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Waylaid by Colorful Creatures in Sebastopol
Riding into any American small town always reminds me of home because the landscape is essentially the same. A few newer, larger houses of usually nondescript architecture stand guard on the outskirts of town. As you approach the town center, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Community, Main Street, Motorcycle
Tagged California, Junk Art, Route 66, Sebastopol
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Religious Light & Reality at National Parks
Snuggled up indoors, the polar vortex condensed home humidity into narrow frozen frames at the bottom corners of our new double-pane windows. Watching sunset’s pastel colors play across a crystalline canvas stirred warm weather memories. No matter the season or … Continue reading
Dee Wright Observatory: An Interactive Rock Pile
Heading east, the McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass National Scenic Byway is an asphalt scar that wends its way over the Cascade Mountains and through the Willamette National Forest that surrounds a lava dome like male pattern baldness. Deep in the Cascade’s … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian Conservation Corps, Motorcycle, Travel
Tagged Interactive Exhibits, Observatory, Oregon, Scenic Byways
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Shunpike Customs & Currency
There were few essential documents needed for Shunpike Canada. First was a passport. 9/11 terminated the convenience of crossing the border both ways with just the second required document, a driver’s license, which was the only proof of citizenship needed … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Guidelines, Motorcycle, Service, Travel
Tagged Border Crossing, Canada, Currency, Customs, Shunpike
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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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A Shunpiker’s Guide for Serendiculous Enjoyment
Sometimes a single word is all it takes to focus a fuzzy philosophy and make its underlying principles logically clear. Finding that word is the challenge. Some search for it their entire lives. I found mine on my way to … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Guidelines, Main Street, Motorcycle
Tagged Sunpiker, Travel Lessons, Travel Philosophy
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A Water Tower Oasis in Arid Ash Fork, Arizona
Following Route 66 west across the barren, baked brown Arizona landscape in the early morning oven of August 8, 2016, Ed and I were looking forward to nearly a hundred miles of the original two-lane Mother Road just past Ash … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Main Street, Motorcycle
Tagged Main Street, Natural Resources, Route 66, Water
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Lessons Learned in the Search for New Nouns
Crossing the burnt-brown desert leg of Route 66, I asked myself, Why am I doing this? At 70 mph, opening my helmet visor was like sticking my face in a convection oven set somewhere between 110°F and 115°F. The answer … Continue reading
Posted in Motorcycle, Travel, Writing
Tagged Creative Process, Travel Experiences, Travel Lessons
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Serendiculous Diversions & Nice People
Where we would sleep the night after the start of the great flat tire adventure depended on who had a Michelin 170/60 ZR17 Road Pilot 4 GT. After about a half hour of calling shops located in ever longer ridges … Continue reading
Posted in Main Street, Motorcycle, Travel
Tagged Motorcycles, Ozzie's BMW, Travel Challenges
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Following the Scenic Dotted Line & Other Adventures
In the 1970s, I made my inaugural exploration of California Highway 1, also known as the Pacific Coast Highway or, concisely, the PCH. On a series of trips I extended it through Oregon and Washington to Seattle, a route we … Continue reading
Posted in Lodging, Main Street, Motorcycle, Travel
Tagged Motorcycle, Pacific Coast Highway, Small Town Service
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