First Solo Flight

The wind was calm and the early morning fog had started to burn off, so my instructor and I went for a flight. I did two touch and go’s in the pattern at KVRB without any input or comment from my instructor after which he asked me if I wanted to solo. I dropped him […]

Camping and riding in Ocala

It seems as everyone else’s riding season comes to a close, mine is more or less beginning. Temps are starting to drop in Florida, and I finally found a weekend, where I wasn’t busy to ride and camp in Ocala National Forest. There’s a lot of sugar sand and my off-road skills are rusty, but riding in this area is well worth the being able to watch the sunset and sunrise.

Trans America Trail – Riding Gear List

I’ve been back home for over a week, and I’m finally getting around to unpacking my gear, so I thought it would be a good time to do my gear list / review. Starting with my riding gear:

Trans America Trail – Part 8: Day 1, Continued

Lots of time to write during the flight home… Day 1 continued: When I last left off, we were on the trail just outside of Tellico Plains when Eric’s bike had decided to quit working in a water crossing so shallow you couldn’t drown yourself in it if you tried. Eric had experienced electrical issues […]

Trans America Trail – Part 7: Utah, Nevada, & Oregon

If you can’t take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It’s not safe out here. It’s wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it’s not for the timid. – Q What. A. Ride… I think I left off in Utah, so […]

Trans America Trail – Part 6.1 Utah

Robert’s fork is still leaking so we slabbed it to Salt Lake City/Provo where we found the ONE husky dealer, Edge Powersports, who had ONE more fork seal for his bike in stock. Talk about finding a needle in a haystack… The immediate plan is to slab it Delta to pick the trail back up […]

Trans America Trail | Part 6: Utah

We hit the slab, once again, in order to get to Moab. We had to travel 10-15 mph below the 65 mph speed limit, at times, due to some really gnarly crosswinds. Leaning into the wind felt like I was making one very long left turn all the way to Moab. I’m sure there were […]

Trans America Trail – Part 5.1 – Colorado

Robert doesn’t post much , so I’m cross posting his take on Colorado here: “Riding down those passes was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do. That ride was like walking to a cliff edge and forcing yourself to jump off the edge…repeatedly. Attila was kind when he mentioned me falling, but […]

Trans America Trail – Part 5: Colorado

Colorado was a huge change in terrain and difficulty for us. The ascent through Marshal Pass (near Monarch Pass) started fun and easy with little whoops and rocks that we had to jog around. But the rocks grew in size and the trail grew narrower and steeper which caused me to have a couple drops. […]

Trans America Trail – Part 4: Day 1

A little back story from day 1: This was originally going to be a 4 man trip. The 4th guy had to drop well before the start of the trip due to things going on in his personal life. The 3rd guy, Eric, was a little less than prepared at the start of the trip. […]