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This is the look of a woman who just got home after completing a 15,000 mile/24,140 kilometer ride from the Boston area to Panama City, Panama and back during the summer of 2012. I got home and all I could do was ask my son to help me put the bike on the center stand and take a picture of my face glowing with accomplishment. My son or daughter always greet me when I arrive after a long ride. I am always exhausted but very happy to be home to plan the next ride.
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I will be presenting at the Horizons Unlimited event July 5th, 2014.  Come join us, always a load of fun with this group. Click on the Horizons Unlimited image to learn more about the event.  Hope to see you there.
I created this site to share some of my long distance riding adventures with you and my students.  Thank you for visiting my site.  The summer of 2012 I launched on an incredible ride to Panama City, Panama and back home to the Boston Massachusetts area.  In 60 days I completed a 15,000 mile/42,428 kilometer ride on my beloved 2009 Triumph Bonneville.  I was hoping that the ride would quench my deep thirst for extreme riding but it did not. 
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This is my official SPOT tracker route I did coming home from the Panama Canal.


Future plans

The thirst for riding my motorcycle extreme distances might be quenched by a world tour.  Short term goal, complete my North America tour by doing a solo ride to Alaska.  Will make every attempt to complete that goal during the summer of 2015.  I have moments when I feel that it makes sense for me to include the ride to Alaska with the world tour.  The world tour will start on 2017.  Places that I plan on riding my motorcycle are: South America, Europe, Australia and Russia.  I am seeking a riding partner to accompany me in Russia, one that speaks the language.  

The bike of choice for this ride is a BMW 700GS.  My goal is to purchase the bike in 2015 allowing me two years for off-road training.  Even though I have experience on trails with smaller dirt bikes, I have never been off-road with a fully loaded heavy motorcycle with gear.   The ride through Central America offered some off-road experience on my heavy Triumph Bonneville, but for short distances.  Once I purchase the motorcycle, I plan on attending the BMW Off-Road Academy in Colorado.   

from Icebergs to swamp in Gulf of Mexico to the furthest SOUTHERN point in USA

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As of writing this post (August 2, 2013), I find myself in a small town Tullahoma, Tennessee visiting my uncle and catching some much needed rest after riding over 6600miles/10,600kilometers.  My ride is not complete because I still need to ride home to the Boston area.... Stay tuned for more postings.  On June 22, 2013, I rode to Belleville Canada to participate in a super amazing scooter race sponsored by Motoress, please see my blog post for details of the event.  After completing the scooter rally, I rode to Newfoundland, Canada with my dear friend Arlene Batishill of GoGoGear, please see my blog post of the ride.  After completing the ride to Newfounland, on July 12, I loaded my beloved Triumph Bonneville with summer riding and camping gear and headed south to Mississippi after receiving an invitation from Captain Kathy of Eco Tours of South Mississippi for a swamp tour.  After the swamp tour, my thirst for extreme riding was not quenched, so I decided to ride to the Florida Keys, then back north to rest in Tullahoma Tennessee to wait for the next event in Stecoah, North Carolina with Horizons Unlimited. 
This is my official Spot Tracker that logs my activity, zoom in to get a better view.  I tracked the activity up to Key West, Florida because the rest is just heading north back home.  Follow my Spot tracker to stay current with my rides. 

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