Category Archives: Travel

Sammy Miller, NMM and Stafford April 2015

We are just back from a family vacation in Europe, which was in part timed to allow a visit to the 2015 April Stafford Motorcycle show in the UK. If you think you have been to a large motorcycle show … Continue reading

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Dreamcycle Motorcycle Museum

On the way back from my Dad’s place in lower coastal area of mainland British Columbia last week, I stopped in at the Dreamcycle Motorcycle Museum. This is a relatively new museum which opened in May of 2012 and is … Continue reading

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The Dumb Way Round

There are many folks who have done round the world trips on motorbikes, ranging from the rich and famous to the sort of fellow you’d meet in the local bar. Ewan McGregor of Star Wars fame and his friend Charley … Continue reading

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Custer, Little Big Horn and Home

Our last stop in the USA was the site of the Little Big Horn Battlefield in Montana, more popularly known as being the site of Custer’s Last Stand. I can remember reading about this at a very early age, and … Continue reading

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South Dakota and Wyoming

As we got closer to home, weather was very much on my mind. I had taken a calculated risk and left Calgary without first putting on snow tires – given the bulk of our driving was going to be in … Continue reading

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Kentucky’s National Quilt (Museum !) plus Dillon’s

Leaving Rotary Recycle, we continued north through Tennessee’s rolling hills and cotton fields, through Nashville and into Kentucky. We had debated (very briefly) stopping in Nashville to see a few of the sights, but neither of us is even slightly … Continue reading

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Barber Museum and Rotary Recycle

Leaving New Orleans,we headed north out of Louisiana, through Mississippi and then into Alabama to the site of the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum which is located about halfway between the city of Birmingham and the Talladega racetrack. As we drove … Continue reading

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New Orleans and Oak Alley Plantation

I’ve been to New Orleans many times on business, but this was the first time visiting as a tourist. We stayed at a very nice old hotel/condo complex in the French Quarter called – appropriately – The Quarter House. Much … Continue reading

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Houston and Sirius

We had a great visit with friends and former colleagues in Houston, and I also managed a bit of shopping while SWMBO’d visited the international quilt show being held at the  George Brown Convention Centre.  This show is an annual … Continue reading

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The Alamo

We arrived in San Antonio in the pouring rain for one reason only – to see The Alamo.  I can still remember watching the Walt Disney mini-series called “Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier” which aired in the late … Continue reading

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