The last couple of weeks I’ve been recounting what I deemed as my first big girl ride. With little experience riding I rode the infamous Tail of the Dragon, a road with 318 curves in 11 short miles. It scared me to death, so much so that we decided to take a different route home, […]
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Tail of the Dragon-My first “big girl” ride
Before I go into the journal part of my trip, I’m going to share a little background. I got my motorcycle license at the end of the riding season in 2003. I took my 1998 Superglide, which I had bought from McGyver (it was the bike we fell in love on) out for my first […]
Motorcycle Monday: Anniversary Run
McGyver and I have been traveling from Washington State to Shiloh, Illinois. McGyver has finally returned from Germany, after a year’s separation from me. He purchased a brand new 2003 Road King while in Germany and had it shipped to Seattle. His dad kept it for him (and did the break in miles, plus some) […]
Motorcycle Monday: Jazz-Blues
What is your lifelong dream? Do you dream of world travels? The perfect home? A cabin in the mountains? A luxurious vacation in the tropics? Very few people get to realize a dream come true. McGyver and I have friends that made their dream come true. We met Jürgen and Sigrid through the H.O.G. Trier […]