calinaAug 15, 20195 minWe're Home!We've finished up our last stretch of the road trip and arrived back in San Diego in time to catch the sunset at Point Loma yesterday eve...
calinaAug 1, 20192 minOh Canada!! ...'s capital city: Ottawa!(*note this is a catch-up posting. We're in Calgary right now. We passed through Ottawa from July 7-9) After finishing our longest riding...
calinaJul 26, 20191 minMiles & miles!!Remember when we thought that this was going to be a 12,000 mile long road trip?... that was cute. We hit 12,000 miles yesterday and we'r...
calinaJul 24, 20197 minThe Maritimes!(*note this is a catch-up posting. We're in Wyoming right now. We passed through the Maritimes from June 29-July 6) For the non-Canadians...
calinaJul 19, 20193 minAcadia National Park - The Maine Attraction(*note this is a catch-up posting. We're in South Dakota right now. We passed through here from June 27-30) Maine, oh Maine! What's not t...
calinaJul 19, 20195 minBoston ... and Kansas City and "Freedom!"(*note this is a catch-up posting. We passed through here from June 22-26) Next up on the eastern coast we rode our way up toward Boston,...
calinaJul 17, 20191 minAnother mile marker!Pop quiz: How do you know that Suzuki never expected their SV650 to be used as a touring bike for a cross-continental road trip? 1. The s...
calinaJul 17, 20193 minDropping in on New York (via central Pennsylvania)(*note this is a catch-up posting. We passed through here from June 18-21) From DC we headed up the eastern seaboard to our next destinat...
calinaJul 17, 20192 minUp the Eastern Seaboard - Our Washington DC people!(*note this is a catch-up posting. We passed through here from June 15-18) Once we finished the Blue Ridge Parkway, we worked out way up ...
calinaJul 10, 20191 minGoing on 9000 miles and still rolling!For those of you that have been keeping up with the blog as we go (and therefore probably noticed the past couple of weeks without update...
calinaJun 27, 20193 minThe Blue Ridge ParkwayThe Blue Ridge Parkway is hands-down (at least so far) the prettiest stretch of road we've done. It is 469 miles/750 km through and along...
calinaJun 13, 20192 min"Dragon Riding" and Our Entrance into the AppalachiansWe have successfully conquered the Tail of the Dragon! This mountain pass is said to have 318 curves along its 11-mile length. It's locat...
calinaJun 13, 20192 minOur Florida Peeps!Somehow we ended up being woefully negligent on photo-taking with all the people we visited in Florida. I know - this makes us terrible M...
calinaJun 11, 20195 minTraversing the SouthWe've made it across the South! We're 11 states and about 4600 miles/7400 km into our trip at this point! After our weekend with the Bake...
calinaMay 31, 20193 minThe Waco Mammoth SiteIf you read the Waco post earlier this week, you'll have noticed the "teaser" about the Waco Mammoth site. To be more accurate, since the...
calinaMay 29, 20192 minWhite Sands National Monument - Gypsum Dune-ified!On our way through Arizona, we happened to be passing near the White Sands National Monument. We hadn't heard of this before so thanks CR...
calinaMay 28, 20192 minThe Bakers & WacoIf 1900 miles (3040 km) in 8 days taught us anything, it's envy of softer seats and appreciation of a stationary home away from home for ...
calinaMay 24, 20191 minDropping in on Team MorenoWhen planning a transcontinental trip that is weather dependent, I strongly recommend having friends like the Moreno family. You know, th...
calinaMay 24, 20192 minAnd then weather happened...Last Saturday afternoon we were sitting on a swanky (though somewhat cloudy) hotel pool deck contemplating our future route and stop-ove...
calinaMay 22, 20191 minRansom - our biker gang third and the best send-off weekend ever!Shout out to our friend Ransom who braved LA traffic on a motorcycle (in the rain!!) to send us off on our grand adventure! And when I sa...