I love presenting at events an talking to folks, and I love visiting friends. But it’s time to take some solo time and recharge. I’m riding South from Malibu and headed to Anza-Borrego State Park.
Never heard of it? Neither had I until I chatted with some local folks.
From the web site: http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=638
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is the largest state park in California. Five hundred miles of dirt roads, 12 wilderness areas and many miles of hiking trails provide visitors with an unparalleled opportunity to experience the wonders of the California Desert. The park is named for Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza and the Spanish word borrego, or bighorn sheep. The park features washes, wildflowers, palm groves, cacti and sweeping vistas. Visitors may also have the chance to see roadrunners, golden eagles, kit foxes, mule deer and bighorn sheep as well as iguanas, chuckwallas and the red diamond rattlesnake.
I’ll upload some pics after my visit there…
Tags: Anza-Borrego Desert, female motorcycl traveler, Motorcycle Adventure, Motorcycle Riding, motorcycle touring, Motorcycle Tours, Motorcycle Travel, Motorcycle Trip
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- These two little twin angels are already hard-core moto-travelers…and the youngest ones at the event I believe…who says you can’t incorporate adventure into your everyday life or everyday life into your adventure…you just have to be open to imagining it!!!
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- Inside the Women’s Traveler Session…with 33 women the INTRODUCTIONS took the whole hour. Too bad, too. SO much road wisdom in that room.
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- 33 women joined in at the women’s moto traveler discussion…so many amazing women and so little time to know them all!
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- The dining hall and central gathering place…great food + great people=great times
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- Group Camping at teh HU event…with a not-too-shabby unobstructed view of the Pacific ocean!!!
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- Met so many great folsk at the HU event! Here’s a group I admire.
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- ***Serious*** RTW travelers!
Tags: Female motorcyclists, Horizons Unlimited, MotoAdventureGal, Motorcycle Adventure, Motorcycle Riding, Motorcycle Travel, Motorcycle Trip, women and motorcycling
Well sweet!
Just had a GREAT interview with Entertainment Radio Network. I’m so honored that they contacted me.
The segment is on Adventure Motorcycling–and guess who they interviewed–ME! I love taking about the sport from the female adventurer’s perspective.
http://www.ernlive.com/ is Entertainment Radio Network’s web site–not sure when the interview goes live but I’ll post again when it does.
~MAG (Alisa)
Tags: adventure motorcycling, Entertainment Radio Network, MotoAdventureGal, Motorcycle Adventure, Motorcycle Travel, Motorcycle Trip, Motorcyclist Magazine
Kim on her Honda 750 (send me an email if you want a close-up of the pics on her bike--the bike was the talk of the event)
Chris took me on some local roads, not just down the highway, and so it was a lovely end to a great weekend.
Typical California... riding to Malibu (2011)
We were even joined for a while by a famous motorcyclist…anyone recognize this famous traveler?
We stopped at an old stagecoach stop-turned local and motorcycle hang-out, and it was pretty neat. (You’ll have to wait to hear about that until the story hits print.)
At one point we *did* get on the 101…Here’s a video from the helmet cam: (Mom, you can stop reading right now.)
Scared the bleep out of me…and I’ve ridden in some bleepy places!!!
Pictures from the HU event coming up next…
Finishing up some writing tonight, then I have to pack. Since I am a last-minute-lucy, that will probably happen tomorrow morning!
I’m doing two presentations at the Horizon’s Unlimited meeting in Cambria, CA (http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/meetings/California2011.php). Looks like I am leaving just in time…this was Edward coming home from work on Thursday:
Adventure Motorcycle Dual Sport News? (http://www.adventuremotorcycle.com/)
If so, this is a must-subscribe magazine, and not just because I have three articles in the Sept/Oct 2011 issue.
In this issue I write about Mystical, Magical Colombia. Gosh I loved traveling in that Colombia. I can’t wait to go back. (Lap # 2 of South America?!?)
I’m told that the The November/December issue of ADVMoto Magazine is coming to over 300 Barnes and Noble bookstores around the US. Also included are the Barnes and Nobles College Bookmaster locations as well as some more adventurous independent stands near you!
Tags: Adventure Motorcycle Dual Sport News, Adventure Motorcycle Magazine, ADVmoto, Casablanca Hostel, Colombia, dual sport, Dual Sport Adventure, Motorcycle Riding, Motorcycle Riding in Colombia, motorcycle touring, Motorcycle Travel, Motorcycle Trip, touring Colombia
Ever wondered about the secrets of the ghetto traveler’s oil change?
Here is it in 4 easy steps:
1. Buy the necessary oil, a gallon of water, and a throwaway funnel at your favorite retailer.
2. Find some shade behind their building and stake out your territory.
3. Perform oil change, drain used oil into emptied water jug (don;t forget to put your bike back together).
4. Return (recycle) dirty oil with the same (perplexed!) retailer that is *supposed* to have the ability to recycle oil. (If they sell it they’re supposed to recycle it, eight?)
Liz Jansen of Trillium Tours is doing an interview series with female motorcyclists which appears every Monday. This week Liz interviewed me.
The whole series is quite interesting, filled with heaps of inspirational ladies. Kudos to Liz for doing this!
Check it out:
Tags: female motorcyclist, Interview with Liz Jansen, MotoAdventureGal, Motorcycle Adventure, Motorcycle Riding, motorcycle touring, Motorcycle Tours, Motorcycle Travel, Trillium Tours, Womens Empowerment Motorcycle Tour
Want to meet veteran travelers from all over the world? Come to the Horizons Unlimited Event in Cambria, CA October 14-16th, 2011.
Mike and Sandy Dimond are the local hosts, and they’ve done a bang-up job of organizing a varied and quite interesting line of presenters–including Ted Simon, Gregory Frazier, Carla King and Clement Salvadori. And of course HU founders Grant and Susan Johnson will be there, gurus of world travel and bringing travelers together. Check out their web site for this California and other meetings: http://www.horizonsunlimited.com
If you are anywhere near the Bay Area or LA in California, or planning a motorcycle trip, you should make a point of attending. I’m riding there from Idaho with my friend Zigy (Colorado).
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/meetings/California2011.php
Tags: Horizons Unlimited, Motorcycle Adventure, Motorcycle Riding, motorcycle touring, Motorcycle Tours, Motorcycle Travel, Motorcycle Trip
Doesn’t everyone need a pressure washer?!?
Translated this means free bike washes for ME!
