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THE FINAL PHASE of our trip began on October 8, 2017, when we rode from Ais-Ais, Namibia to Springbok, South Africa. While I’d travelled in South Africa once before, in 2001, my experience of motorcycle riding through the country was not in any way comparable. There’s a very different sense of connection with land whenContinue reading “African Adventure IV: South Africa”

NAMIBIA WAS FULL of surprises! It was also full of challenges! As I mentioned in my African Adventure II post, every country had its own riding-related challenges. In Botswana, it was the pot holes. In Namibia, it was the state of the gravel roads. Wow – I would have given anything for a Botswana potContinue reading “African Adventure III: Namibia”

ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2017 we finally got our bikes! I’m an early riser, but I waited until a respectable 6:00AM to go out and see my bike (our names were on stickers on our front windshields). When I got out to the bike, three other group members were already there! That was particularly great becauseContinue reading “African Adventure II: Botswana”

I HAD ALWAYS WANTED to visit my ancestral homeland, Africa. My first opportunity came in 2001 when I had the privilege of joining the Canadian Non-Governmental Organization delegation for the United Nations World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa. I was in South Africa for three weeks spending time in Cape Town, at aContinue reading “African Adventure I: Zimbabwe & Botswana”

While blogs are generally more conversational than instructional, this particular blog is intentionally instructional. This blog is about long trip gear, group riding formation and group riding communications. LONG TRIP GEAR I’ve already admitted that I’m a gearhead so any excuse to buy gear, I’m “in”. Going on a multi-day ride is a really greatContinue reading “Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Long, Group Ride but Were Afraid to Ask!”

SOME IS GOOD, BUT MORE IS BETTER! After two years motorcycle riding primarily around Toronto, I wanted more. Luckily, friends of mine – all women over 40 – were planning a nine-day trip from Ottawa to The Inn at Bay Fortune on Prince Edward Island in August 2015. It was exactly was I was lookingContinue reading “First Big Motorcycle Trip: From Toronto to Prince Edward Island”

MOTORCYCLES HAVE FASCINATED ME for as long as I can remember.  I finally had a chance to be a passenger on a bike when I was 20 years old – the experience was exhilarating and I was hooked!  Then and there I made a promise to myself that I would have my own motorcycle one day. Continue reading “Just Do It!”