Mike B.'s Road Trip Web Page

I ride my motorcycle all over creation. Everwhere: I mean it. The United States offers an incredibly diverse landscape, and I mean to see it all before I die. More importantly, I like dragging my own bad self across the whole place to meet people who I'd never otherwise run into. You have to go far away from where you are to get a different perspective, I think, and that makes you different even after you come back to where you started. I'm going to divide the United States into 525-mile little strips and ride one every day for the rest of my life.

While I'm riding (or, for a couple of the trips, driving) I keep a journal. I like to write down what I think and feel as I travel the coutnry. Sometimes, the stories aren't that interesting. Sometimes, they're funny as hell. Sometimes, they're even more than a little embarrassing. They're always very cathartic and soothing for me. Whether you read these pages just to pass time, or for help in planning your own trip, or to see what I think of this big huge show, I hope you enjoy them.

If you don't like words, you can look at the pictures I took.

Long

I've taken several substantial motorcycle which you can read about here:

Round trip from Hartford, Connecticut, to Memphis, Tennessee, in June of 1993.
One way from Virginia Beach, Virginia, to Seattle, Washington, in June of 1995.
A Four Corners tour, in June and July of 1996.
The Cascade Classic Butt Burner: 1500 miles in 36 hours on 13 September, 1996.
Back and forth from Seattle to Boston in 1997.
Another shot at the Cascade Classic Butt Burner 1500 in July of 1997!
Seattle to Vegas to Hartford and back, for my ten-year reunion in July, 1998

While I've ridden a long way, sometimes in a very short time, I'm not yet where I want to go. I still haven't ridden in all 50 states, and I'm still not an official member of the The Iron Butt Association. I've only driven one long trip in my car:

Driving across country from Seattle to Boston to Orlando (and back!) in my new Porsche

Traveling's fun, no matter how I do it. I'll keep adding trip reports here as they happen!

Short

I've also taken a few other, shorter trips which I think are worth documenting because they're either great rides or changed my life somehow:

The Route 57 Loop: Windsor, Connecticut to New Boston, Massachusetts round trip.
Rides around The Olympic Penninsula in Washington State
Mount St. Helens, July 1994
Mount St. Helens: A Slight Return, September 1995
The Common Microsoft Lunch Ride: Redmond, Washington to Tolt, Washington

I'll keep updating these as I find better ones or do them again. If you only have time to read a couple, please read the Mount Saint Helens reports.

Up to Mike's home page. Send Feedback.

Last modified on 1 June, 1999