History at 70 MPH

Bent's Old Fort, the Santa Fe Trail, and Dodge City

There's a particular feeling you get when you realize the road you're riding was once a trail that people walked to survive.

The Santa Fe Trail cuts across the southern plains in a way that still …

Durango Rendezvous

Finding My Place in the Motorcycle Community

I pulled into the Sky Ute Casino Resort in Ignacio, Colorado on a Sunday evening, tired from the road and not entirely sure what I'd signed up for.

The casino sprawled across the Southern Ute Indian Reservation like something transplanted from …

The High Desert

Page, Monument Valley, and Four Corners

Leaving the Pacific behind is a strange thing.

You've ridden to the edge of the continent. The ocean is right there. And then you turn around and ride back into it - back into the heat, the distance, the American interior. The …

Route 66

End to End on Two Wheels, Part 1

There's a moment, early in a long trip, when you realize you've actually done it. You've left. Home is behind you, everyone you know is behind you, the routine is behind you. The road ahead is the only thing that's …

The Legends Never Die Tour

27 days. 5,587 miles. Chicago to the Pacific and back.

I leave in four days.

Twenty-seven days on the road. 5,587 miles. Chicago to the Pacific, back through Death Valley, across the Colorado Rockies, and finally home to Ohio in late June.

I've …