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July 19, 2012
I’ll be honest, it feels awkward everytime we’re asked where we were last. “Flin Flon.” It just blurts out rather than actually being said. I’m acutely aware that people unfamiliar with Bobby Clarke’s hometown may think I’m having fun at their expense with an inside joke. That’s probably why I find myself tense when saying […]
July 14, 2012
Finally. Finally we’re on the road. For the past months we’ve been almost certain that our friends must have felt as though they were caught in an endless loop of saying goodbye, only to see us “…one more time.” But now we’re on the road and, with the love of our friends and families warming […]
July 14, 2012
There’s something about the first day. Perhaps it’s the inevitable poor sleep the night before, perhaps it’s the nerves. In “Long Way Round” Charlie Boorman drops his bike twice before leaving London. When we rode out of NYC in 2010 our friend cuddled up with a deer on Skyline Drive (everyone was fine). On our […]
January 24, 2012
Towards the end of November, Nita and I applied to the Ted Simon Foundation with the hopes of working with them to publish a book at the close of our travels. We’d been planning to submit an application from the first announcement of the foundation as we felt our beliefs and raison d’être were so aligned. […]
January 7, 2012
So what’s this all about then? Well, like the title says, we’re a couple who’s decided to take the plunge. We’ve sold (almost) everything, packed what’s left onto the back of two motorcycles and ventured out into the world to see what we can see. We’ve also started a little non-profit to help people whose work in their […]
November 27, 2011
The year is coming to a close and the next is bringing massive and exciting changes along with it. Nita and I have always been fans of change – we somehow seem built for it. We enjoy seeing our life in seasons where each part is clearly defined by people, places and passages. The beauty of a […]
November 13, 2011
*UPDATE* Nita and I are always concerned with being open and honest about our reviews of products. We post these reviews with the hopes that they’re useful to other riders and welcome feedback. Subsequent to our original posting of this review we’ve been sponsored by REV’IT! so we thought we’d take a moment to make […]
November 5, 2011
Background It may seem a little strange that I’d take time out to review something that often goes completely unnoticed but after this latest trek I felt that the folks at Performance Under Gear deserved a review. I’ve had one set of liners for the past three years and they’ve seen over 25,000 km on […]
October 22, 2011
Frost had covered the bikes overnight and we’d moved them into the sun to warm up. The R1200GS wasn’t fond of cold mornings and would complain a couple of times before actually starting, so I was surprised when she started right up without fuss. The plan was to head towards Waterton National Park which lay […]
October 18, 2011
It gets harder to write the closer you are to home. Part of me feels like it’s denial – that if we just hold off a little longer on the writing the trip won’t actually be over. Another part of me feels like the mood changes when you know you’re heading home. Everything begins to […]