Closing the Distance: Reflections on the Crooked Mountain Adventure Rally
My motorcycle has become a distant friend that I call on once in a great while when looking for a specific connection. I don’t ride my motorcycles daily or even weekly anymore. Months sometimes go by and the dust settles on the tank. When I do go for rides, it’s often for rides that last…
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From Castle to Farm: Exploring Our Touring Routes
The Mast Farm in Valle Crucis, North Carolina, is a stunningly pretty venue to plan a trip around. Located in the Appalachian Mountains near Banner Elk and Boone,…
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Looking Through Stone at Red River Gorge
I arrived in Stanton early, before the heat had gathered itself into the full wet authority of a Kentucky summer afternoon. Rose, my Indian Springfield, stood beside the…
Skyline Drive: An Eye of the Dragon
Motorcycling is a study in contradictions: the heat of the engine against the chill of mountain air, and the silence of the high ridge versus the pulse of…
North to Adventure: Fleeing Florida for the Alabama Mountains
Norden, nord, norte, north, is the cardinal direction I have piloted the Rhino, my BMW GSA, for the last four hours. I certainly have direction but not yet…
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Third Gear Therapy Around Wise, Virginia
The morning looked warmer from the hotel window. It always does. I stepped out onto the sidewalk in Wise, felt that sharp little edge in the mountain air,…
Blue Ridge Southern Crescent: Tellico Plains, Helen, Toccoa to Walhalla
I topped off the fuel tank in Tellico Plains, Tennessee, and gazed at the mountains to the east. My usual route would take me across the famed Cherohala…
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The Shawnee, George Washington and the Mothman All Slept Here
I came to Point Pleasant the way you often come into river towns, by riding on a road that follows a river…
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Kentucky Cruising: Chrome, Coffee and Route 23
Another winter cold snap just broke, so time to ride my new to me 2023 Triumph Bonneville, which my wife insists looks…
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Barber Vintage Festival: You Will Be Entertained
It is Thursday. But it is different from most Thursdays in my life since I am standing as close as I can…
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Tracing the Tug: Exploring West Virginia’s Notorious River
The Tug Fork of the Big Sandy is a uniquely notorious Appalachian river, the primary setting of the infamous Hatfield and McCoy…
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TVA Travels: Enjoying Another Dam Motorcycle Tour
Life is a balance between riding a motorcycle and not riding a motorcycle. My time spent not riding is usually devoted to…
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