A Matter of Balance
Ever since the first days of the ride I’ve anticipated that someday I would be trying to summarize this experience, wondering how best to put a tidy bow on a package that was getting bigger and more complex by the day. The daily blog posts published during the trip were relatively…
Continue reading In Retrospect…
49 CommentsThis post is to talk about the things that rode with me on the scooter. I want to emphasize that what follows is simply how I managed things on my scooter, with my limited experience. There are lots of folks out there who have spent years developing their “kit” and are…
Continue reading The Things I Carried
19 CommentsAs the night before the first day of this ride lacked sleep, so also did the night before this last day. Up late working on the blog, then awake in bed, knowing I am at the end of this milestone adventure. And as the first day’s ride was filled with thoughts of…
Continue reading Nov 6: Cambria, CA to Home
23 CommentsToday was not nearly as dramatic as yesterday. I woke up at 6:00 after eleven hours of sleep and recovery, geared-up and did a test ride in 35° temps to get breakfast. All OK. Just needed the right clothes. The ride today was Hwy’s 395 and 14 south to the…
Continue reading Nov 5: Grant, California to Cambria, California
6 CommentsThis day was a 120 mile ride into, across and out of Death Valley through a wide range of weather conditions for which I did not adequately adapt. I didn’t understand or appreciate the complexity and size of Death Valley. There were three valleys and three mountain passes, not counting the…
Continue reading Nov 4: Beatty, Nevada to Grant, Califronia
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