One of the most fabulous moments of my birthday motorcycle trip through Oregon and California was spending the morning of my actual birthday at 10,457 feet, having summitted Lassen Peak in Lassen Volcanic National Park! We woke up early and hopped on Brian's motorcycle to ride into the park from the southwestern entrance to the …
One of the highlights of our week-long motorcycle loop through Oregon and California was spending a couple days in Lassen Volcanic National Park. I had never heard of this park until I started looking at a map of national parks within some proximity to where we live in Spanaway, Washington. I don't know how long …
Continue reading Motorcycling Through Lassen Volcanic National Park
The third day of our motorcycle trip for my birthday took us to one of the main stops on our list - Lassen Volcanic National Park. However, our first stop of the day was a little bit off route. Instead of heading south on route 89 toward the national park, we headed north for a …
The longest day's ride of my birthday motorcycle trip was 280 miles, traveling from Bend, Oregon, to Fall River Mills, California. This stretch of our trip not only set a record for the most mileage I've put on my bike in one day, it was the first time we've had our bikes in California! It …
Continue reading Motorcycling Through Lava Beds National Monument
After our late morning hikes around Smith Rock State Park, we were ready for lunch - and Brian had researched the perfect spot in Sisters, Oregon! Sisters, Oregon A short and speedy ride from the park, we arrived in Sisters to find an extremely popular downtown strip. We quickly turned off the main drag and …
Continue reading Summer Afternoon in Sisters and Bend, Oregon
Our first full day of my birthday motorcycle trip took us from Carson, Washington, to Bend, Oregon, with a little-more-than-halfway stop to stretch our legs at the highly recommended Smith Rock State Park. We had a lovely ride south from Hood River, initially taking a backroad that wound through hills and woods before rejoining a …
For my birthday week, we planned a motorcycle trip from Spanaway, Washington to Lassen Volcanic National Park and Redwood National Park in California, riding south through Central Oregon and north along the Oregon Coast for our return loop home. It's the longest bike trip I've done to date at 1,500 miles! Our first partial travel …
Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
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