Several summers ago Edward introduced me to soaking in Hot Springs. It was on our summer-long motorcycle adventure and boy, was I relieved to get the grime off as we’d been traveling on the small bikes and camping the entire summer. We’re not those crazy-nudist-pot-smoking-hotpot-soakers (and we’ve met some)–we’re just “normal” folks that like par
Do you subscribe to the WomenRidersNow.com newsletter? If not, you should! Lots of great information for female riders there–an award-winning journalist, founder Genevieve Schmitt really has her finger on the pulse of the female motorcycling community. WRN just published an article on our Women’s Motorcycle Tour that TEACHES women how to tour by motorcycle by
Liz Jansen of Trillium Tours is doing an interview series with female motorcyclists which appears every Monday. This week Liz interviewed me. The whole series is quite interesting, filled with heaps of inspirational ladies. Kudos to Liz for doing this! Check it out: http://ht.ly/6LFIj
Women’s Empowerment Motorcycle Tour Day Seven – Rest Day Ahhhh…a rest day. Nice. It’s been a little hard for the ladies to ride so much for so many days in a row…most of them are new to touring on a motorcycle. Two tour members got new tires and two others went off to ride one of the
Third day on the Women’s Empowerment Motorcycle Tour. Karen Spotted a neat road on our way over to Montana, so we took a little detour and rode up the Spiral Highway. Then we rode one of my favorite roads, Route 12, Lolo Pass. It was a long LONG day, but
Women’s Empowerment Motorcycle Tour 2011 began today! Ladies rode in today from as far away as southern California to begin our all-women’s motorccyle ” teaching tour”. A unique approach to motorcycle touring, we’re actually teaching the ladies about all aspects of motorcycle touring–how to set up a motorcycle for touring, how to pack, how
Arrived last night at my Women’s Empowerment Motorcycle Tour partner Karen Thomson’ s house, and her dog Max greeted me with his favorite toy. Toy of the day, I suppose. Good thing I have engine guards on the bike and MX gear on my feet!
I am excited to report that I am teaming up with dear friend and colleague Karen Thomson of AVID MotoTours to offer a motorcycle tour summer 2011 that empowers women and teaches them how to tour. We’re going to cover all aspects of motorcycle touring–pre-trip planning, safety on the road, traveling solo or in a