Travels

During my time off between jobs I wanted to squeeze in a second short ADV trip; the Adirondacks BDR-X loop had just launched earlier in the year and was supposed to be an easy, pavement-heavy adventure route that was only a few hours away from Hartford on the highway. Instead of starting at option 1, […]

Probably my last annual trip up through MA and VT on the Northeast BDR before moving out of CT next year

After spending six weeks riding my motorcycle to the Arctic Ocean in 2024, there wasn’t enough PTO left over for me and Tori to take a proper honeymoon when we got married that Fall. To make up for it, we both saved up our travel budgets and banked as much vacation time as we could

Feeling a bit dissatisfied after the tire drama on the MA BDR earlier in the month, I decided to pack up the Norden again for a quick weekend in Vermont and New Hampshire. I went back and forth a bit on the plan, debating trying to hit Maine and how much time to spend off

To mark the end of the summer, I decided to turn a trip back to Maryland with Tori for my father-in-laws birthday / Labor Day into a chance to squeeze in one more motocamping trip in 2025. After celebrating with the family, I packed up and headed west to spend a few easy days riding

This trip was just a quick overnight Mohawk Trail State Park in Massachusetts, which is one of my favorite camping stops on the NE BDR. This wasn’t an off-road trip, but there’s some great pavement in the surrounding area and I was mostly just looking for an excuse to have a night of hammock camping

Short, easy ADV trip through Central PA to shake the rust off for ’25

With only a few weeks left before the big Arctic Ocean trip, I wanted to do one last weekend of riding to shake down the bike and my gear. I also a half-worn set of tires, fairly fresh oil, and front brake pads I didn’t love that I wanted to burn through before my last

From MA to the Canadian border on my adventurized DRZ400