riding solo through the eclipse
I didn’t look up and I wasn’t in ‘totality,’ but I knew when the eclipse was happening. It was about halfway between Denbigh and Hardwood Lake when it started…
tire trouble (part 1)
I knew when I bought a 1996 Yamaha Virago in September 2022 that I wouldn’t be riding her until the following year – I wasn’t quite ready to move…
yep. she’s twisty alright :)
I first met BMW rider Ray Hemmerling at Karson’s garage in Pakenham in the spring of 2022. I had stopped for gas and he was having his truck fixed. We…
singer-ing almonte’s praises?
Mississippi Mills is a favourite tourist destination and a gateway to the Ontario Highlands’ awesome motorcycling roads. Almonte, which is the part of Mississippi Mills in which I live,…
which brings me to how far we rode this season…
“Wow, that’s a lot of kilometres,” a then-friend said when he saw the number on my odometer. “Is it?” I replied. I started riding in September 2021 and chalked…
why is blue parked on the grass instead of in the garage?
The answer is simple: oops! Blue and I had a great ride back to Almonte, ON, from North Hatley, QC, a distance of about 425 kms. I should have…
beat the heat part two: blue goes belly up in bogie
I was determined to make today’s ride work after yesterday’s misadventure in which I stayed out too long in the scorching sun and almost set myself and Blue on…
letterkenny foils my attempt to beat the heat
It was meant to be 30 C (feels like 42 C) by early afternoon and I don’t handle searing hot temperatures well. Had I left on schedule at 7 am,…
i may have a problem…
Get up at 8. Check the weather on laptop. Forecast: clear until noon; rain for the rest of the day. Maybe I can get a ride in before the…
weathered
I woke up at 7:30 am to blue skies. But the outlook for Almonte, where I live, was ominous. Thunderstorms would – or rather could – roll in by…