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, April 20, 2016

THE TRIUMPH THUNDERBIRD – THREE MONTHS IN

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Learning to relax in comfort The wooden drawer pull on the antique desk had slipped free of its screw.   In order t...
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Thursday, April 14, 2016

A FEW QUICK LESSONS FROM A SMALL TOWN BOY IN THE BIG CITY

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Last week , I visited New York City for only the second time and I could never rid myself of the perception that I was somehow a latter...
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Monday, April 11, 2016

Suggested Reading: “The Oregon Trail – a New American Journey”

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by Rinker Buck (Simon and Schuster, 2015. $28.) Embedded deep within every Church of the Open Roader is an urge to see new places, co...
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Monday, February 29, 2016

THE ENDURING AVENUE OF THE GIANTS

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…make that “endearing…” The Avenue of the Giants was once US 101, winding through Humboldt County’s majestic and humbling redwoods.   N...
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Sunday, February 28, 2016

ISHI PISHI WINE

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…while up in Redwood country… About 35 years ago when I left Chico to pursue my career in education elsewhere, my dad began writing ...
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Saturday, February 27, 2016

RECALLING THE GOLDEN ERA OF TRAVEL AT THE BENBOW INN

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A journey back to the earliest days of road travel With the advent of the automobile almost a century ago, the opportunity for folks to...
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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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