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
Rider Tours
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
All Roads Lead to Maggie Valley
Sometime before sunset, after the tourists have headed back to their hotels, it’s possible to be alone on the Blue Ridge Parkway. You can pull over at a scenic overlook, slip your bike on the stand, lean back, and get lost in the magical vista. As multiple layers of soft color melt away into the distance behind the fading mountains, the spirits of the ancient ones whisper … [Read more...] about All Roads Lead to Maggie Valley
