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trees, dams, a cracked frame, a busted battery, two carbs that needed rebuilding, lots of welding, the biggest crane game in the world, loads and loads of beer, icebergs, black flies, amazing people and one complete dickhead on the ferry in Quebec is how I’ll remember Canada this time around, but I digress. Running aroundContinue reading “We love Canada but our DR650’s don’t, and they let us know!”

before we jump ahead to ‘that photo’ there is stuff in between… @damurph lead the way out of St John’s and in the general direction of @skibum69 he showed us a few areas that a lot of locals miss @damurph really knows Newfoundland like the back of his hand and is a definite asset to any rider who makesContinue reading “Beer, Icebergs, fast dirt riding and the worlds largest crane game”

out of ‘Merica into Canoodia, the last stop before the border We didn’t go too far from here, just over the bridge to Deer Island to meet @West Isles again 6 years after the first time I was here and spend a little time on the island and on the water with him and his brother andContinue reading “out of ‘merica into Canoodia and heading to ‘the rock’ to start the TCAT”

Where I would love to regale you with tales of amazing offroad adventures, river crossings, defeated mud and sand I can’t…if you’ve even looked at a weather channel in the last few weeks you’ve seen we are in the wrong side of the country at the wrong time for off-road adventure to do at theContinue reading “Gotham City, snapped chains & the first GPS”

I moved to Vegas in ’98, since we left Phoenix a few weeks back I’ve seen more rain than I have my whole time living there, so sadly the ride has not been as planned…WTF is going on with the crazy weather everywhere this year???!!! Out of Louisiana the most direct route back to theContinue reading “Rain, getting lost, huge bugs, drag racing and more rain”

after some R&R we rode directly to the TAT and joined it heading eastbound, passing a Yak along the way and Egle was amazed to see one but all I could think about was Ron White.(some of you might get the joke) Cuchara Pass is where we hit the dirt for the TAT and instantlyContinue reading “Escaped Inmates, Guns, Nails and Southern Hospitality”

after the 3 days of snow on the way from the UT/ AZ border back to Phoenix we sat and waited for the summer to arrive and not just there, watching the weather closely it appeared in a few days it would be here, every place that we planned to be near in the nextContinue reading “Rain and Mud on the AZBDR and NMBDR”

We all agree there is no such thing as the perfect adventure bike unless you are standing in a BMW showroom right now, the salesman will of course disagree. A large number of couples are taking off into the sunset but strangely, the usual combination is the man on a bigger bike than the women.Continue reading “When a DR650 fails on the right person and everyone benefits”

from the fire the night before I find a bizarre photo on my new camera that I guess it decided to take itself when inadvertently I’d turned it on, set it on timed release, hit the shutter and moved it all at the same time…I have a learning curve with this new Pentax bear withContinue reading “Cold, wind, rain and snow…& a little dirt”

We arrived in Santa Fe after a little CDR action to meet @D-Train (Dusty) he and his partner Paul (not me, but what a great name ) started a new training and touring company called West38moto. We had arranged for El to do a little training and me to take some photos and then joinContinue reading “Leaving PHX and riding with W38M”