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?

Saturday, March 23, 2013

The Napa - Sonoma Marsh Ride

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off CA State Route 37 The principal difference between the average driver on I-80 and Michael Andretti is that Mr. Andretti knows ho...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

IN PRAISE OF SMOKING II: PIT BARBECUED TRI TIP OF BEEF

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Here’s a little photo-treatise on how to prepare a pretty darned succulent hunk of tri-tip beef roast to impress friends and first dates....
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Friday, March 15, 2013

“THE BEST PIECE OF TRANSPORTATION EVER”

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The gentleman in the red ball cap was 81.   He told me so in the course of conversation.   “Served five years in the military between Wo...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

WELCOME TO THE CHURCH OF THE OPEN ROAD

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Well.   Well.   Well .   You stumbled into the Church of the Open Road Press , a blog about motorcycles and motorcycle journeys.   ...
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Sunday, March 10, 2013

GRAVEYARD SHIFT

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It was a graveyard of the old-fashioned Western kind. It was on a hill, about a mile and a half from the village. It had a crazy board fenc...
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Thursday, March 7, 2013

WEST SIDE OF THE RIVER

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on California’s State Route 45 Click on any picture, if you must, to expand State Route 45 provides a welcome alternative to I-5 w...
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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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