Well…Edward and I rode just that route a couple of summers ago. Here is the story of that ride.

Adventure Motorcycle Magazine (ADVmoto = http://www.adventuremotorcycle.com/ is available in major magazine racks now ) just published our story.

PERFECT TIMING!

Shortly I am going to announce dates for a woman-only dual sport Continental Divide Ride…

Adventure Motorcycle Dual Sport News Magazine - Continental Divide Ride Motorcycle Adventure

Pecos River Walk, Carlsbad, NM

Pecos River Walk, Carlsbad, NM

Ah, Thanksgiving. Yes, I ate too much food.

Two plates becasue I never grew out of not wanting my food to touch.

but then I got to walk it off visiting Carlsbad Caverns.

MotoAdventureGal at Carlsbad Caverns 2012

If you have never been there,  let me tell you it is awe-inspiring. Called the Eighth wonder of the World, the subterranean beauty will take your breath way (even if the 750′ elevator ride  or 1.2 mile hike into its depths does not).

Enjoy the pictures!

Rangers say no gum, food, drink, or touching these beautiful and delicate formations.

By the way, there is no colored light in the Caverns: all the colors you see are the natural colors of the rocks.

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…

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)

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:

http://ht.ly/6LFIj

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

The plan:
Edward and I were to ride some of the wildest, most remote open spaces the West has to offer.
Montana=The Gravelly Range
Wyoming=The Big Empty
Colorado & Nevada=Pony Express Trail through the desert
California=KTM Adventure Rally (not so empty)
Nevada=Loneliest Road in America (Rt. 50, unfortunately paved)
Oregon=some pavement chasing a fruitless errand
Idaho & Montana=The Magruder Corridor (the largest wilderness area in the USA) (more info HERE)

I tried to send a SPOT message at the end of every day, and sometimes even remembered to send one from one of the really cool, wild places we were at. You can click HERE for a link to our SPOT page–be sure to set the history to “All” . (Note that I do not have the tracking feature enables as I did while riding South of the Border.)

The reality:
All that and more.
Pony Express Trail. Mormon Trail. Oregon Trail.
21 days. 2 Showers, 21 nights of camping. 1 tip-over (me, parking the bike at the last campsite of the trip!)

Here’s a sneak peak at some of the terrain we rode:

My article on RumBum.com this week is a “Great Ride” on the Icefields Parkway.

http://rumbum.com/2127-icefields-parkway