Return to Mad-Town! May 31 – June 9, 2015.
Sometimes it surprises people to learn that in all my trekking across the U.S. I hadn’t ridden more than 400 miles in a day – I just don’t really want to if I don’t have to. I know other GTS riders who have, and a few riders have even...
Arch Friends and My Favorite Museum Ever in St Louis. May 25 – 30, 2015.
I was too tired and missed visiting Saint Louis the first time around when I was headed west. This time I reached out to Myke, and he had a place for me to stay a whole week! There’s a very direct route from Memphis to Saint Louis along US-67,...
Memphis As Fuck. May 22 – 24, 2015.
Prepare for food, scooters, and wrasslin’, because that’s what’s happening in Memphis. I reached out to some folks at Memphis Kings SC for things to do and a place to crash, which is how I met Cassi. I’ve come to enjoy the stretching and compressing of time over distance, watching as...
Dogpatches and Adventure Riding in Arkansas. May 15 – 21, 2015.
I’d heard the Ozarks had beautiful riding, but I had no idea how to start. Truth be told, before visiting Arkansas it had so little bearing on my life that I wouldn’t have been able to point it out on a map (this can be said of many of...
Gear Talk: The GTS Tourer
The Vespa GTS 250/300 is pretty cushy for touring straight out of the crate, but here are some small additions that go the distance. I run stock inside, so really this is just a rundown of some luggage and electronic accessories I put on there. The often-asked, long-awaited breakdown...
Texas Forever Part 2: Bikes, Buddies, Brisket, and Books. April 18 – May 14, 2015.
Houston has been the home of my uncle and aunt for as long as I can remember. My earliest memories of carsickness – I mean, road trips – are of taking the family car from Atlanta to visit them. In any case, I have my own two wheels now,...
Texas Forever Part 1: It’s Plains to see I’m going to Austin. April 6 – April 17, 2015.
I’m making tracks! For those wondering how I chart a path, it’s roughly planned around a few fixed dates, and locations where I know I can hole up for a while. In this case, I had a motorcycle event I wanted to attend in Austin, and an impending work...
Up In Two-stroke Smoke in Denver. April 1-5, 2015.
Colorado has been the most difficult riding I’ve done so far. I wanted to see scooter friends in Denver, did some research, and picked Salida as a waypoint. It appeared to be the best of both worlds for this early in the year; a cute town, splitting the different...
Plan: The Way of the Scooterist, Winter 2015 Edition
So, I’m still on the road! I’ll be dividing my time between the east coast and California. I wish I could stay longer in New England to watch the leaves changes (it’s my favorite place for autumn), but a few immovable dates and the imminent cold is pulling me...
Travelers of Santa Fe. March 29-31, 2015.
It was a bit of a shock to be back in the rest of America after such an immersive experience in Zuni. I’d been through this region with Tim in the rental car, but it couldn’t have been a more different experience. Everything is different on the scooter. Maybe...