Frederick Watershed and Michaux 4x4 Excursion
This adventure took place on 'Saturday December 11th, 2021'
Lisa wants to take her jeep off pavement so we're planning a little jaunt up to the better parts of the watershed and Michaux State Forest. Since this is not a motorcycle ride just set yourself to "watching".
Sailing Adventure Aboard AraVilla (No Motorcycles Involved)
This adventure took place on 'Wednesday November 3rd, 2021'
The trip that got me into sailing. I've been invited to crew on a 46' catamaran sailboat leaving from Annapolis, Maryland to St Martin. I am tempted to stand up another site just for this trip, so as to not dilute Miles By Motorcycle, but I am stretched pretty thin these days so I don't know if I'll get that done before I leave. I just find having a place where I can keep all the things around a trip in one place is just too useful, so this "ride" is where I am planning and will document my upcoming sailing adventure. Feel free to join the site and "watch" this "ride" to get notifications when I post updates. There will be a number of days when I won't have any signal so updates will be intermittent.
Post "Landlording" Ad Hoc Local Saturday Ride
This adventure took place on 'Saturday October 30th, 2021'
After finishing some work on the cottage, especially since it may be many weeks before we get to ride again, Duncan and I are going to take an easy local ride on the street bikes.
Ad Hoc Saturday Ride
This adventure took place on 'Saturday October 23rd, 2021'
It's been quite a while since we've taken the big bikes.
Seeking Backroads - NC to VA and Back
This adventure took place on 'Friday October 22nd, 2021'
An impromptu trip, not expecting to find rooms during peak leaf season, Jackie and I will set out for a weekend of looking for ways to ride the smallest back roads from North Carolina to Virginia and back without riding the Interstates in roughly the same amount of time.
Two DRs leading 4x4's through Michaux
This adventure took place on 'Monday September 27th, 2021'
We're going to be guiding a few jeeps through th e gravel roads of Michaux State Forest in PA. We'll be meeting at the social center of Thurmont also known as the Sheetz off of 15 and 550, which is marked on the map. The Sheetz is at 428 North Church Street, Thurmont, Md 21788
NC TN Unpaved Exploration
This adventure took place on 'Tuesday September 14th, 2021'
I'm going to head down to Waynesville for 5 days to help map and explore the plethora of fire service and other legal unpaved roads in the area. Unfortunately, because of time constraints, I'm going to have to travel the entire distance in a single day both on the trip down and the trip back. It's a tall exhausting order on a DR650. 637 miles on twisty back roads in a single day ...
Michaux DR Ride
This adventure took place on 'Sunday September 12th, 2021'
We'll be taking all three DR's up to Michaux for the first time tomorrow. My thought is to bypass the watershed because of the dead ends and just head to our traditional entry point at the Southernmost end on Rattlesnake Run Road. The plan is to meet over at 11 and then slab it up to the traditional Sheetz, probably by 12:15 or so and then on to gravel. We'll be retracing the route up we took to the IMS show.
College Park to IMS Show in Carlisle PA
This adventure took place on 'Saturday September 11th, 2021'
I'm heading up most likely solo to the IMS show on Saturday in Carlisle PA. My thought is to try to take a nicer route up than to just slab it.
Saturday Day Ride With Bruce and Duncan
This adventure took place on 'Saturday July 3rd, 2021'
Assuming I can get both the R1100S Guest Bike and my DR650SE operational before Saturday, we're planning on a hopefully longish day ride. Sadly, a multi-day overnight was not in the cards for this Bruce visit.
Ad Hoc Short Ride
This adventure took place on 'Monday May 31st, 2021'
I've decided to risk riding the DR despite the worn chain. We're just going to go on a few hour short little local ride before my meeting at 4.
K1200S/K1300S riders and friends
This adventure took place on 'Saturday May 15th, 2021'
A group ride for Washington DC metropolitan area riders of BMW K1200S and K1300S and friends.
PA 233 Ride
This adventure took place on 'Sunday May 2nd, 2021'
We're going to attempt a bit of a longer ride today.
Ad Hoc Sunday Right
This adventure took place on 'Sunday April 25th, 2021'
The weather is nice. Time for a short late afternoon ride.
Sunday Ad Hoc Local Ride
This adventure took place on 'Sunday April 18th, 2021'
I'm not sure where we'll head but the weather is gorgeous and it's time for a ride.
Southern Maryland Ride
This adventure took place on 'Sunday April 4th, 2021'
The plan is to head to Southern Maryland to check out that road Mike showed me and maybe a few more.
Arizona Motorcycle Adventures Kickoff Event 2021
This adventure took place on 'Thursday April 1st, 2021'
A by-invitation promotional event for Colorado Motorcycle Adventures new expansion to Arizona. Meeting in Phoenix, then based out of Bisbee, there will be 4 days of riding both on and off road.
Saturday Afternoon Local Ride
This adventure took place on 'Saturday March 27th, 2021'
Sadly, the oil filler cap on the R1100S has failed again, so I have to pull the valve cover. As a result, I changed the oil and filter on the DR650SE and adjusted the chain. I'll do valves and plugs at a later date. There's really not much of a plan for this ride. I figure we'll just tool around where the mood takes us.
R1100S Post Brake Line Replacement Shake Down
This adventure took place on 'Sunday March 21st, 2021'
Duncan and I replaced the front brake lines on the 'S today and despite the late hour we've decided to do a short shake down ride.
Riding "Curvature" roads around Prettyboy
This adventure took place on 'Saturday November 21st, 2020'
Stitching together a few segments found on road Curvature project maps, with a loop around Prettyboy Reservoir.
Exploring bridges above the falls
This adventure took place on 'Saturday November 7th, 2020'
Thinking of using what could be one of the last good riding weekends of 2020 to explore how many times I can cross the Potomac above great falls without getting totally lost. This would be my first foray into creating a ride plan on Miles by Motorcycle, so hoping to get some suggestions and feedback from other riders.