ON THE ROAD

MY 2026 RIDES AND VACATION PLANS

• VACATION RIDE - May 18-29, 2026. Length of trip: 6400+ miles. MN > NE > KS > OK > TX > NM > AZ > CA > NV > UT > CO > WY > MT > ND > MN

• GLACIAL LAKES MOTORCYCLE CLUB GRAND TOUR - theme and dates TBD (see motorcycle games page for more info) 

• SADDLESORE RIDES

  • BROCKWAY, OGDENVILLE, AND NORTH HAVERBROOK! - date TBD. Length of trip: 989* Mount Arvon (highest point in Michigan) and Brockway Mountain Drive. Not quite enough miles to be an official IBA ride, so I will either add some distance or I might just do 300 miles after work and camp somewhere and then do the rest of the miles the next day. Pretty sure there aren't monorails anywhere on the route. 

  • I'LL BE DEEP IN THE COLD COLD GROUND BEFORE I RECOGNIZE MISSOURAH! - date TBD. Length of trip: 242 miles to overnight stop, then (1000-1050, final routing TBD) miles in 24 hours or less. Passing through the town of Skidmore, MO which has a few interesting crime stories attached to it. Revisiting a number of counties by way of motorcycle that I have already been to in a car so I can say 100% of my visited counties were visited by way of motorcycle. 

  • OR PERHAPS YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THE SECOND LARGEST BALL OF TWINE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH - date TBD.  Length of trip: 242 miles to overnight stop, then (1000-1050, final routing TBD) miles in 24 hours or less. Passing by one of the biggest balls of twine in the US, depending on your criteria for such things. I've already been to both the one in Kansas and the one in Minnesota (and one made of string in Missouri). My kids favorite road trip song is this one by Weird Al.  I'm revisiting a number of counties by way of motorcycle that I have already been to in a car so I can say 100% of my visited counties were visited by way of motorcycle. 

MY BIG WISH LIST OF RIDES

Most of these are planned as 5-12 day rides.

MULTI-COUNTRY

• • Oh, you don't wanna go down that rhoooad - VT, NH, ME, CT, MA, RI, and visiting every single county inside them in one ride. Over the top of and down through Michigan one way, Montreal and Ottawa on the other way. Detour to NYC and the store from Clerks in NJ

  • Randy, I am the liquor - Newfoundland, Labrador, Nova Scotia, PEI, New Brunswick

  • Just the tip - Southern Canada, Stewart AK, Salmon Glacier

  • North to Alaska - (18+ days) Central Canada and then loop through Tok, Fairbanks, Anchorage AK with a detour to Homer.

CROSS COUNTRY

• • Rock rock, Rockaway Beach - NY to CA to see both Rockaway Beaches, even though I know the Ramones were singing about New York. 

  • Way down the Mississippi River to da Gulf uh Mex-e-co - Itasca to the Gulf, return through Lake Charles and East Texas

  • Space Ghost Coast to Coast - (8500+ miles) A coast to coast to coast ride followed by transversing most of the country South to North. Minnesota > Redball Garage NY > Portofino Hotel, L.A. CA > San Diego CA > Jacksonville FL > Minnesota

INSIDE THE US

• • Tryna catch me ridin' dirty - 1000 miles or more in 24 hours or less on gravel/dirt roads. Pavement for gas stations don't count towards the total milage

  • Fire on the mountain run boys run - ride to and hike the highest points of GA, FL, SC, AL, MS

  • Cheeseburger in Paradise - Minnesota to Key West with stops at the Barber Museum, St. Louis arch, and Bigfoot 4x4 Inc. 

  • You mean the wig sphere? - Knoxville Sunsphere, Wheels Through Time, Blue Ridge Parkway, Copperhead Road, and Tail of the Dragon

  • Tossed salad and scrambled eggs - Chief Joseph Byway, Beartooth pass, Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Seattle, Space Needle, Olympic National Park, Leslie Gulch

  • Hell on Wheels - Sierra Nevada mountains, redwood forest, North Nevada, Fly Ranch Geyser, North Utah, Bonneville Salt Flats, Promontory Summit

  • California Über Alles - San Diego up to San Francisco, with a few stops at famous L.A. locations.

  • Cesspool on the Potomac - Washington DC, DE, VA, WV, Chesapeake Bay Tunnel

If you're lame and don't get the references...

• • BROCKWAY, OGDENVILLE, AND NORTH HAVERBROOK! - Simpson's monorail episode

  • I'LL BE DEEP IN THE COLD COLD GROUND BEFORE I RECOGNIZE MISSOURAH! - Grandpa Simpson quote

  • OR PERHAPS YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THE SECOND LARGEST BALL OF TWINE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH - National Lampoon's Vacation

  • Oh, you don't wanna go down that rhoooad - Fred Gwynne, Pet Sematary

  • Randy, I am the liquor - Mr. Lahey, Trailer Park Boys

  • North to Alaska - Movie starring John Wayne 

  • Rock rock, Rockaway Beach - Ramones song 

  • Way down the Mississippi River to da Gulf uh Mex-e-co - Song by The Band

  • Space Ghost Coast to Coast - 90's alt culture animated show

  • Tryna catch me ridin' dirty - Song by Chamillionaire

  • Cheeseburger in Paradise - Jimmy Buffet song 

  • You mean the wig sphere? - Simpson's episode where Bart gets a fake ID and rents a car

  • Fire on the mountian run boys run - Charlie Daniels song

  • Tossed salad and scrambled eggs - Frasier outro song

  • Hell on Wheels - the name of the moving town that built the westward expansion of the Union Pacific Railroad from Council Bluffs, Iowa to Promontory Summit, Utah

  • California Über Alles - Dead Kennedys song

  • Cesspool on the Potomac - Title of Lisa Simpson's essay that was written after seeing the corruption in DC