Download or read book Motorcycle Journeys Through the Southwest written by Martin Berke and published by Whitehorse Press. This book was released on 2008-03-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new, updated edition, motojournalist Marty Berke provides detailed routes to the best scenic, curving roads the great American Southwest has to offer. From Pikes Peak Highway, the Million Dollar Highway, and Route 66, to Bryce, Zion, and Grand Canyon National Parks, unforgettable roads and adventures await those wanting to explore Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah on two wheels. The book contains 64 separate riding trips, each about a day in length, and includes seasoned advice on the best campgrounds, parks, scenic landmarks, and restaurants. Topographical maps, clear directions, and plenty of photographs enhance the text. This popular travel guide for motorcyclists captures all the grandeur and natural beauty of the region and introduces riders to places and sights they would never find on their own.
Download or read book Motorcycle Journeys Through the Southwest written by Martin C. Berke and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Motorcycle Touring in the Southwest written by Christy Karras and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-four classic rides through the Southwest's quintessential scenes.
Download or read book Through the Southwest written by Martin C. Berke and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the best touring roads the Southwest has to offer in this entertaining and informative guide. Berke describes 66 separate rides, each about one day in length. Each trip has been designed to include both great roads and great scenery, plus the best campgrounds, parks, scenic landmarks and restaurants to be found. Lists information on points of interest with prices, hours of operation and other helpful tips.
Download or read book Motorcycle Journeys Through New England written by Martin C. Berke and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motorcycle Journey's Through New England, Third Edition offers more suggested routes than ever along with fully updated listings of motorcycle friendly lodgings and great out-of-the-way restaurants. Altogether, Berke has carefully plotted 24 trips for motorcyclists, most of them taking one day to complete. Each trip includes a detailed map and specific route directions. The trips are designed to accommodate various riding styles and audiences, from two travellers sightseeing, to sport riders riding the curves.
Download or read book Breaking the Limit written by Karen Larsen and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 2004-07-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: reaking the Limit is one woman's account of riding her motorcycle from New Jersey to Alaska and back. Realizing that years of work and travel in other people's countries made her a stranger in her own, and with an invitation to meet her biological father for the first time, Karen Larsen set out on a fifteen-thousand-mile trip with nothing but her motorcycle and the barest of essentials. Larsen's journey tests the limits of her own endurance, challenges her long-held beliefs and values, and asks what it means to belong to a family. Through the the fields of Iowa and the deserts of the Southwest, over the Rockies and across Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, Larsen confronts questions of femininity, family, independence, and personal identity. Her journey speaks to the immense space and over-whelming beauty of North America, as well as to the diversity and vitality of the people she meets along the way. Breaking the Limit invites you to join her as she braces against the wind, trades security for freedom, sacrifices stability for motion, and opens herself up to the vast canopy of a continent.
Download or read book Motorcycle Journeys Through California Baja written by Clement Salvadori and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2007-02 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated and expanded new edition guides you along some of the lesser-known motorcycling gems in California, as well as pointing the way to the unspoiled places of Mexico's Baja peninsula.
Download or read book Anxiety Across the Americas written by Bill Dwyer and published by . This book was released on 2013-04-06 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing weary of his corporate cubicle in the American Southwest, Bill Dwyer chucks it all and rides his motorcycle towards Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost city in the world. In his 20,000 mile solo journey he encounters corruption in Mexico, finds himself stranded in the highlands of Bolivia and gets arrested in Nicaragua. The road presents Bill with fears to face, immense kindness of strangers, and huge challenges to overcome, all while he copes with his anxiety disorder. Join Bill as he shares a candid account of his experiences bumbling across the Americas.
Download or read book Motorcycle Journeys Through the Appalachians written by Dale Coyner and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amish farmers, bluegrass music, Elvis memorabilia, reminders of the War Between the States, the roots of America grow deep in the Appalachians. This completely updated new 3rd edition is a collection of 38 tours through Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, West Virginia, and North Carolina, arranged around a series of base camps, with four or five rides plotted from the same spot for convenience and comfort. It features topographical maps for each trip, specific directions, and tips on the best places to eat, sleep, and visit.
Download or read book Odyssey to Ushuaia written by Andrés Carlstein and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2002-05-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes a man sell all he owns and ride a motorcycle 22,000 miles from his hometown in upstate New York to the southernmost tip of South America? Some call it craziness; Latinos call it “cojones.” This funny, fast-paced narrative follows a young man in his search for meaning, adventure, and the best rum in Latin America. Battling rough roads, careening buses, and bribe-taking cops in 14 countries, he discovers breathtaking beauty as well as what it feels like to hit a truck head-on. He and his companions for much of the trip—two bikers he met over the Internet—form an unlikely and amusing trio. In the tradition of Road Fever and Motorcycle Diaries, Odyssey to Ushuaia is a riot for every reader, and absolutely essential for those planning a similar trip. Loaded with insider information such as how to bribe cops and not lose one's savings, how to cross a border without going crazy, how to handle an accident, and much more, it also features an appendix with the detailed trip lists from all three riders.
