Although today was my last day to sleep in, as it is my last day of solo travel, until the foreseeable future, I was up at 0645. I briefly toyed with the idea of rolling over and going back to sleep I instead got up and started my blog. It is very easy after a day in the saddle to have a couple of tasty adult beverages with dinner, watch a bit of boobtube, or some light reading, and veg out at night. It is also very easy to suddenly find yourself many days behi...

All week I thought I was departing Sunday, but on Saturday Adam reminded me I still had one more day in my 'Birfday Month' that being July 31st, so BuBu and I enjoyed one more day together Sunday and I was prepped for a Monday morning departure. I was up around 1030, leisurely packed the bike by 1130 and was ready to depart by noon. I shot this departure video with my wife, who was home on vacation, whom I miss already! The video is a little long, but I sped up...

Welcome again, my faithful Blog followers to the 2016 version of my motorcycle adventure. As per usual, we'll start with a lengthy diatribe that is the pre-amble to the trip. It also makes the first pin on that little map above here start in Edmonton. We had a very mild Fall & Winter due to an El Nino and as such I rode into late November of 2015 and was out again in mid-March having spent exactly 112 days out of the saddle. The Rocket was not the bike I ...

So after a very long hot shower and with a full tummy and more than a few medicinal beverages I struggled to stay awake past 10 o'clock. I was also looking forward to sleeping in my own bed, which when compared against normal beds is absolutely top-notch, but when compared against mo'tel beds, is in a league of its own. I was also missing our bidet, The Brondell Swash 1000, more info here: http://brondell.com/swash/swash-1000-bi det-seat.html If you have never e...

This morning I was up fairly early to do some writing, and I was watching the Weather Channel on TV. The 'cooling trend' mentioned yesterday was now a huge low pressure system stretching from northern Montana all the way to past Edmonton. There was no escaping that today. There is a saying in the Motorcycle world, and I am sure it applies to many other activities, just fill in the blanks, The Worst Day on a Motorcycle, is Better Than the Best Day at Work. I find...