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, July 27, 2015

RETURN TO SIMPSON CAMP

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…the Subaru’s third big adventure… Long-time readers will know that a place called Simpson Camp holds a special p...
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Saturday, July 18, 2015

SAVORING ANOTHER CALIFORNIA COASTAL TIDBIT

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Tidbit Number 2 Perhaps the most magnificent interface of land and sea is just a pleasant day’s jaunt from our new Sonoma County di...
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Sunday, July 12, 2015

A PLEASANT OVERNIGHT IN EUREKA, CA

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Old habits die hard while new ones are worth an embrace.   Relocated to new digs, I’m now within an easy day’s ride of Eureka, an hist...
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Saturday, July 4, 2015

THE SUBARU FORESTER “TOURING” (VINTAGE 2015)

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A product review As my spouse-and-life-partner joined me in retirement, our financial advisor counseled us: “Now is the time for you...
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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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