Dashed Yellow Line

Category: Trip Reports

  • Eureka Springs, AR to Olive Branch, MS (330 Miles)

    Eureka Springs, AR to Olive Branch, MS (330 Miles)

    After a bad case of cabin fever I was ready to get on the road again. Unfortunately that stretch of US62 was as bad as it was on Sunday. I kept hitting slow traffic in… Read more

  • Stranded – 0.5 Miles (0 net)

    Stranded – 0.5 Miles (0 net)

    Sunday Evening the weather forecast came in that today was going to have bad weather all day. There were severe storms coming our way. If I leave today, I’ll follow in them. Staying a day… Read more

  • Around Eureka Springs – 85 miles (0 net)

    Around Eureka Springs – 85 miles (0 net)

    The folks from last night invited me to breakfast down at the buffet. They have GRITS! Real grits! I’m the only Japanese bike rider in the whole motel, so needless to say, I stick out.… Read more

  • Salina, KS to Eureka Springs, AR – 400 Miles

    Salina, KS to Eureka Springs, AR – 400 Miles

    Wow… what a difference a day makes. I open up the door from my motel room and wow the heat and humidity is stifling. I need to go jogging as I’ve been idle the past… Read more

  • Boulder, CO to Salina, KS – 521 miles

    Boulder, CO to Salina, KS – 521 miles

    Leaving Colorado and the Rocky Mountains behind, the ride is going to be different. I had plans to be out the door by 6:30 but with staying up a bit later than expected, I actually… Read more

  • Around Boulder – 0 Miles

    Around Boulder – 0 Miles

    The rains were coming and Jeff and Maureen live here so I’m taking two days off the bike to chill and hang out with them. Jeff was able to take Wednesday off, so we got… Read more

  • Montrose, CO to Boulder, CO – 300 miles

    Montrose, CO to Boulder, CO – 300 miles

    I wasn’t sure if I wanted to take one or two days to get to Boulder. Colorado was going to be some of the most technical but rewarding parts of the trip. Montrose sits at… Read more

  • Torrey, UT to Montrose, CO – 345 miles (320 net)

    Torrey, UT to Montrose, CO – 345 miles (320 net)

    This day was the pinnacle of inefficiency. Despite the fact that I’ve been on the road for a few days, this was the first day of warm weather that I was carrying all my stuff.… Read more

  • Cedar City, UT to Torrey, UT – 210 miles

    Cedar City, UT to Torrey, UT – 210 miles

    I was mixed in where to go to next. I knew I could make good mileage if I went 89 to 24. I figured Bryce National Park might be a good stop, but it would… Read more

  • Around Cedar City – 145 Miles (0 net miles)

    Around Cedar City – 145 Miles (0 net miles)

    Today was my day off. I wanted to keep the mileage low so that I had sort of a rest day during the first chunk of the trip. Utah has an amazing number of national… Read more

  • Austin, NV to Cedar City, UT – 375 Miles

    Austin, NV to Cedar City, UT – 375 Miles

    Gustavo and Colin are much earlier risers than I am, but they seemed content to hang around a bit longer for an 8:30am departure. The morning was crisp and clear with no rain in the… Read more

  • Sunnyvale, CA to Austin, NV – 427 miles

    Sunnyvale, CA to Austin, NV – 427 miles

    What a start to the day. I didn’t sleep very well last night because of, well the anticipation of today. I can say now that I’ve got the first day behind me and while not… Read more

  • Time is consantly going….

    Time is consantly going….

    The reality that I’m leaving has now hit me hard. They say that time is a unidirectional vector that moves at the pace of about 24 hours every day. With all the planning and prep… Read more

  • Nacimiento-Fergusson: The one goat trail I wanted to ride

    Nacimiento-Fergusson: The one goat trail I wanted to ride

    Nacimiento-Fergusson Road has been sitting in the back of my mind for a while now. After seeing it on Pashnit I knew it was just a matter of time. It was a matter of time… Read more

  • The Oh Dark Thirty Ride – Easter Sunday

    The Oh Dark Thirty Ride – Easter Sunday

    Part of me (well a lot of me) felt odd telling Anel that I was going to bed at 9pm on a Saturday night, but the morning was quickly coming. I wanted to tell myself… Read more

  • The Long Haul Home

    The Long Haul Home

    Today was the pinnacle day of the trip. It’s odd that the day home would be such an event, but for me it was. I’d been a bit nervous on doing 500 miles in one… Read more

  • Off the bike

    Off the bike

    After three full days on the bike, it was nice to have a day off. While it was not a riding day, it was a full day none the less. We had more a few… Read more

  • Toolling around

    Toolling around

    Day three things start to relax. It was plenty warm in the park. The plan is to see most of the park’s major sites: Zabriske Point, Dante’s View, Badwater Basin, the Amargosa Opera House, and… Read more

  • Into the Valley of Death

    Into the Valley of Death

    Day two starts early as well (I sense a theme here) and we’re headed off to Death Valley. We climb out of Bakersfield over a small pass. As we head down the pass, you can… Read more

  • Running down the coast

    Running down the coast

    Last year the trip to Death Valley came and went and I decided not to go. I regretted that decision and was determined to go this year. I’ve wanted to start going on trips that… Read more

  • Heading West

    Heading West

    It’s time to head home. It was great to see such varied countryside and have 900 miles under my belt with about another 300 to go.  There was snow for Lake Tahoe in the forecast. … Read more

  • Liking Less

    Liking Less

    Less was good. I did less today as well. I was only riding another 150 miles. Destination: Tahoe. The route was simple, just Highway 89/267 all the way to my final stop. Yesterday I started… Read more

  • Less can really be more

    Less can really be more

    Every vacation should have a purpose. It is even better is when that purpose is realized and fulfilled. We vacation to take time off to rest, for new experiences, to connect with others, etc. The… Read more

  • So small in a big place…

    So small in a big place…

    I got to meet up with a buddy of mine from the Bay Area who moved up to Eureka about a year ago. Adam was one of the first few folks I met out here… Read more

  • Mini Sabbatical… two years later

    Mini Sabbatical… two years later

    Wow… it seemed like the big and little sabbaticals started out right about the same… I left packing to the last minute, got out way later than I wanted to, and rode 101 all the… Read more

  • Fall is coming…

    Fall is coming…

    Yeah… I know I live in motorcycling nirvana. California has tons of mountain roads next to the ocean, desert, forest and twisty roads that cover just about all of it. To top it off, the… Read more

  • Last Stop: San Bernardino Mountains

    Last Stop: San Bernardino Mountains

    The So Cal road trip is soon coming to an end… I’ve seen the beaches. I’ve fried in the desert. Now it’s time for some reprieve in the mountains. I leave the north side of… Read more

  • Joshua Tree National Park

    Joshua Tree National Park

    Today’s goals were to see the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve and get to Joshua Tree National Park. I drove back through Lancaster and out to the poppy reserve. From looking online this place was to… Read more

  • Two Wheels to Four

    Two Wheels to Four

    Southern California is a place I’ve not often visited, almost disproportionally for as much as I travel in this state and for as long as I’ve been here. I don’t know if it’s just the… Read more

  • Pigeon Point and Linux

    Pigeon Point and Linux

    I had one of those “I’ve got a few hours to play with” on Sat and decided to take the bike out for a short ride along the coast… Like most folks have said, it… Read more