Grease and Graphite
I wrote an article for Women ADV Riders Magazine!
I think it’s pretty safe to say that most motorcyclists have at least two passions. Motorcycles, and that other thing.
For some people that other thing is welding, writing, mechanics, art, photography, medicine, the list goes on. When you make those two passions come together in some way, life seems richer, with an extra layer of devotion.
THE PILGRIMAGE: A SHORT SUMMARY
34 Days and 3,500 miles later I’m much tanner than I was when I left, Lazarus has a few new parts and a few parts that are still missing.I have met a crazy amount of amazing people who live in this beautiful state, and a few that I really didn’t want to say goodbye to.
There are adventures everywhere.
Get out and explore your world. You don’t even have to go very far. Just within your own state, you’ll be surprised by the amount of opportunities that will present themselves if you just get out and meet them.
Often times you’ll meet them when everything goes wrong. Adventure is what happens when your plan goes awry....
THE PILGRIMAGE: DAY 34 THE LAST DAY
THE PILGRIMAGE: DAY 33
When I got to Bannack and found a spot to set up camp, a fellow biker, with a Triumph Tiger, walked up and asked if I wanted to share a camp site with him so we could split the $18 camp fee ($28 for him since he had out of state plates.) I said sure, because a $9 campsite is much better than a $18 site.
We traded moto adventure stories and then explored Bannack the next morning, before splitting off again...
THE PILGRIMAGE: DAY 31 & 32
THE PILGRIMAGE: DAY 30
THE PILGRIMAGE: DAY 26-29
THE PILGRIMAGE: DAY 25 Baby's First Watercrossing
THE PILGRIMAGE: DAY 23 & 24
I hung out in Red Lodge for a little while, ended up talking to another guy who was also doing the “moto-vagabond thing” as he called it, but he has a giant brand new BMW 1200. It was a little funny to talk to him, because the biggest problem he’s had on his trip since leaving Indiana was getting ‘bogged down’ in some mud in the badlands. He had to wait for an hour for the mud to dry, and then got free. Yup.....