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Riding Route 100

An exploration of friendship and nature along Vermont’s Scenic Byway. On a map, Route 100 becomes Route 105 just six kilometres south of Lake Memphremagog in northern Vermont. But it’s the same...

Paradise Re-Found

This writer had a burning desire to once again ride off-road, and actually changed bikes to make it happen. Here’s the thing about time: It only moves forward, never back. But such is life. With...

Getting Our Kicks

Exploring Route 66 across the American heartland. The heat was killer. Even as the sun sank behind a treed horizon, the thick air clung like a wet quilt. Wilting and spent, the three riders circled...

Twisty Roads and Pristine Lakes

It’s impossible not to be overwhelmed by the scenery of this beautiful Adriatic country. It’s not what you know; it’s who you know. It’s a business adage we all recognize, if not actually...

World’s Largest

Chasing dinosaurs (and roadside attractions) across the Prairies. Perhaps my childhood obsession — filling the pages of a sketchbook with pastel portraits and the facts I’d gleaned from the How...

A Rocky Adventure

Exploring the wonder of Southeastern British Columbia. It came out of nowhere. Dusk was falling and thick alders crowded the narrow gravel road. Traction was adequate, but when a grizzly bolted from...

Riding the Northern Florida Wilderness

In search of the wild saw palmetto berry. A planned ride along the Blue Ridge Parkway morphed into a southern detour after an invitation to follow the backstory of the elusive saw palmetto berry —...

Riding the Ice Roads in Alberta and NWT

Experiencing the far north to help the SPCA, in winter, on motorcycles It was all awash of grey. I could only see the periodic wispy red glow of the taillight ahead of me letting me know we were...

My Dinner with Jupiter

Catching up with the grandfather of motorcycle travel 50 years after the start of his four-year around the world journey. Few books match Ted Simon’s Jupiter’s Travels in vulnerability, wit, and...

Because B.C.

From north to south, adventure abounds in beautiful British Columbia. I tried. Really. All through the twisting corridor of trees, tiny yellow road signs ordered: “SLOW.” Sightlines were limited....

Buzzing Around Lisbon

Portuguese culture on a variety of electric scooters. It was a weird riding sensation: listening to the locals talk, hearing the pebbles of the road underneath the tires — but nothing from the...

Far Northern Foray: Or What I learned on my Summer Vacation

There are lessons to be learned on every ride. It was time to turn around. I had spent a showstopping summer exploring the Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Alaska. New cultures and unfamiliar...