From Fountain, CO we headed southwest towards Mesa Verde National Park in hopes to have a cheap place to sleep and some cool cave dwellings to see in the morning.
The ride along 50 then south on 550 was probably one of our better rides yet. It snaked us through the Rockies and revealed some really [...]
Entries from August 2009
Riding through Colorado
August 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Riding Reports
Tags:Colorado·Fountain·Mesa Verde National Park·Motorcycle Touring·Rain·Red Mountain
Wind in my face, sun on my back
August 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Riding Reports
After leaving Chipotle Mecca, which is apparently known by some as Denver, we headed south to Colorado Springs. Working on some hot leads by our local pal, Jack, we wanted to check out a few things around this awesome part of the state.
Following some more freeway slogging, we made a quick stop at the Air [...]
Tags:Air Force Academy·Camping·Cheech and Chong·Cheyenne Mountain State Park·Colorado·Colorado Springs·Denver·Garden of the Gods·KOA·Motorcycle Touring·NORAD·Pike's Peak
Hospitality in Colorado
August 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Riding Reports
Up until we reached Denver we had always camped. Sometimes we were in State or National Parks, others we were in RV parks mingling with the lifetime wanderers. But we never had a bed.
Well after we left the largest swarm of mosquitos yet, we headed straight for Denver. I had received on unsolicited email from [...]
Tags:Bed·Colorado·Denver·Roller Blading·Volleyball
Why my chain sucked
August 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Rants
Maybe 10 people will be interested in this…
So as you may have gathered, I had a real shitty time dealing with my chain all the time. After the first long ride it had turned red, was bone dry, and needed a ton of tightening. After repeating this cycle and discovering new terribly tight and terribly [...]
Tags:Chain·Maintenance·Moab·Motorcycle Touring·Utah
Leader of the Pack
August 3rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Riding Reports
I cant help but relate our trip to the song by The Shangri-Las called Leader of The Pack. Mainly because its the only song that involves motorcycles, engine noises and candy stores. Since we have both been spending lots of our time at the candy shops drinking malts and talking about boys it only [...]
Tags:Chain·Maintenance·Moab·Motorcycle Touring·Subway·Utah
Cosmo Q&A
August 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Rants
Its been over 10 days now and some may be wondering what it is that we do all day, what we find to eat while traveling or how we find time to write this blog. Maybe you are questioning how we manage to stay so physically fit and beautiful in such harsh circumstances. Or how [...]
Tags:Peanut Butter
On a clear day, you can see forever
August 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Tags:Motorcycle Touring
Showers and filth
August 2nd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Rants
I knew that this was going to be a pretty dirty trip – we probably wouldn’t be smelling or looking too nice. But I somehow thought that smelling and being dirty would be my choice, rather than it being forced upon me. That’s until I camped in national parks.
Despite their beauty and general awesomeness, none [...]
Tags:Camping·Showers·Zion National Park
Zion National Park
August 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Riding Reports
We awoke from our slumber at another awesome KOA in Fillmore really early to try and make it to Zion in time to get a first-come, first-served camping spot. But as is typical of my packing, it took me an hour to put the mountain of crap back onto my bike. After another terrible freeway [...]
Tags:Camping·Hiking·Hot·Motorcycle Touring·Utah·Zion National Park