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, May 11, 2024

THE LOANER

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  Think peanut M&Ms   Well, nuts!   A manufacturing defect in the gas tank of my wonderful Moto Guzzi V85tt has placed the machine in si...
Friday, May 3, 2024

BAITED BY A BUZZARD

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  Sorry, No Photo of the Incident…   A good day’s ride  on a motorcycle should include at least one breath-taking moment or heart stopping v...
Saturday, April 20, 2024

"Are You Okay?"

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a Saturday morning chat   “Are you okay?”   Those were the first words I uttered as I approached the ragtag tent erected next to the creek i...
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Saturday, March 23, 2024

DAD’S THING

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  Another air-cooled remembrance   What prompted Dad  to trade off his brutishly beautiful ’69 Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser for a new-to-the-US ...
Monday, March 11, 2024

VW LUST

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  One of many air-cooled remembrances   My first real car  was a ’71 VW Super Beetle.  Clementine orange.  I purchased it new after an ill-f...
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Tuesday, January 9, 2024

A DIFFERENT KIND OF BIKE

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  …or is it the same?   So I went in for my annual physical   and my doctor said, “You should look at losing ten pounds.”   Immediately, the...
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Thursday, December 28, 2023

2023: THE CHURCH OF THE OPEN ROAD’S YEAR IN REVIEW

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  Return to the Open Road Let’s start with the Runner-Up Shot of the Year: Mt. Shasta ~ the Queen with an exquisite collar…     In January, ...
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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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