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2005 Archive

 

June 2005

  North America | USA
The Countdown Begins		 June 30

 
 

July 2005

  North America | USA
Ready Or Not?		 July 01
  North America | USA
Not Ready.		 July 01
  Travelogue
Last Night.		 July 03
  North America | USA
Where Are They?		 July 04
  North America | USA
Closing Up Life.		 July 05
  North America | USA
Gone.		 July 06
  North America | USA
Late Arrival. Another Day.		 July 07
  North America | USA
Hanging In Humboldt		 July 09
  North America | USA
Long Goodbyes.		 July 19
  North America | USA
A Little Reduction.		 July 20
  USA
Fishing For Crater Lake		 July 21
  North America | USA
Where The Pavement Ends		 July 22
  North America | USA
The Kindness of Strangers.		 July 23
  North America | USA
A WorldRider Retrospective: Looking Back At Last Year.		 July 24
  North America | USA
I Feel The Earth Move Under My Feet		 July 25
  North America | USA
Mt. Ranier Camping		 July 26
  North America | USA
The Not So Secret Handshake		 July 26
  North America | USA
Paradise To Sunrise on Mt. Rainier		 July 27
  North America | USA
Wine In Washington		 July 28
  North America | USA
Time For New Shoes		 July 29
  North America | USA
Hostile Territory?		 July 30
  North America | USA
Computer In For Repair		 July 30
  North America | USA
Seattle Home & Mark Knopfler		 July 31

 
 

August 2005

  North America | USA
Forget Riding, Walking Is Dangerous!		 August 01
  North America | USA
A Dog's Life		 August 03
  Canada | North America
Crossing Borders. International At Last		 August 04
  Canada | North America
Going From The Sea to The Sky In Canada		 August 05
  Canada | North America
Whistler to Prince George - British Columbia		 August 06
  Canada | North America
George To John - The Alaskan Highway		 August 07
  Canada | North America
Fort Saint John, British Columbia		 August 08
  Canada | North America
Onward to Watson Lake		 August 10
  Canada | North America
Late Nights In Watson Lake		 August 11
  Canada | North America
Welcome To The Yukon		 August 12
  Canada | North America
Leaving Watson Lake (Trying To Anyway)		 August 13
  Travelogue
Bugs, Daylight & RVs		 August 13
  North America | USA
The Trail Ends & Stormy Nights In Fairbanks		 August 14
  North America | USA
Pushing It (gas) To Delta		 August 14
  North America | USA
When Is A Circle Not The Circle?		 August 16
  North America | USA
Which Way Would You Go?		 August 17
  North America | USA
So What If I Did Make A 300 Mile Wrong Turn?		 August 17
  North America | USA
To The Arctic Ocean - Day #1		 August 18
  North America | USA
Legendary Lodge In Alaska For Sale - The Wife, Too!		 August 18
  North America | USA
Leaving The Arctic Ocean - The Deadly Dalton Redux		 August 19
  North America | USA
To The Arctic Ocean - Day #2		 August 19
  North America | USA
To The Denali Highway		 August 20
  North America | USA
Over 8,000 miles for the 6,000 Service		 August 21
  North America | USA
Bear In Mind Denali National Park		 August 21
  Canada | North America | USA
Stunning Scenery - Bad Bike - Yukon to USA		 August 22
  North America | USA
History In Sitka - Russians & Americans		 August 23
  North America | USA
The Alaskan Marine Highway Ferry - Rest At Last!		 August 23
  Canada | North America
Prince Rupert to Prince George - Home Again!		 August 24
  North America | USA
Missoula in the Rain - And The Bike Fixed!		 August 25
  North America | USA
Glaciar National Park - Peace.		 August 25
  Canada | North America
The Icefields Parkway - Glory to the Gods!		 August 25
  Canada | North America
Prince George to Jaspar - Warmer Weather?		 August 25
  North America | USA
Sun Valley to Monument Valley		 August 26
  North America | USA
Salmon Again. On The Trail of Lewis & Clark		 August 26
  North America | USA
The Case of The Lost Wallet - Again		 August 26
  North America | USA
Spending Too Much Time Making Money?		 August 27
  North America | USA
Nothing Like A Jesse - Hot Town Phoenix		 August 29
  North America | USA
Phoenix to San Diego - Bike Service, Carnet & Regroup		 August 30

 
 

September 2005

  North America | USA
San Diego Chill		 September 02
  North America | USA
12K Service - Brattin Motors, San Diego		 September 11
  North America | USA
The Case Of The Missing Wallet: Solved		 September 18
  North America | USA
South of the Border - Finally!		 September 23
  Travelogue
Website Enhancements		 September 23
  Mexico | North America
Bahia Cristina In The Dark - Palapas At Last!		 September 25
  Mexico | North America
Ensenada to San Felipe		 September 25
  Mexico | North America
Great Road, Al! What's That Oil Leaking From?		 September 26
  Mexico | North America
Bouncing Like A Pogo & Trampoline to Loreto		 September 27
  Mexico | North America
Sticking It Out At Coco's		 September 27
  Mexico | North America
Downtime In Loreto - Waiting For my shock.		 September 30

 
 

