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?

Monday, February 14, 2022

THE GREAT REDWOOD TRAIL: DREAMS AND CHALLENGES

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  Part 3 (of 3):   Rails to Trails in Our Backyard   In my garage  rests a beautiful Peugeot ten-speed that I purchased new in 1972.  Back t...
Monday, January 31, 2022

THE GREAT REDWOOD TRAIL: CONCEPT AND PROPOSAL

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  Part 2 (of 3):  Rails to Trails in our Backyard   The completion of the transcontinental railroad  in 1869 linking east to west ushered in...
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Thursday, January 27, 2022

THE GREAT REDWOOD TRAIL: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD

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  Part 1 (of 3):   Rails to Trails in our Backyard   In Northwest California  lie Humboldt and Mendocino Counties.  The region, with its ste...
Tuesday, December 28, 2021

2021: THE CHURCH OF THE OPEN ROAD’S YEAR IN REVIEW

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    In the beginning it was all black and white. ~ Maureen O’Hara     Click on any picture to expand 'em all.  (Some might be deemed wor...
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Monday, December 20, 2021

THE CHURCH OF THE OPEN ROAD’S WINTER SOLSTICE WISH

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1942   Consider this  early encounter at Rick’s  CafĂ© Americain …   Ilsa             I wasn’t sure you were the same. Let’s see, the last ti...
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Monday, October 25, 2021

MR. BUTTONS

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The rule is this :  Never name a stray because once you give a stray a name, it’s no longer a stray.  It is yours.   It had been three days ...
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Monday, September 27, 2021

FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF MY GUZZI V7 SPECIAL

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    Downsizing and Upgrading – all at the same time   As a kid , I was enamored with sports cars: Triumphs, Alfas, MGs.  Particularly MGs: F...
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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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