Day 5 — 30 July — of our crazy-awesome motorcycle adventure brought us through the east entry of Zion National Park, Utah. This was the last of the “Mighty Five” national parks of Utah on my bucket-list ride plan.
After a really screwy breakfast of Belgian wafflette crunch, we…
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28 July — day four of my crazy-awesome motorcycle adventure — dawned bright, dry, and clear. The temperature was quite comfortable. After a quick breakfast, “S” and I rode our Harleys to Bryce Canyon National Park. Wow! Clearly this park…
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On Friday, July 28, our ride was through the Bear’s Ears monument area of Utah, north to Hanksville, west to Torrey, then south through the Capitol Reef National Park and Grand Staircase Escalante Monument.
And rain. Lots of monsoon rain added to unease and actual moments of sheer terror.
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My crazy-awesome motorcycle adventure in Utah continues. We explored two National Parks on two wheels as the sun and desert heat increased, “S” and I…
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Wednesday, 26 July, it began. Yep, what I have been preparing and training for, dreaming about,… the adventure of a lifetime.
My buddy “S” and I met at the Chicago airport, and were unhappy that our flight to Salt Lake City was delayed two hours. Nonetheless, we arrived and…
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Wasn’t it the Temptations who made a tune with the title “I’ve Got Sunshine On A Cloudy Day” popular back in the ’60s? I know the tune was about “my girl,” but I will take the title to how I was feeling on a motorcycle ride that I led for my club on Sunday.
Storm threat in the afternoon and cloudy skies were concerning, but sunshine of a different sort was calling…
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This past weekend finds me really busy. Last-minute change has me making adjustments.
The most surprising and interesting last-minute change was from the company that will be renting me a Harley when I get to Utah. The rental facility representative wrote to me and said,
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See the photo that was posted on a website of a well-regarded USA-based shoe manufacturer (below the jump) … any real biker would cringe:
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I receive several email messages each week with questions about boots (usually). I continue to scratch my head when the majority of these emails have a phrase in them like,
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Dear followers of BHD’s Musings,
I sincerely appreciate your checking in for whatever I may choose to post on my blog. Interestingly, the traffic of visitors to this blog has now consistently surpassed the traffic of visitors to my boots & gear website. For the past several months, the average daily unique visitors to this blog now exceed the average daily visitors to my website by a statistically significant margin.
Why is this happening?
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