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Chasing Dinosaurs in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming

When the dinosaurs roamed the earth, they were tiny and titanic, terrifying and titillating, fleet footed and even flabby. Sounds like me at various...

35 Bucket List Motorcycle Rides

We all have a bucket list of motorcycle roads we’d like to ride before we highside off this mortal coil. Here are 35 recommended...

A Fiery Lap — Pleasant Detours in Colorado

I’m barreling along a tiny Colorado highway on a sparkling sunny June afternoon with Asleep at the Wheel’s country music in my ears and...

Searching for Colorado Roots in the Rockies

As children, we heard many of Grandma Louise’s stories about Colorado. She was born in a log cabin a few miles outside of Creede,...

Climbing the Pikes Peak Highway

The year was 1806. After traversing the flat plains of what is now eastern Colorado, Zebulon Pike saw a smudge on the horizon. The...

Southwest Touring Ride on a 2013 Victory Vision Tour

"Last minute…but epic!” The attention-getting email was from Manny Pandya, the younger of the Amazing Pandya Brothers, two quick-witted gearheads who handle press relations for...

Motorcycle Travel Through the Rocky Mountains

The high mountain passes of the Rocky Mountains are an incomparable motorcycle touring experience, ringing with the legacy of tens of thousands of gold...

Colorado Chasms: Riding the other Canyonlands

(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...

High Adventure in Colorado and Utah

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....

Crossing Western Colorado on Old U.S. 6

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,...

Ancient Ways in the Southwest

story and photography by Kathleen Kemsley The climate can be too hot and rainy in the summer, too cold and windy in the winter. But...

Santa Fe Trail: History and Drama from New Mexico to Kansas

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...

Colorado Motorcycle Rides: Cañon City, Monarch Pass and Beyond

story and photography by Warren Renshaw In the April 2005 issue of Rider magazine I vowed to return to Colorado as long as I was...

Firstgear Motorcycle Ride in Utah and Colorado

(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...

Firstgear Colorado Motorcycle Ride: 2,252 miles from CA to CO

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...

On the Road: Riding The Four Corners

story and photos by J. Joshua Placa In the Great Basin of the ancient Southwest, nothing is as it seems. Infinite expanses of petrified sand...

Road to Wisdom: A U.S. and Canadian Rockies Motorcycle Tour

  Riding and Life Lessons on a Big Scenic Loop When Don Scott, my neighbor and riding buddy, mentioned he wanted to go on a long...

Colorado Black Canyon

story and photography by Clement Salvadori I am up in Carbondale, Colorado, preparing to head back to California via the Four Corners. The 1,200-mile trip...

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