Paso Robles, Mountain Lioness, and I are heading north for the summer, I don’t know where we are going or when we will return. “Somewhere Out There” is where we are going. Freedom is traveling with out a plan. There are no schedules, no reservations, and no deadlines. My guideposts will be the Weather Channel…
Category: Adventure Travel
Back Roads in America
“Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.” – Charles Kuralt. Driving over 800 miles last week from St. Petersburg to Vicksburg Mississippi, only 27 of the miles were on interstates. Seven miles were on I-275 (the Howard Franklin Bridge), and…
The San Juan Mountains – Epilogue
Most people have not heard of or know about the San Juan Mountain Range in southwest Colorado. Perhaps the obscurity is a good thing because there are fewer people there. More folks are familiar with the front range of mountains in Colorado. Located in the front range are the towns of Vail, Breckenridge and Aspen….
Million Dollar Highway
Driving the “Million Dollar Highway” is both beautiful and frightening. The road has many steep sheer drop offs that are not protected by guard rails. I’ve now driven and cycled this road, and I am not sure which is scarier. If you fell off the road on a bicycle, you might be able jump off…
To Hell You Ride
While driving up the road into the box canyon that cradles the town of Telluride, memories came streaming back from 19 years ago when I bicycled into this town. Barely finishing that day in 1997, I was totally exhausted, arriving in a state of glucose deprivation. I was on a bicycle tour in the San…