Category: Travel
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Overland Expo 2018, 2019, 2020, & 2021
Originally, this post was titled Overland Expo 2018 as I was intending to recap the trip to/from for that year. It’s currently 2022 and I just got back to that draft. Rather than deeply reminisce on travel almost four years ago, let’s quickly recap. Overland Expo 2018 We attended the event in Flagstaff, AZ. It…
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Overland Expo 2017
Right on the heels of my hotly anticipated (?), and amazingly tardy, epic work Overland Expo 2016, I give you my notes from short notes from OE 2017. During the 2016 trip I took notes, by day, of the places we stayed and things we did. Towards the end of the trip it was wearing…
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Overland Expo 2016
Admittedly I’m a bit tardy writing this — like two years tardy. But doesn’t somebody say “better late than never?” As I’m sitting here writing this on a rainy day, two years later, I can still clearly remember the journey to and from OE West 2016. Overland Expo, for those of you not familiar is…
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Home sweet home, if only for a little while
Back in Portland and everything is right with the world. After surviving a creepy night at the Bates Motel wannabe, I woke early and hit the road at the earliest time yet (7:45AM). It was only 35-ish degrees when I pulled out and started my trip and I was quickly finding myself shivering despite…
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Thwarted at John Day again
Today is my second overnight in John Day, OR. When I’m traveling by motorcycle I typically stay at a Best Western. It’s a known quantity and I don’t have to worry if I’m going to end up at a murder palace. Today was a surprisingly good day. Per my revised plan, with input from Angie,…
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I’ve always wanted to see Northern Nevada in Spring
Math won. Doesn’t math always win though? OK, so there is the Common Core Curriculum so perhaps math doesn’t always win, but it definitely has the upper hand. After I wrote my post last night I went out to Google Maps and counted, the old fashioned way, the number of days it would take me…
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The open road kicked my butt today
I looked back at my post from last month which suggested that I’d be traveling back to Chicago no matter what. Those were fun times… Where to start? Should I start with the numbness? How about the ache? Or perhaps the light sun burn? Oh, I know! Maybe I’ll start with Idaho wanting to kill…
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The open road beckons
It’s been a long, long time. The one-off commutes between Portland and Seattle will pale in comparison. The wandering tours around the Pacific Northwest will become short jaunts. I’ve decided to take the motorcycle on a round trip tour back home to Chicago from Portland. This most certainly won’t be easy. I’ll be pushing mileage…
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Day 8 – Free day part deux
Today was our last full day in Melbourne. We wandered around the city today. Our plan was roughly check out some sites, learn some history, and begin to mentally prepare ourselves for the massive flights ahead of us. After breakfast we headed out towards the Old Treasury where gold which was being mined in around…
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Day 7 – Penguins
Today was the last of the planned excursions. We started the day with a quick breakfast at the hotel and wandered around the complex a bit while we were waiting for our transportation. It really is like Las Vegas with its miles of passage ways and each of those littered with stuff to purchase. Not…