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
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In June of 2024, I took off an a 6-week, 6,500ish mile ride from Badlands National Park, South Dakota to the Arctic Ocean in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada. To maximize my riding time in The Rockies, Arctic Canada, and Alaska, I started the journey by road tripping from Connecticut to South Dakota with Tori (my
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
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From MA to the Canadian border on my adventurized DRZ400
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In the Spring of ’23, Tori and I took a two week trip to the UK. We spent 5 days in London so Tori could show me the sights from her grad school days at University College, had a brief stay in Sandwich to continue our quest of visiting every town named Sandwich, then spent
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After burning out the DRZ’s clutch earlier in the summer, I decided that I needed to redeem myself with at least a short off-road trip. I replaced the DRZ’s clutch pack with a heavy duty set from EBC, changed the oil, and repacked my bags. Since I had used a decent chunk of vacation time
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