If you have kids, take them on trips. They will remember them forever. I remember the trips my family took when I was a kid quite clearly. We’d load up into the station wagon pulling a camper and slowly make … Continue reading Day 7- Take Me to the River
On the Sideways Tour 2014, during one of the monologues one delivers to themselves many times while on the road alone, I thought I should curtail future solo wine tasting tours. It is an experience that is enjoyed exponentially greater … Continue reading Day 11: Don’t Look Back into the Sun
Monday, July 14, 2015 Just like Miles and Jack in the film Sideways, my buddy Scott and I met up in the Okanagan Valley to tour wineries and hang out. Scott and I have been friends since Kindergarten, and it … Continue reading Day 5: Lazaretto
Sunday, July 13, 2014 I nearly took Kelowna out of the trip so I could ride down the Fraser Canyon today instead. In the end I came here out of tradition more than anything else…a motorcycle tour without Kelowna was … Continue reading Day 4: Get Ready
Saturday, July 12, 2014 Today was a riding day with a single purpose: cross the Rockies and head south into the Okanagan…taking the exact same route I took on my first tour back in 2006. I bade a quick goodbye … Continue reading Day 3: Highway Chile
Aug 28- Sept 4, 2013 This is totally cheating because it’s not a bike tour at all. It is, however, a significant trip to British Columbia…and so I included it as the final chapter of the Lord of the Roads … Continue reading The Return to the Vines
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 If you pushed a rug with your foot on a hardwood floor a bunch of folds would pile up. Those folds are pretty much what happened to create the Columbia Mountain system- the southern portion of which is … Continue reading The Tall Towers Day 5: I Get Around
Things went pretty fast after my days in Kelowna. The daily journals stopped because I just didn’t have any time to write them. On Monday I said goodbye to my family and I left Kelowna for the Kootenays via the … Continue reading Road Warrior Tour 2012: Epilogue
Sun, Aug 19, 2012 Another day in Kelowna, another massive sleep-in. It was after 10 by the time I got out of bed because I was in no hurry to go anywhere. This was my last day in Kelowna, and … Continue reading Day 17: All Things Must Pass
Sat, Aug 18, 2012 There was a heavy anticipation in the air as everyone woke and began to organize. The reason for this family reunion had finally arrived- it was my cousin Lara’s wedding day! I woke up feeling unrested … Continue reading Day 16: White Wedding
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