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, July 31, 2012

BRANSCOMB ROAD DETOUR

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Mendocino County, California My new best friend rides something called a “Big Dog.”  Up until recently, I always thought a big...
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Friday, July 27, 2012

CROSSING MONARCH PASS

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…from the great Colorado auto tour of 2012… Not my choice The Harley roared up from the west and wheeled into the vast asp...
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Thursday, July 19, 2012

DUMPING THE BIKE ON A BACKWOODS ROAD – LESSONS LEARNED

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Customer (making conversation):  So what’s the principal difference between  the Ducati Multi Strada and the BMW GS Adventur...
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Monday, July 16, 2012

THE HUMBUG – HUMBOLDT SUMMIT LOOP

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Butte and Plumas County’s historic transition between the Sierra and the Cascade About forty-five years ago , my first ...
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Monday, July 9, 2012

SEARCHING FOR A CINNAMON ROLL (V.5) – GUNNISON, CO.

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…from the great Colorado auto tour of 2012… We’d come in for a simple cup of coffee while “the girls” engaged in their morni...
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Saturday, July 7, 2012

IN HOT PURSUIT: BUENA VISTA, COLORADO

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…from the great Colorado auto tour of 2012… Buena Vista, CO Town Hall The daily 2:00 PM thunderstorm had just swept into t...
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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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