The Church of the Open Road Press

Narratives about motorcycling on Northern California's back roads; Reflections on the history and geography of the North State; Memoirs and early recollections of youthful visits to towns and forests and mountaintops. Also middle-of-the-road takes on current issues in politics and education. Middle of the road? Isn't that dangerous?

Friday, July 29, 2011

GREAT POTTY STOPS OF THE OPEN ROAD III – UTICA PARK, ANGEL’S CAMP, CA

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“Mark Twain wrote here.” WHETHER WE TRAVEL ALONE or with children – especially with children – finding a pleasant place to ‘hit the head’ ...
Monday, July 25, 2011

MY NEW (MAKE THAT “CURRENT”) FAVORITE RIDE

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CALIFORNIA STATE ROUTE 3 LIVING IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA and riding a motorcycle must go hand-in-throttle. Proof that God rides is found in ...
Sunday, July 24, 2011

CAPTAIN JACK, GENERAL CANBY - AND THE CONCLUSION OF THE MODOC WAR

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THE FAR NORTH OF CALIFORNIA, out east of the Cascades, is a far different place than around these parts. Up in the country of the Modoc, t...
Friday, July 22, 2011

CROSSING THE MODOC PLATEAU

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 ...on the Old Applegate Trail. IN THE UNIVERSE OF LONELY PLACES, if limited to the planet earth and further refined to the continent of ...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

MY KINGDOM FOR A CINNAMON ROLL IV

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ETNA, CA – STATE ROUTE 3 I DIDN’T TAKE A PICTURE because it would have just been weird. I had succumbed to a single item listed near the b...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

UNCLE PETE’S TRAIL - FANDANGO PASS ROAD

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HISTORIC PATHS crisscross the west. The same can be said of historic lives. Confluence of these paths and lives can be found in the charte...
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Friday, July 15, 2011

DAY 16 – A VISIT TO THE REST HOME

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Last of a random series of recollections about a recent trip to New York City, Boston, MA and the wilds of the Maine’s “Down East” coast. ...
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Thursday, July 14, 2011

DAY 12 (B) – A VISIT TO THE QUILT STORE

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Yet still more of what has become a random series of recollections about a recent trip to New York City, Boston, MA and the wilds of the Mai...
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Maps. Some of the best stories one encounters one encounters by reading a map. A map is the framework - the outline - upon which both history and fantasy are crafted. Just as two people can witness an event and come up with entirely different recollections - each completely true, verifiable and accurate - two people can travel the same mapped route and come up with entirely different stories. But without the map, perhaps they'd have no story to tell. Some of the best anthologies in my library are stuffed in my map case.
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