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, 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...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

BLACK DIAMOND TREKKING POLES – OR ANY TREKKING POLES, FOR THAT MATTER

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A product review Besides motorcycle adventures , a favored activity of mine is a hike in the high country.   It mi...
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Sunday, August 11, 2013

SMALL TOWNS IN OUT-OF-THE-WAY PLACES: HISTORY, ROMANCE AND MYSTERY

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impressions of a trip through our northern plains …fifth in a series… Pretty much every aspect of riding on the rural open roa...
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Wednesday, August 7, 2013

BEARTOOTH PASS, WYOMING – RIDING TO THE ROOF OF THE WORLD

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impressions of a trip through our northern plains …fourth in a series… and dedicated to all of my boys named ...
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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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