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?

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

RIDING IN THE OFF-SEASON

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Landscapes and Cloudscapes and Smells, Oh My! - Dorothy Gale (not really) Cloudscape reflections OCTOBER ROLLS AROUND and many riders b...
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Thursday, September 29, 2011

CONVERSATIONS (WITH A SCIENTIST!) ON THE OPEN ROAD

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State Route 128 at Lake Berryessa IT’S TOUGH TO RIDE A NICE MOTORCYCLE and not be stopped from time to time for conversations with a total...
Monday, September 26, 2011

ALONE OR WITH SOMEBODY?

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I only [fill in the blank] when I’m alone or with somebody. College roommate’s comment about drinking beer MY FIRST EXPERIENCE on a motori...
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Friday, September 23, 2011

WING AND A PRAYER: A VISIT TO McCLOUD, CALIFORNIA

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Part of the North Coast – Volcanic Legacy tour McCloud River RR Snowplow IN TIMES DIFFERENT FROM OUR OWN, industry was thought glorious...
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Thursday, September 22, 2011

THE NORTH COAST – VOLCANIC LEGACY LOOP

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No place on earth is home to such scenic wonder and is visited by roads engineered with such grace. More evidence that God must, in her lei...
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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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