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When each of my four sons graduated from high school, I gave him something I called my “Dad-isms.”

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How Cameras, Navigation, Music and a Little Bit of Apple Magic Help Me Share the Adventure

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A Great Moto-Camping Tent… With One Big Catch

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I spent the long holiday weekend pet sitting for my parents pups while they were out of town. If I couldn't ride the motorcycle, I thought I might create a little fictional adventure story:

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When I first brought home the BMW R1300 GS Adventure, I wasn’t entirely sure what I had gotten myself into.

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Mountain Roads, Motorcycle History, and a Saturday Morning Reset

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There are motorcycle rides you take because the weather is perfect.

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There’s something about the mountains that has a way of recalibrating your definition of hard.

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Leadville 100 and Two Days in Rocky Mountain National Park

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There’s a big difference between planning to go moto-camping and actually loading everything onto a motorcycle, riding into the mountains, setting up camp, and spending the night on the ground.

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There’s something about riding a motorcycle through the mountains that’s difficult to explain to someone who has never experienced it.

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There’s something special about North Carolina in the early morning. And I’m discovering there may be no better way to experience it than from the seat of my BMW R 1300 GS Adventure.

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A Little More Complicated Than Expected

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August 10, 2026

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There’s a big difference between owning all the gear you need for motorcycle camping and figuring out where to put it.

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There comes a point when owning an adventure motorcycle stops being about the motorcycle.

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The first time I swung a leg over my new BMW R 1300 GS Adventure, one thought crossed my mind:

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Some people collect souvenirs.

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