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Attack of the Rhino Virus and Surviving to Ride Another Day
IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO—“Spangler, you bastard!” Those were Ed’s first words to me this morning when we awoke in Boise. I couldn’t tell if his invective was good natured because a tissue covered his nose and mouth. Yes, the Rhino Virus … Continue reading
River Whitecaps, Friends Reunited & a Mountain Trifecta
RENTON, WASHINGTON—Freed from the self-imposed constraints of my preparatory daydreams, I’ve relished the the unexpected rewards of vagabondage. No longer eschewing the Interstates, I followed I-84 from Pocatello to Portland. Much of it follows the Columbia River and its gorge … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Motorcycle, Travel
Tagged Columbia River, Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, Oregon, Portland
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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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Rain Suit Riding & Beer-Based Decision-Making
POCATELLO, IDAHO—Laying the weather map’s bolus of bad weather over the road map devoid of small town dots that connect the larger cities called for a long day in the saddle to compress two days of rainy riding into one. … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Main Street, Motorcycle, Travel
Tagged Railroads, Transportation Progress, US Highway System
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Weathering the Storm, Literally and Metaphorically
GERING, NEBRASKA—While forking a ham and cheese omelet with hash browns into my face for dinner tonight, the grating National Weather Service klaxon that announces severe weather echoed in the kitchen of Sheryl’s Log Cabin. I couldn’t hear what the … Continue reading
Posted in Lodging, Main Street, Motorcycle, Museum, Travel
Tagged Burlington Junction, Kregel Windmill Museum, Missouri, Travel Weather
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Travel Challenges: Leaving Home & Finding One’s Way
NAUVOO, ILLINOIS—Given the chronic religious persecution that drove the Latter Day Saints from their homes here on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River, I shouldn’t really complain about my day. The challenges of my day are evanescent giggles compared to … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Lodging, Main Street, Motorcycle, Travel
Tagged John Deere, Nauvoo, Travel Technology
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Rising Out of the Minnesota Prairie, a Five-Dome School
Grand Meadow, Minnesota GRAND MEADOW, MINNESOTA—Riding out of the wrinkled Mississippi River watershed we rolled west into the Minnesota prairie on State Road 16. More than a century ago, agricultural Mondrians had plowed a vast ocean of grass into geometric … Continue reading
Posted in Motorcycle, School, Travel
Tagged Grand Meadow, Minnesota, Monolithic Dome, Small Town Schools
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Travel’s Last Leg, as Eagerly Anticipated as the First
OMRO, WISCONSIN—In my decades of travel, on trips far and near, long and short, I’ve always anticipated the last leg home with the same eagerness of their first leg. This two-wheeled adventure to Seattle and back (and neither Ed nor … Continue reading
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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Small Town Traveler 