Before the advent of modern geography or GPS systems, the native people understood this place to be at the center of the world. It wasn’t until 1736 that the French Geodesic Mission launched an expedition to measure the equatorial line of the earth that the world learned what the native people already knew. My first experience on the back of a motorcycle was in my early 20s. … [Read more...] about Finding motorcycling zen while crossing Ecuador
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Forest rides are forever: Woodcarver Steve Duncan recalls the Blue Ridge trails of his youth
Mountains surround the McDowell Country, N.C., home that Steve Duncan — a semi-retired woodcarver — shares with his wife and daughter. The woods are dense with oaks, poplars, dogwoods and pines, and the air is pungent with the scent of galax. Evening comes early here in the shadows of the trees, and even on summer days the breeze off the creek in front of Duncan’s house is … [Read more...] about Forest rides are forever: Woodcarver Steve Duncan recalls the Blue Ridge trails of his youth