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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...

Angel on My Bike: A Colorado Motorcycle Trip

As I sat in the fantastic Belly Up Aspen concert venue in Colorado listening to a great performance by The Wallflowers, I did not...

An Old West Motorcycle Tour to 3 Haunted Hotels

It’s always fun to have a theme for a motorcycle tour, and my plan for a late August ride was a four-day loop from...

Motoring from Denver to Moab | Favorite Ride

Moab, Utah, is an ideal destination for a motorcycle trip. Where else can you find sandstone arches, red‑­walled canyons, snow‑­capped mountains, scenic byways, two...

Western Colorado Motorcycle Ride: Rolling Through the Rockies

As I sat in the grassy courtyard of the Retro Motel in Cortez, Colorado, the quaint motel’s name struck a chord. It dawned on...

Favorite Ride: Colorado Front Range Figure-8

As we sat in the crimson hue of the Colorado Front Range sunset, the stone walls of the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre echoed with...

Favorite Ride: Rockies to Mount Rushmore

I see mountains! It’s Thursday, somewhere west of Anton, Colorado, and after four-and-a-half days and 1,600 miles, the snowcapped Rockies appear on the horizon....

No Promises of Tomorrow: Three Buddies Chase Sunsets and Dreams

At a rest stop, a lovely young lady walked slowly, allowing her old dog to keep pace. The dog stopped in front of me,...

Favorite Ride: Peak to Peak Scenic Byway

Peak to Peak Scenic Byway: Fifty-five miles of Colorado Bliss. The Front Range of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains was definitely created for the benefit of motorcyclists,...

Riding 60 Paved Colorado Passes in Nine Days

Mountain passes are the ultimate expression of motorcycling, where winding roads and magnificent vistas merge to create the supreme riding experience. For me, the...

Motorcycle Touring in Curvy Colorado

Winter Park may not be a name you associate with summer entertainment, but the Colorado town of that name provides it. While skiers and...

Riding Across the Great Divide

Motorcycling along the Continental Divide through Colorado and New Mexico. For years I longed to ride the Continental Divide but had put it off because...

Favorite Ride: Scenic Southern Colorado

You’d be hard pressed to find two more picturesque towns anywhere in the Southwest than Durango and Pagosa Springs, Colorado. These southern Colorado hamlets...

A Tour Unlike Any Other: The Motorcycle Relief Project

Update: The Moto Relief Project is dedicated to helping our veterans heal after the traumas of war and the toll it takes on their...

Favorite Ride: Rediscovering Gold on the Million Dollar Highway

Years ago my father’s fingers traced the route of a ride on a map of southwestern Colorado, over towns named Cortez, Dolores, Telluride, Montrose...

Double Take | A Midwest Motorcycle Ride

Quick! List your top 10 places to ride in North America. Did Kansas make the cut? How about Nebraska? Iowa? My thoughts exactly. So whenever...

Follow the Rivers: Tracing the Headwaters of the Colorado River

Having just retired from a wildfire management position with the Forest Service the previous year, and thus off the hook for working fire pre-suppression...

Southwestern Motorcycle Adventure: Las Vegas to Denver

Wild temperature swings of up to 60 degrees in a single day, remote campgrounds and a plan—or at least six versions of it, because...
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