Dave Ward

Dave Ward

April 27 – Citizens of the Equator

Day one of our guided expedition begins!  We headed down to the hotel lobby and into the breakfast area where we were to meet our travel companions and our guide.  The food selection was awesome, with fresh fruits, bakery items,…

April 26 – Quito on Our Own

After a short nap, we eagerly hopped out of bed, threw on some clean clothes and started on our adventure.  The view from our room was a nice view of downtown Quito, overlooking a large park.  We sauntered down to…

April 25 – A very long day indeed!

It is early morning on this, day one of our South American adventure.  We headed out at 3:00AM so we could drive down to Seattle for our 8:30AM flight to Miami, via Chicago. With a stop for breakfast at Jack in the…

Washington/Oregon Coast

Last summer at this time, Giselle and I headed south for the Canada Day long weekend.  We had 4 days to go as far south down the coast as we could.  We rode down to Anacortes, Washington, then headed south on…

Ready for spring….

I picked up my bike from the Honda shop on Saturday.  It has been undergoing some minor repairs from a small accident I was involved in back in June!  While they were at it, I got it serviced and ready…

Blue Ridge Parkway

The Blue Ridge Parkway was built back in the 40’s and 50’s as a government project to create jobs for people in the area. It connects two great National parks – The Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Shenandoah National…

Cherohala Skyway

  The Cherohala Skyway runs from Robbinsville, North Carolina (just south of the Tail of the Dragon) westward into Telico Plains, Tennessee.  Just over 50 miles of smooth, twisty highway along a ridge of the westernmost point of the Smokey…

Tail of the Dragon – US 129 – Deals Gap

The Tail of the Dragon is located southeast of Nashville near the entrance to the Great Smokey Mountain National Park.  It is a section of Tennessee State Highway 129 and consists of 11 miles of the twistiest, turniest highway ever…

Vernon Loop Ride

In August, the club was supposed to go on a ride that went from Vancouver to Whistler, up to Pemberton, and then over the Duffey Lake road to Lillooet and then back down along the Fraser River Canyon through Lytton…