‘Around the Bend’ Day 4/4 – National Park Hike and Bike
I mean if you’re in Big Bend, you should actually go into Big Bend National Park at least once.
v-strom
‘Around the Bend’ Day 3/4 – Davis Mountain Perfection
This was like one of those “What’s your perfect day?” exercises, only real life and actually perfect.
‘Around the Bend’ Day 2/4 – Sand, why hath thou forsaken me?!
Solo to Presidio, then so low into the sand.
‘Around the Bend’ Day 1/4 – “We have to go back…”
5 Days in Big Bend for a motorcycle rally, followed by a week in New Mexico, on the V-Strom 650.
2024 In Review
I look back on 2024, and try to decide which signs to follow in 2025. Roughly one year ago I moved this blog to its current location and wrote about where I wanted to go, literally and figuratively, in 2024. I had three general goals: motorcycling, writing, and photography. Lets review and see how I … Read more
‘Around the Bend’ 24′ Day 4/4
Alas, all good things must come to an end, and my butt was starting to get sore. This trip was special for many reasons, but one small one was that I never had to use my rain fly. There’s no condensation when I wake up, the air is fresh and breezy, and I can see … Read more
‘Around the Bend’ 24′ Day 3/4
Discretion may be the better part of valor, as two full days of riding starts to catch up with me. I don’t even remember when I fell asleep or what I dreamed about. It was that kind of deep slumber that hits when you’re fully satisfied. Sometimes I think my inflatable sleeping pad, mummy bag, … Read more
‘Around the Bend’ 24′ Day 2/4
I ready my breakfast and eat hearty, for today I have a lot of off-roading to do! We previously left off with me falling asleep immediately at a hotel in Alpine, TX. After not one, not two, but three hot baths after one of the coldest rides of my life, I slowly emerged from my … Read more
Taking the Long Way to a Short Lunch
300+ miles across the Hill Country, including a few creek crossings, for some of the best chicken fried steak I’ve ever had. Like anything, indecision looms large in my mind until the switch is permanently flipped, and then the action starts. It was frosting outside as the sun crested the horizon, and hot black coffee was … Read more
Preparing My 2014 V-Strom 650 for Touring
What, you can’t just buy a brand new BMW R1250 GS 2014 V-Strom 650 with 8,000 miles on it and take it cross country for weeks? What does it take to ride a motorcycle on the cross country tour? What do you need to travel on and off road daily, and to live off a … Read more