Springtime arrives early in the borderlands between the Carolinas near the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains. When the high country of the towering peaks remains brown and cold, the foothills surrounding Columbus, Tryon and Landrum offer interesting sights and a wealth of interconnected roads to explore. Columbus, North Carolina, sits at the base of the Blue Ridge Escarpment. … [Read more...] about Triangle of treats: Columbus, Tryon, Landrum
Rider Tours
Inaugural Ashland Fellowship Weekend & Bike Festival
RICHMOND, Va. (May 13, 2021) – A new event celebrating motorcycles and faith will come to the region this summer. The Ashland Fellowship & Bike Festival takes place in the Town of Ashland from June 4-6 and will feature food trucks, live music, motorcycle excursions, multiple vendors, fellowship and prayer. The event is sponsored by Richmond Region Tourism, The … [Read more...] about Inaugural Ashland Fellowship Weekend & Bike Festival
Remembering Marlinton, a great motorcycle destination in West Virginia
If there’s any lesson in this damn pandemic it’s this: never postpone joy. So while we can’t travel overseas and we can’t spend much time with friends and family, and when we do we have to be really careful not to get sick, we can go motorcycling. Years ago, the International CBX Owner’s Association organized a series of rallies in Marlinton, West Virginia, and I attended … [Read more...] about Remembering Marlinton, a great motorcycle destination in West Virginia
Moto-camping: Dual Sports in NorthEast Georgia
Just north of Helen, Georgia, Poplar Stump Road runs northwesterly shadowing the west bank of the Chattahoochee River toward its headwaters. On this cool, nearly perfect September day, my Suzuki DR650 and I snake along the river’s edge, mind wandering considering how the narrowing waterway winds and tumbles southward over the fall line to the coastal plain some 430 miles … [Read more...] about Moto-camping: Dual Sports in NorthEast Georgia
Georgia’s covered bridges: Roadtrip combines wooden trestles and smothered hashbrowns
I’ve ridden all across North America via motorcycle, mostly wandering aimlessly with no particular destinations in sight. From months-long summer trips visiting national parks, to riding to the Arctic Ocean, even traversing single track at 12,000-foot above sea level in Colorado, experiencing things via motorcycle is unlike any other way of traveling in my opinion. It’s … [Read more...] about Georgia’s covered bridges: Roadtrip combines wooden trestles and smothered hashbrowns
