Travel Archives - Motorcycle Mojo https://motorcyclemojo.com/category/archives/travel/ Wed, 11 Sep 2024 20:04:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://motorcyclemojo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/favicon.png Travel Archives - Motorcycle Mojo https://motorcyclemojo.com/category/archives/travel/ 32 32 Moments of Canadian Heritage https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/09/moments-of-canadian-heritage/ Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:54:50 +0000 https://motorcyclemojo.com/?p=63982 A ride into St. Lawrence River history. John Anderson, Jim Oliver and I pulled out of my remote cottage north of Kingston on our way to ride the Adirondacks in upstate New York. I have had a lifelong...

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]]> Great Roads, Good People https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/09/great-roads-good-people/ Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:21:56 +0000 https://motorcyclemojo.com/?p=63883 Exploring mountain passes, national parks and the Black Hills. It was a single-digit morning. The dew was frosty, and I was hungry. As I transitioned bare arms...

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]]> Winding Road for the Next 1,000 Miles https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/07/winding-road-for-the-next-1000-miles/ Thu, 11 Jul 2024 18:17:31 +0000 https://motorcyclemojo.com/?p=63065 Riding the Rockies and Ranges of the U.S. Northwest. Two hours of riding upriver had not narrowed the Columbia in the least. Interstate-84 hugged the south shore as cargo ships, cruise ships, barges...

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]]> The Colville is Calling https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/07/the-colville-is-calling/ Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:58:08 +0000 https://motorcyclemojo.com/?p=62929 Little traffic, twisty roads and scenic look-offs keep bringing this rider back. As the mighty Columbia River makes its remaining 1,200-kilometre journey from the southern edge of British Columbia to...

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]]> Memory Full https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/07/memory-full/ https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/07/memory-full/#respond Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:33:28 +0000 https://motorcyclemojo.com/?p=62509 Riding the Northern Pacific Coast Highway. It had been a long time coming. Fifteen years ago, I set out to ride the Pacific Coast Highway, but mechanical problems had collided with my timeline and,...

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]]> https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/07/memory-full/feed/ 0 All the Ferries https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/07/all-the-ferries/ Wed, 10 Jul 2024 16:00:13 +0000 https://motorcyclemojo.com/?p=62765 Crossing bodies of water became the norm while riding to the East Coast. When my daughter was home during summer break from Dalhousie University, she, for the first time, expressed interest in...

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]]> Yukon with a Side of Alaska https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/04/yukon-with-a-side-of-alaska/ https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/04/yukon-with-a-side-of-alaska/#respond Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:49:25 +0000 https://motorcyclemojo.com/?p=62378 A circuitous loop through British Columbia and points north. As we crossed the border into the Yukon it was hard not to think of how this trip came about. John and I were sitting at his kitchen table...

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]]> https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/04/yukon-with-a-side-of-alaska/feed/ 0 Golden Gate Therapy https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/04/golden-gate-therapy/ https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/04/golden-gate-therapy/#respond Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:49:22 +0000 https://motorcyclemojo.com/?p=62331 Rediscovering California’s Pacific Coast Highway. It had been 15 years since I found myself suddenly divorced and carrying a 30 kg bag of Quikrete on my chest. Back then I had turned my attention...

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]]> https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/04/golden-gate-therapy/feed/ 0 Mae Hong Son https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/04/mae-hong-son/ https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/04/mae-hong-son/#respond Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:49:20 +0000 https://motorcyclemojo.com/?p=62314 An unlikely group of riders experience the challenging roads of a foreign country. In April of 2023 I was hiking in Nepal but found myself with a case of pneumonia and a case of the blues. It’s a...

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]]> https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/04/mae-hong-son/feed/ 0 The Mother Road https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/03/the-mother-road/ https://motorcyclemojo.com/2024/03/the-mother-road/#respond Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:24:17 +0000 https://motorcyclemojo.com/?p=62104 Riding America’s Main Street through the U.S. Southwest. I may have been joyriding a little too joyfully. I blame the vast New Mexican desert. But when an unmarked right-hand curve jumped out from...

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