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Hello, After just getting married and all the lovely time stealers that come with it, I finally got a chance to take my FJR our of the garage last week. It's sat dormant now for quite a few months. When I stopped for the first time, I noticed a bit of what seemed like a coolant leak on the...

Hello, After just getting married and all the lovely time stealers that come with it, I finally got a chance to take my FJR our of the garage last week. It's sat dormant now for quite a few months. When I stopped for the first time, I noticed a bit of what seemed like a coolant leak on the...

Been a long time, both for writing and for riding, and to be honest, I'm not sure the reason. Since Rushing to Houston, I have ridden Rain Cloud Follows, my trusty Yamaha FJR motorcycle exactly zero miles. Maybe I needed a break, or, more frightening to contemplate, it could be possible...

How disappointing. Granted, this tire - a Michelin Pilot Road II, one of the best I've found - faithfully served Rain Cloud Follows on both the Road to WrestleMania XXVI ride and on the Alaskan Adventure - in fact, when I did the math using my fingers and toes, I realized the tire had over...

Act Three Big Bend National Park is another one of those national parks that you really have to want to go to. Tucked way down in the far western corner of Texas along the Mexican border, it isn't on the beaten path to anywhere. I've always eyed this elusive expanse of land, but could...

Act Two Most times I ignore the voices of reason in my head, the ones that say silly stuff like, "Hey, dummy! Maybe taking a touring bike up a mountain on a dirt road is a bad idea, especially when not one soul knows you are doing it," but when the hair on the back of my neck stands up, that...

Act One Ever since I was this little drummer boy in the picture below, I'll confess, I have been a fan of the rock band Rush. I can still remember the first time I heard Rush like it was yesterday, which is funny because I can't remember what actually happened yesterday. Anyway, way back...

Is that so? Forget Dark Meat Snack, from now on, I'm riding with YOU!

Hello All, First off, thanks for the overwhelming response to this little story. It was a lot of fun, and at the end of the day, fun is the point of these little rides. I'm hoping to squeeze one more short ride in this summer, possibly to Houston to pay homage to my hero, the Ghost Rider when...

We cross back into the greatest country on earth without an issue. Even my friend, El Coco Loco, The Tubby Terrorist I call Dark Meat Snack, is allowed in without incident. With aplomb, we savor the grandeur that is Glacier National Park. The under construction 'Going To The Sun Road' is...

Seventeen days and thousands of miles have passed. That's a long time to be stuck with the same people. Surprisingly, to this point, nobody in the group has murdered anyone else. Scenery overload and road loopiness has definitely set in; things that would never be considered funny set...

Until this point on this trip, we've been fairly fortunate. Not only has the weather been generally favorable, the roads unparalleled, the company funny and fun, we've also been fortunate enough to spy 'The Big Three' animals that everyone comes to Alaska hoping to see. In no particular...

The desk clerk in Whitehorse greets us with a hardy, "Good Afternoon!" It's 9:30 at night, but he's not completely nuts, it's still bright enough outside to be the middle of the day. After securing rooms in an actual hotel, taking actual showers and using an actual hairdryer, an...

Alaskan Adventure - Up Through The Ashes Funny how precious a simple chain of hydrocarbon molecules can be, and how much the lack of that precious chain of combustibles can weigh on a mind. It's pretty simple. I don't have enough gas to get back to any hotel. Dark Meat 'might' have enough...

Alaskan Adventure - Down In Flames Underway at last in Super Natural British Columbia! Took long enough to get to this point, didn't it? Yes. It did. But we're here now, and that's all that matters. The scenery right away is stunning, with soaring mountains surrounding our little party...

Alaskan Adventure - Sailin' Away It's dark. It's cold. We're groggy, but awake. After yesterday's blitz ride through the northern bits of Vancouver Rhode Island to Port Hardy, it's finally time to get this trip started. Almost. When I had my pre-ride Map-kin strategizing session, which...

The Internet has been mostly nonexitent, as has cell service. It's been great! The only thing that really hasn't been so great is the SPOT tracker. It quit tracking at some point near Jasper. A frustrating hour long toll free land li call (when was the last time you used a phone with a...

After a few days of glacier peeping, Hyderizing, bear chasing, eagle shooting fun, we slept in a bunkhouse, slept in the middle of the Cassiar, drove through a forest fire moonscape and pushed hard to Whitehorse. All is good, Alaska tomorrow (again) then a simple 4000 mile commute home. More...

After a few days of glacier peeping, Hyderizing, bear chasing, eagle shooting fun, we slept in a bunkhouse, slept in the middle of the Cassiar, drove through a forest fire moonscape and pushed hard to Whitehorse. All us good, Alaska tomorrow (again) then a simple 4000 mile commute home. More...