The Berkshire Big Adventure is a two day ride in the Berkshires, aka the Berks. Hosted by the Berkshire Trail Riders; the BBA has a well earned reputation as a fantastic ride with plenty of challenges. Unlike clubs that include street riding the Berkshire Trail Riders...
In addition to the fantastic people, great riding and a chance to look at more unique BMW motorcycles in one place than anywhere else another reason to attend national rallies are the vendors. I recently returned from the BMW Riders Association’s annual Rally. ...
I could not tell you when I became a syrup snob but it was at a very early age. Unlike most of my memories and habits coming from time on boats the syrup thing started in the winter. That’s when my dad would make us pancakes on Sunday morning, often at a place...
It was tough leaving the group in Telluride. It had been an truly epic trip and I was sad to be heading east yet I was riding an incredible high from the last five days. I figured I’d break my ride east in segments with the first being from Telluride to near...
This is an exchange I initiated with an old friend who recently retired from 21 years as a Captain in the Telluride VFD. Not the first time he’s told me I’m nuts but it’s been almost 30 years. Time to grow up? After a...
Pie for pre-breakfast. Not a bad way to start the day. When I first saw the sign post I immediately wondered how it was going to get to Odom Point. This was a substantial sign post. I was also wondering how it was going to get erected. I was pretty sure digging a...
After the heat of the White Rim Trail nobody was up early. Today was to be a very casual day, a transit of sorts to a special place outside of Delores, Colorado. The plan for the day was to head over to a Vineyard called a ranch owned by man known only as “Big...
This is the graphic on the National Park Service Website for Canyonlands National Park. I figure they post this in June and take it down in September. Today’s forecast (August 8) is for high tempratures in the mid 90’s The forecast for July 18 was for a...
We all survived a night under the watchful eye of the Hosts. Now it was time to start the first day of the real tour, up to now it was just wandering about getting ready to ride with the Big Dogs. There were 10 of us between two campsites that were not close enough...
Sunday morning I was up early. Excitement, anticipation and even a bit of nerves greeted me in my hotel room. Thankfully the Aloha Moose Cafe opened for breakfast at 6 so I strolled over to be their first customer of the day. The Aloha Moose Cafe is operated by a...