7/24 – Upkeep
I keep a bit of room in the saddlebag for hair dye....
7/23 – Coffee Shop Thoughts
298 miles back to Madison. There’s a lot of time to think when riding throughout the Midwest. Also, a lot of bugs. Today’s ride was particularly juicy....
7/22 – Self-guided City Tour
My hosts in Des Moines were truly excellent. I stopped by Mars Cafe, the sculpture park, Raygun, the post office to send off postcards from Raygun, Gray Lake, and Smokey Row. Host had a craving for s’mores, so a campfire was made in their backyard. It was transcendent....
7/21 – Iowa
285 miles, to Des Moines. I feel like something like this could be looped like a background in animation. Figured I’d try to get back into the rhythm of riding, and besides, when will I be in Iowa again? My CS hosts, Monkey and Heather, are awesome! They took...
7/20 – Different Challenges
Looks so small, and yet still so heavy. Minimalism is appealing to me (goes hand in hand with motorcycle touring), but moving the sum of my stuff alongside my sister’s household… really highlighted how far I went. I don’t want to think of the day I have to move...
7/19 – Can’t Stop Moving
I always thought I was a slow healer, but maybe this has something to do with it. Must… stay off… injuries…...
The Road to Bandcamp, June 16-22, 2014.
Oh boy, this is going to be a long one. Monday had arrived, my week of New Orleans was up and I couldn’t put off the decision any more. Do I keep going west to cross Texas and tool around the southwest in summer heat, or turn north, backtracking...
7/18 – Lake Michigan is like an ocean
107 miles. I took a scenic route back to Madison. There are a number of clock towers in the city that remind me of something that would be built in China in the 70s. Then, a block later, an enormous ornate basilica would rise from the industrial buildings, very...
7/17 – The Shed
89 miles, to Milwaukee to hang out with Mikey from the Wall of Death. He lives down the street from an industrial space shared with several motorcyclists, The Shed, and invited me to their Thirsty Thursday. What a blast, it was great to meet everyone! I’m jealous, it’s like...
7/16 – Concerts on the Square
A pleasant evening picnicking and having a delicious conversation around the Bruce effect in humans, while Top 40s of Classical blasted live in the background. “The king is dead, long live the king.”...