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, August 28, 2012

IN PRAISE OF SMOKING (FOOD)

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About 16 years ago , I purchased something for around 200 bucks that I still use today.   Think about that.   What have you pur...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

FOLLOW-UPS, UPDATES AND CORRECTIONS VI

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Re: Bike Shop in the Shopping Mall: http://thechurchoftheopenroad.blogspot.com/2012/04/bike-shop-in-shopping-mall-bully-of.html...
Saturday, August 18, 2012

CLEARWATER “KRISTA” RUNNING LIGHTS

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Initial Product Review As a rider who’d never used running or fog lights on any of my previous 35 plus years of motorcycling,...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012

CELEBRATING ARNOLD HORSHACK – AND THOSE WHO TEACH HIM.

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Arnold Horshack was a student of mine.   Every year for thirty-plus years, Arnold was there.   It’s true.   My first t...
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Saturday, August 11, 2012

STUMBLING ACROSS OREGON ROUTE 242

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Discovering McKenzie Pass McKenzie Pass, OR In LaPine, OR , it was decided that our trip would be abbreviated.   Family cal...
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Thursday, August 9, 2012

MORNING RUN IN MODOC COUNTY

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US 395: Alturas to Lakeview Alturas Dawn The southern-most stretches of US 395 in Oregon can be desolate.   We knew we wer...
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Thursday, August 2, 2012

PAYING THE “STUPID TAX”

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…farewell, sweet Nikky.   Our time together was so fleeting… The conversation last Sunday went like this: “Oh, you’ll lo...
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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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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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