Friday June 15h
Dear Family & Friends,
Today is Friday and I am staying in Listowell, Ireland the town that Bonnie is living in. She has a small apartment above an art gallery in the center of town. Since she has to work today I spent the morning walking around town, taking a few photos and noticing the life in Ireland.
One...
All clean and ready to ride.
My Friend Brian, ready to lead the way...
Dear Family & Friends,
Day one of our adventure.. The first leg of our trip is a three day ride to Salt Lake City, Utah for the National BMW riders convention.. I am riding with a friend of mine, Brian Louw. I really enjoy riding with him because...
Dear Family and Friends,
This morning Hannah and John headed home to Portland and Bonnie and I flew off to Milan, Italy to continue our vacation.
The flight was easy and we were in our B&B by 4pm, just in time to watch England beat Sweden in the world cup! We are staying in downtown Milan in a modest but charming...
Friday July 13th
Dear Family & Friends,
Today was our first full day in Lake Como and it did not disappoint. But before I get into our day I would like to discuss some social issues of Italy since I like to observe different cultures.
First, one of the things I am really starting to miss about home is going to a...
Day 8&9
Dear Family & Friends,
OK I missed a day! It was a late night last night…..
So Tuesday I left Bend, Or. on my own. My riding buddy Brian needed to head home for work. I really enjoy riding with him, but riding solo also has a special charm. Being on the road alone gives me a total sense of...
Friday June 8th
Dear Family & Friends,
Today was about as close to perfect as you can get on a motorcycle trip!
I got up this morning after a good nights sleep, had a good Irish full breakfast and got on my motorcycle ready to explore…
I had no particular destination but I thought the city of Cork was at least the right...
Dear Family & Friends,
Today I am warming up my blogging skills since next week I am off on a two week motorcycle trip..
Thanks to my daughter, Jessica's redesign of my blog I now have space to cover cars & motorcycles, travel, and food.. Todays blog will be cars and food.
Every year in Santa Margarita, CA they have a 1/10...
Dear Family & Friends,
I thought I would get one more blog off before I hit the road with my motorcycle.
For the last 9 days my niece Leah has come over from California to the UK on her summer break from college. I thought I would give her a treat and take her on a whirlwind tour of London and Paris....
