Category Archives: Trips and Travels

Neat covered bridge over Grave Creek. The name of this town is false advertising; I initially stopped to put on my raingear as wind protection. It could really warm up any minute now.

I wonder if I’ve managed to give myself some sort of motorcycle-induced frostbite over the years. The 10-mile ride from Ashland to Medford left me pretty much unable to use my hands, and it’s not *that* cold out (25F in … Continue reading →

Ha, I got a pic with Mt Shasta. Take that, useless vista point! I’m snuggled in at the Standing Stone Brewery in Ashland, about to walk back to my hotel. Today wiped me out more than 450 miles should have…I … Continue reading →

If insanity is the act of doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results, then that damn vista point near Lakeshead on I-5 proves that I’m crazy. I *know* that vista point not only has a bad view of … Continue reading →

I almost literally stumbled upon this small shrine tucked away in a grove of Juniper trees. Grand Island Shrine was built from hand kilned bricks in 1863 to preserve the spot where the first Catholic mass was said in Colusa … Continue reading →