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Riding From Gunnison, Colorado, to Hovenweep National Monument

C. Jane Taylor’s moto memoir Spirit Traffic was published in 2022. That summer, she and her husband embarked on a 97‑­day cross‑­country book tour...

Enlightenment in Pennsylvania: An Allegheny National Forest Motorcycle Ride

My father‑in‑law had a thing for the Allegheny National Forest in northwestern Pennsylvania. George would regularly leave his home in Jeannette, an industrial town...

National Parks, Alpine Passes, and The Bard: A Southern Utah Motorcycle Ride

While I waited for my steaming calzone to cool in the pizza restaurant in the tiny town of Orderville, Utah, and contemplated my impending...

Healing Ride: A Father-and-Son Journey on the Blue Ridge Parkway and Beyond

The few months leading up to this ride, which included the famed Blue Ridge Parkway, had been rough. My wife was recovering from some...

Seeing Three Utah National Parks on a Motorcycle

Utah’s national parks – Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and Zion – are known as the Mighty 5. All feature impressive red rock...

Death Valley National Park Photo Essay

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death…” –Psalm 23 Whether this well-known Bible passage provided the inspiration for Death Valley’s...

Mojave National Preserve: From Neon to Nirvana

Covering three states and several desert ecosystems, this ride was a survey of contrasts, from arid sand dunes to thriving wetlands, whimsical Joshua trees...

Favorite Ride: Mineral King and Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Parks

The mission was simple: See some scenery, carve some curves and soak up some cool temperatures before the summer heat arrived. Three of us left...

One Ride, 47 National Parks

Forty-seven national parks, 17,335 miles, 67 days, three flat tires, two forest fires, three boat rides, temps ranging from 31 degrees and sleet to...

Riding to the Grand Canyon During National Park Week

In Northern Arizona, mid-April spells the beginning of the thaw of the snowpack in mountains, and the corresponding bloom of the hardiest of wild...

Salt Lake to Sin City: Five National Parks and a Highway Through the Sky

If you want to travel from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Las Vegas, Nevada, by the shortest possible route, the 425 miles of Interstate...

National Parks Motorcycle Touring: Grand Tetons and Yellowstone

Story and photography by Donya Carlson As a native Southern Californian, I’m used to mountains. But riding over a crest along Teton Scenic Byway 33...

Motorcycle Tour of Glacier, Yellowstone and Teton National Parks

There’s a reason our national parks are preserved: they are special, magic, even extraordinary. Yet in the most popular, swarms of tourists can be...

Alaska Motorcycle Rides: Denali National Park & Preserve

story and photography by Ed McClure It was already noon, yet I still had 10 hours of daylight left to ride 180 miles on one...

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