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
Last week my friend Charlene rode out to visit with me. We took a little loop around New Mexico and had a blast. It’s not that often I get to ride with gal pals, so I was pretty excited. Thanks Charlene for making the trip! Out last
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
Ever thought of traversing the United States from Canada to Mexico following the Continental Divide? Well…Edward and I rode just that route a couple of summers ago. Here is the story of that ride. Adventure Motorcycle Magazine (ADVmoto = http://www.adventuremotorcycle.com/ is available in major magazine racks now ) just published our story. PERFECT TIMING! Shortly I am going
A last minute stop here at Black Dog Cycle Works to get a small facelift for the 950…swapped out my grey Gobi bags for the black ones, picked up a Kriega hydration pack (adios tatty Camelbak! that traveled all over South America with me) Before: After: Off to Seattle for my Women’s Empowerment Motorcycle Tour!
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