I didn’t think this solo traveling business would be easy or always fun.  This has proven correct.  There have been a number of challenging situations.  I guess this is “grist for the mill”. Speaking of which, I am wondering if I am going to find any Mexican beer that suits my palette.  You heard it […]

Today felt long even though I started a little later than normal.  I spent an hour or so doing inspections on the bike, making sure things are tight and so forth.  Breakfast consisted of instant oatmeal and Mexican coffee import for Sobey’s, Toronto, Canada. Today started out with more twisties but they were less severe.  […]

I am beat today.  I am following the route mapped out by my friend Tyson and I one fateful night at Bar Volo in Toronto.  I had no fore knowledge that I would spend most of today and probably most of tomorrow riding crazy ass mountain roads.  I would say that well over half of […]

Today was a long day.  I am writing from the Christina Ana Hotel in Nacozari de Garcia.  My initial plan was to cross the border at Agua Prieta.  Someone had told me that I should cross at Naco instead is it is a quaint border.  I rolled up along with a Border Services van returning […]

So here I sit in a KOA near Benson, AZ.  I am about half an hour away from the border.  I was going to cross at Douglas/Agua Prieta, but spoke with someone today who suggested that Naco will be a better crossing as I would be avoiding a bordertown crossing. The KOA I am sitting […]

Writing on Saturday, today was a pretty spectacular day.  I covered about 700km and have been through four states.  Twice.  I’m not sure if I should count the first time through New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Arizona.  You see, I visited a place called Four Corners.  Unfortunately the actual monument is currently under reconstruction.  I […]

By popular demand, I am doing to spend less time here on farkle, gear and mods and more on the “sparkle” 🙂 I am currently in Cuba, NM.  This is about 7000ft above see level. So what have I been up to for the last couple of days?    Having stayed at the quaint KOA up […]

It was a long day today. Although I am posting this late by EDT standards, I am in mountain time. But it is still a little late. My ended at a very quaint KOA campsite near Las Vegas, New Mexico. This is not too far from Albuquerque. It was a long haul today considering I […]

So I’m riding down the I-44, also know as the Will Rogers Turnpike, not too far out of Tulsa, Oklahoma when all the sudden I realize that throttle isn’t very responsive.  At 120km/hr (75mph) I quickly perform triage, I realize that my throttle is, indeed, responsive but that my drive train is not functional.  Doubting […]

So…patient readers…I haven’t written in a while.  The start date of my trip was delayed by various tasks that needed to be performed.  But…alas…I am well on the road.  More on this in a bit. I won’t go into details but I wouldn’t be surprised if I didn’t put 24-36 hours of work into the […]