West "By God" Virginia -
For business reasons I needed to go to Fayetteville, WV last Friday, August 11. So, I loaded up the R1200GS and headed south. I departed on Thursday, quite late, around 11:20 AM. My goal for the day was Staunton, VA. I accomplished that easily, got a motel room, dinner and a bottle of wine. (I must say I like the conversion to screw caps, they travel well on the bike.) In talking to the lady at the wine store I outlined my plans for the next day, and she said, "I would ride over four mountains in forty miles." Woohoo! Ooh la la! My kind of roads. Well, I headed out US-250 from Staunton and road over those four glorious mountains. Great twisties, sweepers, small Appalachian towns, valley views, pastoral landscapes... what more could one ask for.
Torrey XI -
I've finally gotten my files from Torrey XI to the point where I wanted them. So, here's the gallery. This was an amazing trip. More to come in the near future. 
In August and September of 2003 I took my first long motorcycle ride. In March of 2003 I purchased a 1999 BMW R1100RT. My only previous motorcycle was a Yamaha V-Star 650 custom cruiser.
In 2002 I started reading a BMW sport touring discussion board BMWST.com. This story was originally posted on that site in about 18 parts, as I edited them for posting. I wrote this story as I travelled, then edited it and posted it on the BMWST.com site.
In the summer of 2004, just after our first ride on his BMW RT, Mark asked me to ride with him down to Tennessee to deliver a friend's 1981 Goldwing. Three weeks later, we were on the road. Here is our story.
6/20/06
All summer I have been planning on visiting my close friend Rachel who is working at Food Bank Farm in Hadley, MA this summer. We decided that Monday June 19th would be the day. Yesterday I packed a small overnight bag and my camera, and headed down. I showed up at 2 pm, just in time for a lunch with the farmer and his family and all his volunteers (a treat for the volunteers). We had rice and greens seasoned tofu, hard boiled eggs and more...and dessert: fresh-picked strawberries and cream. mmmm.
