Aug 6, 2025 | Motorcycle Trips |
Costa Mesa, California August 2, 2025 Dear Family & Friends: Here is a 38-minute movie highlighting my recent adventure solo riding a motorcycle across the United States from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Bill Burke
Jul 29, 2025 | Motorcycle Trips |
Medford, Oregon July 29, 2025 Dear Family & Friends: Tomorrow, I fly home from Medford, Oregon. I will store my bike at a storage facility close to the airport. Alan Cook will pick it up in 3 to 4 weeks and deliver it to my home. July 28. While I was staying at...
Jul 28, 2025 | Motorcycle Trips, Mountaineering |
Langlois, Oregon June 27, 2025 Dear Family & Friends: I arrived at Port Orford, Oregon today and have now completed the BTAT. What a treat to see the Pacific Ocean. The 3-hour ride from Eugene to Port Orford was a continuation of the phenomenal beauty in the state...
Jul 26, 2025 | Motorcycle Trips |
July 26 2025 Eugene, Oregon Dear Family & Friends: July 25. Yesterday was the longest day riding on my Yamaha XT 250 Workhorse. Today, I set a record for the most distance traveled-263 miles from Ontario, Oregon to Bend, Oregon. The first half of the day was...
Jul 24, 2025 | Motorcycle Trips |
July 24, 2025 Dear Family & Friends: July 23. Today, I leave Utah and enter Idaho. In order to move off the major highways and upgrade the scenery, I decided to change my route and take backroads into the Sawtooth National Forest in Idaho. My destination is Sun...
Jul 22, 2025 | Motorcycle Trips |
Snowville, Utah July 22, 2025 Dear Family & Friends: July 20. This was not my favorite day on the BTAT. I left Ouray in the morning and traveled 163 miles from Ouray to Green River, Utah. The trip took me down the mountains of Colorado, through the high desert of...
Jul 20, 2025 | Motorcycle Trips |
Ouray, Colorado July 20, 2025 Dear Family & Friends: July 18. I got an early, 8 am start for my next ride destination, which is Ouray Colorado where I will meet with my best high school friend, Jim Rollans and my nephew, Jeff Smestad, and his wife Nicci. Jim has a...
Jul 19, 2025 | Motorcycle Trips |
Westcliff, Colorado July 17, 2025 Dear Family & Friends July 14. This was a mega-mile day on the BTAT. I rode 232 miles from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Liberty, Kansas. I have now passed through 8 states-Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi,...
Jul 16, 2025 | Motorcycle Trips |
Trinidad, Colorado July 16, 2025 Dear Family & Friends: I have often written about my deep love and respect for our servicemen, servicewomen and Veterans. They are my heroes. On July 13, 2025, we lost one of those heroes. He was a close friend, so the loss is...
Jul 13, 2025 | Motorcycle Trips |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma July 13, 2025 July 11. I departed Eureka Springs, Arkansas at 10:20am and rode down the Ozark mountains into Oklahoma. I arrived in Bartlesville, Oklahoma at 4pm. The distance traveled was 170 miles, so it was a good day. The challenge for the...