October 2005

  Mexico | North America
La Paz - Donde esta mi shock? Not here!		 October 02
  Mexico | North America
Where's My Package?		 October 03
  Mexico | North America
Coincidence In La Paz.		 October 04
  Mexico | North America
Walking the Malecon		 October 05
  Mexico | North America
Suspension? Shock? Overrated. But Thankfully I'm Not Bouncing Anymore!		 October 06
  Mexico | North America
Up to date! Bound For Mainland Mexico!		 October 07
  Mexico | North America
Bound For Los Mochis		 October 11
  Mexico | North America
Copper Canyon, Mexico		 October 13
  Mexico | North America
Tarahumara Country		 October 14
  Mexico | North America
Breaking the Rules		 October 16
  Mexico | North America
It Doesn't Matter If You're Not Hungry, Eat & Enjoy!		 October 17
  Mexico | North America
The Streets of Zacatecas		 October 18
  Mexico | North America
Trying To Get Out of Zacatecas		 October 19
  North America
Heat of the Day Too Much For J.J. and El Viento		 October 20
  Mexico
Quixotic Episodes in Guanajuato		 October 21
  Mexico | North America
Zipping Through The Time Tunnels of Guanajuato		 October 21
  Mexico | North America
Mexican Independence In Guanajuato		 October 22
  Mexico | North America
Confederacy of the Night Riding Dunces and More Mexican Hospitality		 October 23
  Mexico | North America
Taxing Times in Taxco		 October 25
  Mexico | North America
Let It Rain		 October 27
  Mexico | North America
Early Oaxaca		 October 29
  PodCasts
Check back soon....		 October 31
 
Check back soon....		 October 31

 
 

November 2005

  Mexico | North America
Dias de los Muertos		 November 02
  Mexico | North America
La Ventosa & Making Mezcal		 November 03
  Mexico | North America
Chiapas Is Where I Want To be		 November 05
  Mexico | North America
Observations On Mexico		 November 06
  Central America | Guatemala | Mexico | North America
Going For The Border		 November 07
  Central America | Guatemala
Lago de Atilan, Guatemala.		 November 09
  Central America | Guatemala
Atilan to Antigua: Worlds Apart.		 November 10
  Central America | Guatemala
Modern Antigua. Colonial Heritage.		 November 11
  Central America | Guatemala
Tikal. The Grandest of Mayan Cities.		 November 12
  Central America | Guatemala
Where Are The Motorcycles? BMW Guatemala City		 November 13
  Central America | Guatemala
Where Are Your Papers?		 November 14
  Central America | Guatemala | Honduras
Where Are Your Papers? Redux at the Honduran Border!		 November 15
  Central America | Honduras
Honduras: Ruinas de Copán		 November 16
  Central America | Honduras
Hat Trick and the Banana Republic. Beach at last.		 November 17
  Central America | Honduras
Tela. Oh Tela.		 November 19
  Central America | Honduras
Dark And Wet Delays.		 November 20
  Central America | Honduras | Nicaragua
Nicaragua. Beyond The Border.		 November 21
  Central America | Nicaragua
Shade Grown Coffee In The Black Forest?		 November 23
  Central America | Nicaragua
Old Leon Nicaragua.		 November 30

 
 

December 2005

  Central America | Nicaragua
Hanging In Leon For A Nicaraguan History Lesson!		 December 01
  Central America | Nicaragua
What's It Mean?		 December 02
  Central America | Nicaragua
Granada, Nicaragua. Oldest Spanish-city in Central America		 December 03
  Central America | Costa Rica
Keeping Up.		 December 04
  Central America | Costa Rica
Another Border Crossing. Welcome To Costa Rica.		 December 04
  Central America | Nicaragua
Lake Nicaragua and Ometepe		 December 04
  Travelogue
Happy Birthday, Mom!		 December 05
  Central America | Costa Rica
Burned Out On Costa Rica!		 December 06
  Central America | Costa Rica
Why Costa Rica Roads Have The Most Potholes.		 December 07
  Central America | Costa Rica | Panama
Goodbye Costa Rica - Hello Panama		 December 08
  Central America | Costa Rica
Rainforests. Cloudforests. This is Costa Rica.		 December 08
  Central America | Panama
Panama City At Last!		 December 09
  Travelogue
Your Comments Are Welcomed		 December 09
  Central America | Panama
Panamanian Transito Cops		 December 09
  Central America | Panama
Getting Ready For Colombia.		 December 10
  Central America | Panama
The Panama Canal		 December 11
  Central America | Colombia | Panama | South America
Welcome To South America -- Hello Colombia		 December 12
  Colombia | South America
Making My Way To Manizales, Colombia		 December 13
  Colombia | South America
Armenia, Colombia: Where is Juan Valdez?		 December 14
  Colombia | South America
Cali Come. Cali Go.		 December 15
  Colombia | South America
Popayán. Colonial Colombia.		 December 16
  Colombia | South America
Kick-Stand. Side-Stand. Can't Stand. To The Ecuador Border		 December 17
  Colombia | Ecuador | South America
Las Lajas, Colombia to Quito, Ecuador.		 December 18
  Ecuador | South America
An Eyeful of Quito		 December 19
  Ecuador | South America
Later Quito. Crashed & Ripped.		 December 20
  Ecuador | South America
Azogules to Macara. The Road To Peru.		 December 21
  Peru | South America
Desolate Peru.		 December 22
  Ecuador | Peru | South America
A Lost Post From Entering Peru		 December 23

 
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