My wife is a ski fanatic. She is an expert level skier – double black diamond runs are her thing. The more challenging the better. She and I also love to explore back roads. I don’t mean just “get off the Interstate” back roads. I mean dirt roads, cow trails, and even places where there […]
2010 BMW MOA Rally
When I tell non-motorcycling friends and family that I ride bikes, they all ask me “have you been to Sturgis?” Always. Well no, in fact, I haven’t. Not yet. I plan to but haven’t made the excursion yet. It always comes in the middle of the summer when it is blistering hot, and since I […]
Continental Divide Ride Video
In 2010 I had the opportunity to film and photograph a ride along the continental divide ride put on my Rawhyde Adventures, which follows continental divide off-road from Canada to Mexico. Participating in the ride was Pieter de Waal, then CEO of BMW Mottorad North America. I was on my 2009 BMW R1200 GS Adventure […]
Stranded Maule Recovery
Last week I was asked to help recover a Maule airplane that had landed on a sandbar on the Cimarron River near Cashion, Oklahoma. A couple of guys I knew were landing along the river and ended up nosing the airplane over in the deep sand, resulting in a prop strike. Luckily the only thing […]
Adventure Rider
My photo of a contestant at the BMW GS Trophy Challenge competition in Spartanburg, South Carolina made the cover of the September 2009 issue of Adventure Rider Magazine. I rode my Honda Goldwing to Spartanburg for the competition. It was wet and foggy the day of the contest, and the participants were forced to work […]