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My First Motorcycle Travels (in 2010 & 2011)
So many trips: the Lost Coast in California,
Jasper, Banff, & Glacier National Park,
Crater Lake & More
 
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I got my motorcycle license in the summer of 2009, and my first motorcycle, a 1989 Honda Nighthawk, in November 2009. As 2010, I was anxious to get started on long distance travel!

Starting with 2010, our motorcycle travel goal for each year was to travel at least 5,000 miles traveling for fun (as opposed to running errands by motorcycle, trips to the post office or grocery store - which can often be the MOST challenging). And we made that goal three years in a row!

Here's all we did by motorcycle in 2010 & 2011:

And since then:

In 2018, we went around Steens Mountain, and toured Great Basin National Park and Rachel, Nevada, and more. We spent 13 days, going over 2657 miles / 4276 kilometers, mostly in Nevada. It was a terrific, but incredibly hot and smokey, trip.

In 2017, we traveled for 10 days in Washington State on a Smokey Motorcycle Adventure in August. Yes, it was ridiculously hot. But it was still a terrific trip.

In 2016, we went to the exotic land of Idaho. Included at least 120 miles of gravel. Hells Canyon, Silver City, Idaho, Bruneau Dunes State Park, City of Rocks National Reserve, Sawtooth Scenic Byway, Salmon River Scenic Byway, Custer, Idaho, Ft. Missoula, Montana, historic Wallace, Idaho, Lake Coeur d'Alene, White Pine Scenic Byway, Hell's Canyon Overlook, Oregon, Joseph, Painted Hills, and Little Crater Lake in Mt. Hood National Forest. It has been one of our favorite trips to date - nothing in North America has been more beautiful and interesting as this trip.

In 2015, our motorcycle trips included two weeks mostly in British Columbia, but including Hydar, Alaska (Stewart-Cassiar Highway and the Alaska Highway). We went all the way up to the Yukon and back. Lots of bears, which was awesome. The wind almost ruined the trip at the end.

For our Motorcycle Travel & Rally Activities for 2014, we went to Moab, Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Goblin Valley, Farewell Bend Oregon State Park, Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry, Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge, and Camping in a cow pasture in the deserts of Nevada. And I had my first motorcycle wreck!

Our Motorcycle Travel & Rally Activities in 2013 (a sad year when we bought a house instead of doing a two-week trip)

Our Motorcycle Travel & Rally Activities in 2012, including camping in Antelope amid the ghosts of the Rajneesh colony, seeing the Alvord Desert for the first time, amd a big Motorcycle Journey in Northern California, Nevada & Southeastern Oregon.

Our Motorcycle Travel & Rally Activities in 2010, my first long-distance motorcycle trips! Acutally, we took two! One to the "Lost Coast" of California, and another to Canada (Alberta and British Columbia, Jasper, Banff & Kootenay National Parks) and Glacier National Park.

What makes a great motorcycle rally (& rallies I have attended)

Of course, we camp for most overnight trips. See my tips for motorcycle packing.

Advice for Women Motorcycle Travelers: Accommodation Choices

Advice for Women Motorcycle Travelers: footwear (shoes & socks).

For Women Who Travel By Motorcycle (or want to)

Tips for Women: Getting Started as a Motorcycle Rider (just to ride, not necessarily to travel as well)

Advice for Women Motorcycle Travelers: Suggested Books and Web Sites

Also see:

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