Download or read book Motorcycle Journeys Through Texas written by Neal Davis and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motorcycle Journeys Through Texas guides two-wheeled travelers to the best roads and favored destinations via more than two dozen specific trips, with tips on where to eat and stay along the way. Covers the breadth of the Lone Star state from Gulf Coast resorts to the Hill Country between San Antonio and Austin, to West Texas and Big Bend.
Download or read book Untamed Spirit written by Doris Maron and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-05-21 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is my wish that this story will inspire you to live your dream, whatever that may be." In the summer of 2001, at fifty-three years old, Doris Maron sold everything she owned, except her motorcycle and a few personal belongings, to live a dream. On August 4 of that year, Maron left Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on her 750cc Honda Magna to begin her journey around the world. Over the next two years and eleven months, she traveled across forty-four countries on six continents. Traveling mostly solo, she faced fears, doubts, and loneliness. Her rewards would be to gain a wealth of education one simply cannot obtain from textbooks, to make lasting friendships around the globe, to experience other cultures, and to satisfy her passion to see the world. Untamed Spirit: Around the World on a Motorcycle covers the first part of her journey and is an account of her experiences traveling as a lone woman into countries around the globe. Writing from her travel journals, she now shares her tales of her trek with the world. Hers are stories of adventure and challengeof living a dream.
Download or read book Motorcycle Journeys Through California written by Clement Salvadori and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Motorcycle Journeys Through the Pacific Northwest written by Bruce Hansen and published by Motorcycle Journeys. This book was released on 2016-10 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hansen's love for exploration comes through in this full-color, fully-detailed tribute and guide to the great roads of America's Pacific Northwest.
Download or read book Great American Motorcycle Tours written by Gary McKechnie and published by Rick Steves. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You're a rider…an independent spirit who's reluctant to follow someone else's road map. But there are thousands of miles of road out there, and you could spend months searching for the best ones. Gary McKechnie has spent years exploring the nation by bike, and these are his top rides, from the rocky New England coast to the wide-open West. McKechnie covers popular rides through Hudson River Valley, Amish Country, the Smoky Mountains and Georgia Hills, Washington State, the Pacific Coast, and everything in-between. In this fifth edition of his best-selling guide, McKechnie includes: Exciting new photographs of rides like the Hudson River Ralley Run, the Pacific Coast Run, and the Red Rocks Run New tips on the best food, shopping, and nightlife you'll experience along the way Don't waste your valuable two-wheeled vacation. Instead, let Great American Motorcycle Tours be your guide.
Download or read book Motorcycle Journeys through the Pacific Northwest written by Bruce Hansen and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important update to his very popular first edition, Hansen's enthusiasm for exploration comes through in this full-color, fully-detailed tribute and guide to the great roads of America's Pacific Northwest. Both visitors to the region and lifetime locals will enjoy and learn from the 30+ trips that Hansen has planned and perfected. Designed from top to bottom for motorcyclists, this new second edition includes topographical maps for each trip, specific directions, and tips on the best places to eat, sleep, and visit. Hansen guides motorcyclists through the areas around Seattle and Portland, up and down the coats of Washington, Oregon, and northern California, around the volcanos of Mt. Saint Helens, Mt. Hood, and Mt. Ranier, across the desert of Oregon, out to the San Juan Islands, and over the border into parts of British Columbia. Riders will see everything from the most interesting places in the region's history, to the hills, inlets, islands, and valleys that make the American Northwest a favorite among motorcycle enthusiasts.
Download or read book Motorcycle Touring in the Pacific Northwest written by Christy Karras and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty classic rides through the region's quintessential scenes * With its spectacular and varied scenes, no other region of America can best the Pacific Northwest when it comes to motorcycle touring—whether a Sunday afternoon ride with friends or a multiday adventure. Now, with Motorcycle Touring in the Pacific Northwest, bikers have an unparalleled guide describing forty classic rides across the quintessential landscapes of Oregon, Washington, and Vancouver/British Columbia—from the rugged Pacific coast to breathtaking islands, from rain forests to deserts, from the Cascades to the Rockies. In friendly prose peppered with anecdotes, sidebars, and interesting asides, Christy Karras and Steve Zusy describe the routes—most representing a day's worth of riding—and include a map for each, color photographs, and details aplenty on road conditions and terrain, sites worth stopping for, amenities, and side trips.
