Ancient Native American shadows and echoes are scattered across central and northeast Arizona. Cruising this region, Carol, my wife, and I are exploring the...
What better synonyms are there for riding than “motorcycles” and “Texas”? No matter your type of riding, the Texas Hill Country—the south-central area in...
Upon entering Oklahoma, a decorative granite sign demarcates the state line, followed soon by a billboard depicting a Buffalo Bill character, waving his Stetson,...
In 1821, everything south of the Arkansas River was Mexico. Newly free from Spain, the Mexican government took new resources north to the provincial...
The high mountain passes of the Rocky Mountains are an incomparable motorcycle touring experience, ringing with the legacy of tens of thousands of gold...
(This Favorite Ride was published in the June 2012 issue of Rider Magazine.)
Story and photos by Kathleen Kemsley
Colorado is best known for its lofty...
Few regions in the United States have more low-traffic miles of wonderful twisty roads and stunning natural beauty than western Colorado and southern Utah....
I’ve eyed it longingly on countless trips on Interstate 70 across the Colorado mountains. The sparsely traveled two-lane winds its way alongside the interstate,...
story and photography by David Bell
Living in one of the nation’s top motorcycling areas, the Ozarks, where great riding is literally 100 yards down...
story and photography by Laura Melvin
Three old riders, two motorcycles and one honeymoon, a week before the wedding. It doesn’t take much to justify...
story and photography by Kathleen Kemsley
We planned to attend a regional sidecar club rally in September. There was just one drawback, we thought: The...
Natchitoches, Louisiana. It’s not Natchez, as in the Natchez Trace; it’s not Nacogdoches, the town in east Texas. It’s pronounced “Nackatish.” It’s the oldest...
(This "Favorite Ride" was originally published in the April 2009 issue of Rider Magazine."
As a 15-year-old mountain biker living in Georgia, I dreamed of...
photography by Greg Drevenstedt and Mark Kincart
As a 15-year-old mountain biker living in Georgia, I dreamed of riding in two places: The slickrock trails...
