These are my stories.....
After a delicious breakfast at Subs Station, Cotacachi, we were picked up by our friend Don and headed out towards Otavalo for a drive up the mountainside to friend Jeanine’s small farm. The road up to the farm is paved, Read More …
Way back in December of 2020, a local expat (Urku Deborah May) who is intimately involved with the local Indigenous community, posted a request to help a young boy with getting his first ‘Zamorros’ – a celebratory pair of chaps – Read More …
Once we got settled in to our apartment, we needed to go to the market for some groceries. There are two basic grocery stores that we know of here in Cotacachi – TIA Supermarket, and Monica’s Supermercado. Both are located Read More …
Day one of our trip consisted of our friend and great driver, Guillermo Buitron, picking us up at the Hotel Alpachaca. He arrived precisely at 10:00, as arranged. Guillermo comes with very high recommendations from the locals in Cotacachi. He Read More …
Well, here we are, back in our favourite little town in paradise! It feels so good to come back, renew old friendships, check out what has changed, what is new, what is gone…. Here is what we had to do Read More …
Near the end of July in 2021, Giselle and I got together with good friends Doug and Kathy Wilkins for a two night trip over to Vancouver Island and then return back down the Sunshine Coast. We didn’t take a Read More …
We were supposed to go to Wing Ding in Springfield, Missouri this summer, but again, the borders were still closed due to the covid pandemic. So we headed north and east to finish the ride we started last year at Read More …
In early October, we planned a Falling Leaves Ride for the Chapter. Normally, we would head down into Washington State for this because there are so many beautiful roads along the west side of the mountains to get lost on. Read More …
In mid September of 2020, several of my riding partners met at McDonalds for breakfast on a Saturday morning and then headed out for a ride towards Hope. We stopped in Hope for fuel and I noticed that I was Read More …
In August the GWRRA North West Coast District sponsored a three day ride out to the Kootenays. Here is my story. The weather was cool and cloudy in the lower mainland on the 21st of August. Six of us gathered Read More …