Traveling My Deeper Dream

Sedona Side Trip… Encounters with Beautiful People

After standing at the vast expanse of  the Grand Canyon’s north rim and passing through the  monsoon-strucken native reserves, we rode south in the direction of Sedona. My cousin, Lance, and his beautiful girlfriend, Amber, found themselves there and started an incredible center for yoga-by-donation – Yoga Sedona. They are such givers. What a gift [...]

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A Big Kiss From Zion

Big kiss from one of the world’s most beautiful places… Zion National Park To Do: 1. Hike 2. Run Canyons 3. Spot Mormons with three wives and five-going-on-thirty children (seriously, I saw them on the bus) 4. Practice your foreign languages (lots of international visitors) 5. Hike (some more) 6. Run Canyons (some more) 7. [...]

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Polygamy in Utah… a First Sighting… And Onward to a Roadside Attraction

    We took the long road to Zion, riding 15 miles of dirt road heading in through the North.     Taking an enormous 1600cc Yamaha Road Star up long, remote dirt back roads warrants plenty of odd looks as most people have probably never seen something so ridiculous.       Then again, [...]

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Riding 89

    After leaving the stunning expanse of the Grand Canyon’s North rim, we rode south towards Flagstaff on US Highway 89. We descended deep into a rosy colored desert valley, through native reservations, and right smack into a monsoon.                 We pulled off at a lonely gas [...]

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The Edge of the World… Day 4: The Grand Canyon

    I realized three weeks ago that I wanted to be on the road for my birthday. In one of my favorite places on Earth. In the middle of seemingly nowhere, on a motorcycle, riding the wide open road. Sleeping under the stars. And to see something immense and spectacular that I’ve never seen [...]

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Freedom Bells… Riding the Open Road. Utah.

It’s an amazing feeling to wake up knowing you’re in exactly the place you want to be. Right now, I want nothing else than to be in southern Utah. On the wide open road. In seemingly the middle of nowhere. Right here… Right here…   Right here… To know exactly where you want to be, [...]

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Essential Road Trip Gear…

    It’s that time of year. Follow along on one of my all time favorite ways to travel … Biking the USA (That’s bike as in motorcycle)

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A Side Trip to Morocco (Part II)

It was my second full day in Morocco and I had a concussion. I slept for two straight days. One thing that happened in this situation was an opportunity to reflect. My one and only plan to take a camel safari in the Sahara desert was down the drain. Injuring myself moved me past my [...]

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Alone for Christmas? A Facebook Affair

I was sitting in the condo room in Maui wondering what to do.  I had planned to train it up to Remscheid to be with Jennifer and her family upon my arrival in Munich, but had just received an email informing me of their flight to Spain for the holidays.  I could fly to Spain, but lets [...]

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