storefront businesses including not one, but two bookstores, and a craft brewery. Yes, there were a empty storefronts for rent, and one building, built by Wm. Laack … Continue reading
Posted in Craft Beer, Main Street
Tagged Book Heads, Deal Old Books, Main Street, Plymough, Plymouth Brewing Company, Wisconsin
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Heading East for Home but Waylaid by Lindbergh’s VW Beetle
LITTLE FALLS, MINNESOTA—Heading home after two weeks on the road, crossing into my home time zone yesterday at the border of North Dakota and Minnesota infected me with get-home-itis. Starting every day by riding into the rising sun as it … Continue reading
Posted in Craft Beer, Food, Lodging, Motorcycle, Museum, Travel
Tagged Lindbergh Boyhood Home, Little Falls, Minnesota, Motorcycle, Travel
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Riding Reality Road: Unexpected Surprises Good & Bad
KALISPELL, MONTANA—When I awoke this morning in Spokane Valley, I planned on walking the vital and varied streets of Sandpoint, Idaho, this evening, setting out from my room at the La Quinta to find a good healthy dinner at one … Continue reading
Posted in Craft Beer, Food, Lodging, Motorcycle, Travel
Tagged Idaho, Kalispell, Lodging, Montana, Motor, Sandpoint, Travel
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Interstate Decisions: Which Road to Ride, Where to Stay
SPOKANE VALLEY, WASHINGTON—Return trips are essentially restarts of a trip because you have to make all the same directions, only going in the other direction. With a business call in Spokane Valley, I spend Saturday trying to decide whether to … Continue reading
Posted in Craft Beer, Food, Lodging, Motorcycle, Travel
Tagged Motorcycle, Travel, US 2, Washington
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Badland Restoration of Proper Perspective
GILLETTE, WYOMING—Plotting our way out of the Sturgis vortex of unmuffled chaos, we decided to give the Badlands one more shot. Our passes were good for a week, and the CD 240 loop through the park was, on the map, … Continue reading
Posted in Craft Beer, Food, Motorcycle, Travel
Tagged Food, Motorcycle, Prairie Fire Brewing Co., South Dakota, Wyoming
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