october beauty in the ontario highlands
It was a perfect October day for a ride-the-highlands loop: crisp air, blue skies and vibrant fall colours. And, because it was a Tuesday, there was little traffic. I…
it ain’t over ’til it’s over
Tuesday, November 19, 2024, may have been (or not!) my last riding day of the season. Regardless, it was a stunning day to do a familiar loop from Almonte…
this was more like it :)
Thanks to a quick tube change by Richmond Motorsports and the support of James A., I was back on the road Friday afternoon after the flat on Thursday. I…
not the ride i had in mind…
The two riders facing me across the 511 were turning left at the stop. I was going straight on to Glen Tay; I waved them through. When they swung…
ended up in a pumpkin patch
I hadn’t planned on visiting the pumpkin patch on Rosetta Road, but that’s where I ended up on the last day of September 2024. You never know where the…
not a motorcycle mama
Mom’s been gone eight years now. She died on August 17, 2016, six weeks before her eighty-eighth birthday. My mother’s mother also died a little over a month before…
heaven’s highways
“Do you think I need to take rain gear?” I directed the question to James, who was busy cleaning his windscreen with Bon Ami. He didn’t reply, so…
twist my rubber arm with a butter tart
James’ FJR was parked in the street and he was working on the Warrior in the driveway when I got home around noon. He keeps one of his bikes…
7 reasons i love grass point lodge b&b
After a year of wanting to visit Grass Point Lodge B&B in Newboro, ON, and having been foiled on every occasion for one reason or another, I finally made…
1 + 9 cool things that happened on a june loop to collingwood
I was struck by something coincidental in the Collingwood sunset pic above as I looked through the loop photos. Maybe it’s just me, I thought. “Do you notice anything interesting…