Today marked a turning point in my trip. My last major goal for this trip is to ride up Pikes Peak. Once that is accomplished, I just have to make it home to have a successful trip. I have three full days before I need to be home. It only takes one full day to … Continue reading “Colorado Motorcycle Trip – 9/21/2015”
After my problems, the rest of the day was going to be smooth riding. I just knew it. In face, the perfect air and view on the San Juan mountains showed me they would be! Okay, so maybe there was something up with the perfect air. I know a fire when I see one! But … Continue reading “Colorado Motorcycle Trip, part 2 – 9/20/2015”
Today was a day of pain, opportunity, and luck. It started out as the previous two had, in a motel room quickly getting ready before the sun came up. I had about an hour’s ride before I got to Silverton, CO, the northern gem of the Million Dollar Highway. From there south for at least … Continue reading “Colorado Motorcycle Trip – 9/20/2015”
I woke up to a brisk 41°F this morning. I didn’t want to waste any sunlight, so I packed quickly and got some gas station breakfast and headed out. I made it all the way to Denver and a little past on a single tank of gas, getting 220 miles without hitting the reserve. I … Continue reading “Colorado Motorcycle Trip – 9/19/2015”
Today is the start of a multi day trip via motorcycle to Colorado. I’ve been planning this trip for a few months and the time finally arrived. The goal for the day was to get out of work and get on the road asap, making as many miles as possible the first day so I … Continue reading “Colorado Motorcycle Trip – 9/18/2015”
Okay, I swear this is the last time for a while that I do this ride! I went with Eric Ent from work and Sonora on the back of my bike. We tried to get his sister to join us, but she couldn’t make it. We made a slight variation on the last two rides, … Continue reading “Two Ferry Ride Again – 9/13/2015”
Holy cow, what a great Sunset Race! Role Call: in order of finish Joey Hager => skinny wooden kayak 1st place Joe Sartori => kayak Hogan/JoJo => 17′ Grumman Danielle Sartori => skinny kayak Charles/Paul => 17′ Osagian It was a great number of boats and we had ourselves an aluminum shootout! Grumman vs Osagian. … Continue reading “82nd Sunset Race – 9/10/2015”
I had gone on the Two Ferry Ride the previous day, but it wasn’t enough. I have two kids and they both need time with their dad. So Sonora and I took off for a recap of the same ride. I got more seat time in and more kid time. Everybody wins, including Sonora, just … Continue reading “Two Ferry Ride Again – 9/7/2015”
In preparation for an upcoming long distance motorcycle ride, I decided to get some seat time in. In order to do that and be a good dad, I decided to take Corvin with me. The kids generally like going on rides with me. The general map is below going counter clockwise. Thanks Google for the … Continue reading “Two Ferry Ride – 9/6/3015”
We went out to Danelle’s parents land “Farm” for an overnight visit. On the way out of town, we picked up Grandpa Henry to go with us. When we invited him, he quickly stated that he had nothing more important going on and was going with us 🙂 After picking him up, we loaded some … Continue reading “Boeckmann Farm – 9/5/2015”