US Road Trips
US Road Trips comprises archived blogs focussing on the narrative detail surrounding the places visited, events experienced, and people encountered during US Motorcycle Road Trips we've taken. These stories go a long way towards explaining why the road trip experience is so visceral.
US 11: Butch and the Hole in the Wall
It had just gone 4.30am. It was almost a new day and I was out looking for coffee. The Baymont didn’t have any; well not twenty-four hour coffee anyway. So I’d wandered off up the street to a service station…
US 10: Across Wyoming on the High Plains
I’d been on the veranda just about long enough to have a cigarette; get comfortable in the chair we’d left out; and, contemplate our imminent ride across Colorado and Wyoming on the High Plains, when I heard Mel moving around…
US 9: From Eagle to a High Plains Super Storm
Our decision to end the day’s ride at Eagle was purely coincidental: a function of the time of day; the possibility of a storm; and, the falling temperature. We’d checked in at the Comfort Inn and then wandered up to…
US 8: High Plains to the Rocky Mountains
The storm we’d seen moving up from the South West, arrived in town about an hour after we did; and it was spectacular. Naphtha flashes lit up the entire town in brief snapshots of sporadic daylight brilliance while thunder boomed…
US 7: On the Road Again
On the road again; goin’ places that I’ve never been; seein’ things I may never see again; and, I can’t wait to get on the road again . . . Willie Nelson‘s song was playing on an endless loop in…
US 6: Fault Repair and Slowing Down
I find it is difficult to adequately describe the relief I felt on getting back to Washington County; handing the Deuce over to Zion Harley Davidson; and, checking in to the local Holiday Inn to relax. It really did feel…
US 5: Unexpected Return to Washington
No coffee shops were open when I slipped out to the verandah on Tuesday morning; and it was way too early to be getting on the road. So, I settled for a quiet smoke as I watched the sky gradually…
US 4: The Mojave’s Searing Heat and Nuclear Fallout
On Monday morning, I woke while it was still dark. This was the day we would head north towards Utah, experience first hand the searing heat of the Mojave Desert, and discover the tragic consequence of nuclear fallout. Now, if you’re…
US 3: Pick Up and Shake Down
Mel is definitely not a morning person. In fact, he regards anything before 9am as unreasonable and personally offensive; a vexation to his spirit, he says. I, on the other hand, am definitely a morning person; and on this particular…
US 2: What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas
McCarran International Airport, Nevada, lay baking under crystal clear skies. I reckoned that, when I stepped onto the tarmac in the middle of the afternoon, the ambient air temperature had just about peaked at around 104℉ [40℃]; a far cry…
