Planning was great but Mother Nature had a different idea. Beside the extreme cold (which we had planned for) the 6 inches or more of snow from southern South Dakota was more than we could do so we revived an old ride plan to Big Bend and southern New Mexico! Have to...

Looks like we are finally going to ride the sleds again. It's been over 3 1/2 years since we have taken a multiple day, multiple state trip well, since Alaska in 2015. We plan on leaving Sunday morning for the Canadian border and hope to be heading south in 83 by...

Well, we knew it was going to be in the upper 90's in DFW so we made a command decision to get up and go. That is unusual, since there is no such thing as get up and go early with Bates so it was new territory for me. We packed and left and were on the road at 6AM....

Started the morning with breakfast in Jasper and a quick ride to the top of the "Grand Canyon of Arkansas" overlook of the Buffalo River Valley. From there we rode north to Mystic Caverns where we went underground and explored a cave that dates back to the 1800's. We...

Well, we woke up on top of the Talimena Byway in the clouds! We suited up for our drive down the mountain. By the time we got to Mena, dry and partly cloudy. The rest of the day was the same and the riding was great. We rode the Pig Trail senic byway to lunch at the...

Easton and I took off yesterday for Arkansas. Ended up riding 297 miles and spent the night at the Queen Wilhelmina Lodge on top of the Talimena scenic byway! Great weather and no...

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Quick ride (160 Round trip) for lunch at Herds. Saw it on Tv and it looked good. It was ABSOLUTELY the best hamburger ever....