Category Archives: Road Trip

A few notes from our late-September shakedown cruise, a 600-mile-long counter-clockwise ring around the Olympic Peninsula of northwest Washington, beginning in Tacoma, ending at Cape Disappointment, the terminus of the Lewis & Clark Trail at the sea-mouth of the Columbia River. … Continue reading →

In the newsroom where I used to work, an editor I greatly admired had no patience for reporters who seldom left their desks. The stories are out there, he told us. So get out there and find them. I’m hoping … Continue reading →

I was an ex-newspaperman turned recreational rower, looking for what happens next. Harley was a 6-year-old (2005) 883cc custom Sportster, aching for a trip. We met last spring through Craigslist. That much surprised me, I guess, since I don’t visit … Continue reading →