Wandering Biker

The GF wanted to go for a motorcycle ride while I was in town. We talked over a couple of options and decided to go to Telluride as she had never been there. She was also the official photographer for the day and did an excellent job taking most of these photos while riding behind […]

US 550 from Durango to Ouray is known as the Million Dollar Highway. It is one of my favorite rides and I usually ride it a few times a month during the summer. There are several different stories explaining how it got that name, but the most popular is that it cost a million dollars […]

Today was an easy 300 mile day back to Durango. I left the motel in La Junta expecting to pass by a convenience store on the way out of town to get a soft drink. Unfortunately the was no convenience store convenient and there is absolutely nothing on CO 10 between La Junta and Walsenberg.
Got […]

After spending almost a week with my friend Leslie it’s time to head back to Durango to check the mail and visit with the GF and friends. Had a great time at Leslie’s. She had Friday off and Saturday we were able to catch up with an old college roommate I hadn’t seen in over […]

My friend Leslie asked me not to arrive at her house in Kansas City until 7:00 PM so I set my GPS to use the shortest route instead of the fastest route and headed out across the plains of eastern Colorado.
I was out in the middle of nowhere when I spotted what appeared to be […]

After a couple of days of rest and relaxation in Durango I am still not having any luck finding a place to live with a month to month lease. I owe my dear friend Leslie in Kansas City a visit and she is willing to let me couch surf at her place for a while.
Decided […]

Got out the door around 8:00 and it was warm enough already that I didn’t need my jacket liner. Looked for air at gas stations all the way to the interstate in case my tires needed a top up but only found one that charged 75 cents. Screw that!
The ride through Salt Lake City and […]

Woke up this morning to cold temps and gray skies. The gray skies were a good thing because the blinds in my motel room really sucked. I checked the weather and was dismayed to find that the high temp at my destination for the day was going to be 97F. Didn’t put on my jeans […]

It was another cold morning, so I wore jeans underneath my riding pants and my electric vest. I’m so glad I have the vest. It’s been a lifesaver on this trip.
The trip south was pretty uneventful and traffic was moving at a good pace. Had lunch at an area called Gasoline Alley between Edmonton and […]

I expected to be writing that today’s ride was like running a movie in reverse from yesterday. That wasn’t the case.
I got gas in High Level at the same place I had yesterday and was on the road by 8:30. It was a beautiful sunny day but still a little chilly so I had the […]