We crossed into our final United State of the 50, Nevada, just before lunchtime on 3 September 2025. Cindy and I started our USA partnership via Washington, Idaho, and Montana in July 2016, so it took us around 10 years to tick them all off. After that first fabulous trip we did Alaska, No.1 for … More Lower48Mate – The Encore
A tour or not a tour, that is the question. It was a tour, but unlike any that we’d ever done before, because it was all about UXO. That’s unexploded ordinance, not unexplained objects like the pair of thick thermal long johns you find in your bag even though you knew every country on the … More Oh Wow! Lao!
Thailand. A land of Wat ifs. Wat if we took a riding tour, who knows Wat we would see? The SE Asia trip kicked off in Singapore for a couple of days, staying at the Fullerton Hotel which is not a particularly troubling place to anyone. The usual stuff to check things out; a HOHO … More Oh My! Thai!
Rewind to late 2024 – Flights booked to the USA for our 5 month “Lower 48 Mate” adventure starting May 2025 – check. Itinerary in preliminary planning phase, taking into account optimal weather conditions for the Lower 48 states, – check. Hmmm, we have two weeks at the end of the trip – what to … More South of the Border – down Mexico way!
Part 13. A perfect number to finish off on because it aligns with the number of stripes on the USA flag, which was the number of states that existed before the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Triumph Boise in Idaho was voted by you, the reader, as the perfect place to start this finishing off … More Lower48Mate Part 13
On our previous shorter visits to the USA we had experienced the unique dining style that defines this country. Serving sizes had been the most confronting, a standard diner breakfast of eggs, crispy bacon, beans, sausage, “biscuits” (actually a savoury scone) and “gravy” (white sauce) can conceivably feed a family of 4 instead of just … More Dining in the USA – y’all want sides with that?
Day 110, Moab. Up, let’s do breakfast. Next door to the hotel was a classic diner experience, looks good. Well it did look good from the outside, not so much from the inside, with an immobile queue and no-one attending to it. People were also queued up at the register trying to pay. No-one attending … More Lower48Mate Part 12
Day 99 ended at the Sahara in Vegas. After a long roll up the Strip in the relentless heat and a stop to take in the popular Vegas sign photo, Garmin decided the Sahara was 13 miles and ¾’s of an hour out into the ‘burbs. Because I was leading, I missed the actual Sahara, … More Lower48Mate Part 11
Day 88. Crescent City, just inside the Californian border on the coast. Dennys luncheon. We had started up a conversation with our server. Of course we knew we must be coming into the land of large trees, having just ridden down the Redwood Highway from Oregon. She asked if we’d seen the large trees, not … More Lower48Mate Part 10
Yeah, I know it’s not typically an entrancing topic, it’s up there with discussing income taxes and how bad the traffic is on your daily commute. However, maintaining enough clothing in a reasonable state of cleanliness while on a lengthy motorcycle expedition is a matter of necessity. Our current 5 month trip to all Lower … More Airing our dirty laundry!
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