I joined a group of others last weekend to crew a flotilla of six sailboats navigating the waters of … Continue reading

Skamania County in Washington state has enshrined its status as a Sasquatch refuge in a local … Continue reading

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The first snow of the season has begun decorating the Cascade Mountains in Washington state, and my … Continue reading

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mount Baker, the fourth highest peak in Washington state, first appears in written history in a map … Continue reading

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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