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Motorcycle Travel 2019:
Close to Home but Still Amazing
 
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We can't always go thousands of miles away from our home for a motorcycle trip. And, living in Oregon, that's okay, because we are surrounded by amazing places to ride motorcycles hundreds of miles. I've heard it so often: people look at our maps of where we've been by motorcycle and, after a few minutes, will say, "You know, it never dawned on me just how much great motorcycle travel and camping is really not that far from where we live." And in most places, this is true no matter where you live!

In 2019, we stayed relatively close to home. We did a few day trips, and did these long distance motorcycle travel and camping trips:
In 2018, we went around Steens Mountain, and toured Great Basin National Park and Rachel, Nevada, and more. We spent 13 days, going over 2657 miles / 4276 kilometers, mostly in Nevada. It was a terrific, but incredibly hot and smokey, trip.

In 2017, we traveled for 10 days in Washington State on a Smokey Motorcycle Adventure in August. Yes, it was ridiculously hot. But it was still a terrific trip. 2382 km / 1489 miles.

In 2016, we went to the exotic land of Idaho for two weeks. 4280 km / 2675 miles. Included at least 120 miles of gravel. Hells Canyon, Silver City, Idaho, Bruneau Dunes State Park, City of Rocks National Reserve, Sawtooth Scenic Byway, Salmon River Scenic Byway, Custer, Idaho, Ft. Missoula, Montana, historic Wallace, Idaho, Lake Coeur d'Alene, White Pine Scenic Byway, Hell's Canyon Overlook, Oregon, Joseph, Painted Hills, and Little Crater Lake in Mt. Hood National Forest. It has been one of our favorite trips to date - nothing in North America has been more beautiful and interesting as this trip, and we had plenty of time for sight-seeing (not just from the saddle of a motorcycle).

In 2015, our motorcycle trips included two weeks mostly in British Columbia, but including Hydar, Alaska (Stewart-Cassiar Highway and the Alaska Highway). We went all the way up to the Yukon and back, 5954 km / 3700 miles. Lots of bears, which was awesome. But only one day of sight-seeing - most every day was ride, ride, ride. The wind almost ruined the trip at the end.

For our Motorcycle Travel & Rally Activities for 2014, we spent two weeks, 4766 km / 2979 miles, and went to Moab, Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Goblin Valley, Farewell Bend Oregon State Park, Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge, and Camping in a cow pasture in the deserts of Nevada. And I had my first motorcycle wreck!

Our Motorcycle Travel & Rally Activities in 2012, including camping in Antelope amid the ghosts of the Rajneesh colony, seeing the Alvord Desert for the first time, and a big Motorcycle Journey in Northern California, Nevada & Southeastern Oregon - 3914 km / 2446 miles.

In 2011, we went to Yellowstone, Western Montana, Wyoming & more , in June 2011. 15 days, 4091 km / 2557 miles. The trip ended at the legendary Burning Moto Man 2011, in Westfir, Oregon. We also spent one week in Washington state, September 2011 to celebrate my husband's 40th birthday, visiting Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, Ape Cave, ice cave and lava tubes, Gifford Pinchot National Forest and a bit of Mt. Hood.

Our Motorcycle Travel & Rally Activities in 2010, my first long-distance motorcycle trips! Actually, we took two! One to the "Lost Coast" of California, and another to Canada (Alberta and British Columbia, Jasper, Banff & Kootenay National Parks) and Glacier National Park.

Before I started riding my own bike, and before we moved to the USA, I went on a few trips on the back of my soon-to-be husband's bike.

Also see this list of all my motorcycle travel dreams, big and small, as well as this list of my favorite local scenic routes near the greater PDX metro (Portland, Oregon)

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My current motorcycle:  A 2008 KLR 650 (Kawasaki)

My former motorcycle:   A 1982 Honda Nighthawk 650

Number of US & Canadian states I've been to on a motorcycle of my own:  7

Number of countries I've toured on a motorcycle of my own:  2

Number of countries I've toured on the back of a motorcycle:  17

Trips riding my own motorcycle
California ("Lost Coast" and gold country), Idaho, Montana (Glacier NP), Nevada, Oregon, Washington (state), Wyoming (Yellowstone), Canada (Alberta and British Columbia, Jasper, Banff & Kootenay).

International trips by motorcycle
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Northern England & Scotland, France, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia (the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden

Photos of me traveling by motorcycle
 
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