Skamania County in Washington State has enshrined its status as a Sasquatch refuge in a local ordinance. Killing … Continue reading

We have grown weary of sitting indoors waiting for the plague to abate. It has been raining, and that means the rivers … Continue reading

We have tried to be responsible members of the community during the pandemic by remaining close to home. Cabin fever … Continue reading

Highway 20 through North Cascades National Park opened to traffic on May 12. My brother John and I took our motorcycles … Continue reading

Family business called my wife and I to the eastern purlieu of North Cascades National Park last week, where, after … Continue reading

In September 1959, a U.S. Navy Martin P5M Marlin aircraft was ditched in Puget Sound off Whidbey Island in Washington … Continue reading

There we were, my brother John and I, eating dinner at The Orchid Grill, having reached the end of a day on the road. We had … Continue reading

Washington State ferries have ensorcelled me since I was a child. Continue reading

My first look at Las Vegas was from the back of a Volkswagen camper van in the waning 1960s, on a road trip with my family … Continue reading

Despite having seen evidence that it is not necessarily altogether trustworthy, my brother borrowed my BMW to take a … Continue reading

The first snow of the season has begun decorating the Cascade Mountains in Washington State, and my brother John and I … Continue reading

Seventeen years before Lewis and Clark arrived with the Corps of Discovery at the mouth of the Columbia River, the … Continue reading

My wife and I took a road trip to Spokane, Washington, this past weekend to celebrate a wedding in the family. Continue reading

This is shaping up to be the wettest rainy season on record in western Washington, and, although as a native I am expected … Continue reading

We have returned home after a ten-day visit to Puerto Rico, spending the first few days being pampered by the staff of the … Continue reading

I was studying the calendar a few weeks ago, whereupon I realized that Father’s Day was just a turn of the page away. As I … Continue reading

My wife and I spent the weekend in Bellingham, strolling around eating double chocolate chip cookies dusted with sea … Continue reading

My brother John and I have been planning for months to ride our motorcycles to Deadhorse, Alaska, and back. Along the … Continue reading

During the colonial period of European exploration of our region of the world, the British came to control what is today … Continue reading

Even though in our household the motorcycles are listed in the Expensive Toy category for budgeting purposes, it is … Continue reading

Mount Baker, the fourth highest peak in Washington State, first appears in written history in a map rendered by Spanish … Continue reading

I spent the weekend of Father’s Day with my favorite daughter, and we found ourselves in San Francisco. I recall many … Continue reading

Inspired by the migrating birds of spring, I thought I would take a motorcycle ride and see some of the country. It is a … Continue reading

Another spring, another season waiting for Highway 20 through the North Cascades to open. Continue reading

Those of us living in the Puget Sound region have a ready view of the most topographically prominent mountain in the … Continue reading

The weather the past several days has been amongst the coldest in the region for a couple of years, and each day the yellow … Continue reading

Being a curious great ape in the land of Manifest Destiny makes the planning of road trips a joy. Names such as Big Sky … Continue reading

Today was sunny and warm, and a great day for a ride to Mount St. Helens and back. Continue reading

The first automobile trip through the Cascade Mountains in northern Washington State via what would become Highway 20 … Continue reading

A lap around the Olympic Peninsula on the Yamaha has been on my list of things to do for a couple of years. Continue reading

The weather during the last week in Washington has presented us with an unusual number of thunderstorms, lightning … Continue reading

The opportunity to visit the Sacramento, California, area presented itself, and I decided that the best way to get … Continue reading

A day two years ago riding north to south through Colorado left a lingering desire to return and see more, so two weeks ago … Continue reading

A series of highways stretching from Chile to Canada known informally as the Pacific Coastal Highway has its northern … Continue reading

The vernal equinox occurred this week, and so it was time to make sure the route along Samish Bay had survived the winter. Continue reading

When it is snowing at sea level in the Puget Sound basin, there is good incentive to get on an airplane and go somewhere … Continue reading

The weather this last weekend created a cold but dry spell during which a sprint on the bikes to Whatcom County and back … Continue reading

I’d had a trip through the North Cascades in the back of my mind since April, so when the call went out last Saturday for a … Continue reading

The occasion of the Lentil Festival in Pullman, Washington, a brilliant weather forecast, and the opportunity to take … Continue reading

The family held a reunion outside Harrison, Montana, for three days this month on the ranch that its forebears … Continue reading

Last year while blasting through northwest Montana on the Yamaha, the landscape and tempo of living whispered that I … Continue reading

The featured ride this year was a seven day, 3,200 mile outbound trip through British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon, and … Continue reading

This year’s kick-off to the long-haul riding season was a three-day trip around Kootenay Lake in British Columbia. Continue reading