Spain and Portugal 2018 – Day Six Tomar to Manteigas
June 5, 2018 The warm morning sun on my balcony felt great in the crisp air. I looked over the roadbook with route of the day and history of the area we would...
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Spain and Portugal 2018 – Day Five Lisbon to Tomar
June 4, 2018 I was first attracted by her tall stance and dark complexion. Her Alemanian heritage led me to believe she could handle most anything through a well-calculated and strong response. At first...
Spain and Portugal 2018 – Day Four Touring Lisbon
June 3, 2018 This was a rest day in Lisbon. Keith and I had breakfast late in the morning and walked Av de Liberdade to the Tagus River. The marble pavers and intricate designs...
Spain and Portugal 2018 – Day Three Monchique to Lisbon
June 2, 2018 I was settled into the moto tour routine. Everyone needed to stay on a schedule of eating a full wonderful breakfast, collecting their luggage and packing the bikes, and being ready...
Spain and Portugal 2018 – Day Two Aracena to Monchique
June 1, 2018 I was really getting spoiled by the variety and quality of the breakfast buffets. Hotel Convento even had this fresh-squeezed orange juice machine. Each morning we would gather at the...
Spain and Portugal 2018 – Arrival and Day One Malaga to Aracena
Keith sent me a message back in February proposing a ride in Spain and Portugal. At first I declined, thinking there were too many things to do at work, home, etc. But, after discussing...
Space Colony Alpha One
May 6, 2018 Johnathan Hammy Tan has a vivid imagination. He used this unique skill to put together a weird rally to get us on the motos. We were to locate BilderBots (Muffler Men),...
2017 HW3 – Heaven and Hell
Justin was at it again… He and his team devised yet another brain-tweaker for the fourth edition of the How the West was Won 32-hour rally. This year’s theme was Heaven and Hell, with...
2017 Colorado Ride
July 13, 2017 The weather was nice. I had time to take away from work. My first thought was to ride to the BMW MOA rally in Salt Lake City, but that would add...
2017 IBR Checkpoints 1 and 2
June 28, 2017 The 11-day 11,000 mile Iron Butt Rally riders began their challenging journey from Minneapolis on June 21st. They scattered about the USA and Canada making their way to Checkpoint 1 in...
