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?

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

DOG GONE!

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The Auburn State Recreation Area boasts a complicated web of trails scored into the rocky canyon that, at one time, would be inund...
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

BAD BIKER BEHAVIOR HARMS US ALL

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In the final week of September, 2013, the nation was shocked to see helmet cam video of a group of sport-bike riders horsing around on N...
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Monday, September 30, 2013

HOME REPAIR WITH DAD

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What Messages of encouragement and confidence do we send our children as they grow, and what messages inadvertently do the opposit...
Saturday, September 28, 2013

AFTERMATH: AMERICAN RIVER WILD FIRE

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A mid-September inch-and-a-half of rain to the high country was considered early this year, but not early enough.   Back in mid-July a...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

FINDING MURDERERS BAR

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Click on any picture to expand all photos The trek had been on my bucket list for at least six days.   About a week ago is when I’d ...
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Monday, August 19, 2013

WOODS LAKE – ROUND TOP – WINNEMUCCA LAKE LOOP: A RIDE-N-HIKE

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If God were to somehow decree that you could have but one hike in California’s Sierra …and you had to complete it in...
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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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