Beautiful Scenery
For me, riding is not only the miles that you leave behind, but it's also the memories
that you take with you. I have been fortunate enough to see with my eyes some places
across this country that are simply spectacular. While pictures can never quite do
these places justice, they can certainly help to spark a forgotten memory for me. I
hope that they will inspire you to witness them for yourself.
Included here are a picture or two from each of my trip reports. If you like
what you see, I've included a link to each trip report so that you can read about my
adventure and find out how I made it to such a beautiful place.
These are in chronological order. My trip reports are listed in reverse-chronological order.
From the Around the Lakes Trip, June 1997:
- Split Rock Lighthouse State Park
- Located in Minnesota along the Lake Superior shoreline.
- Houghton, MI Lookout at night
- Located in the upper peninsula of Michigan.
From the Appalachians/Ozarks Trip, October
1997:
- Atlantic Ocean Sunrise
- Taken at Fernandina Beach, Florida.
From the Ozarks Trip, March 1998:
- A river in Oklahoma
- Eastern Oklahoma on route 59 (maybe) in the Ozark Mountains.
From The Appalachians Mtns. Trip, May 1998:
- A river in West Virginia
- Along state Route 4 Northeast of Charleston.
From the West Coast Trip, August 1998:
- Pacific Ocean Sunset
- Taken from Beverly Beach in Oregon.
- Northern Cascades
- Northern Washington state along state route 20.
From the Appalachian Mtns Trip,
October 1998:
- A Mountain lake
- Taken on the Blue Ridge Parkway at dusk.
- The view from the Cherohala Skyway
- Located west of Robbinsville, N.C
From the New England Tour, April
1999:
- Niagara Falls at night
- Taken from the Canada side of the falls during a colored light show
- Otter Point
- Acadia National Park, Maine
From the Around the Lakes Trip, May
1999:
- Lake Superior
- a nice overlook after crossing back into Minnesota from Canada
- The Houghton, MI Bridge
- Taken at night with the full moon
From the Four Corners Tour, July 1999:
- Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park,
CO
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- An Arizona sunset
- with the mountains near Flagstaff in the distance
From the Appalachian Mountains Trip,
October 1999:
- A mountain home
- along the Blue Ridge Parkway
From the Southwest Adventure, May
2000:
- The Talimena Skyway
- Eastern Oklahoma
From the Around the Lakes 2000 Trip,
May 2000:
- Agawa Bay, Lake Superior
- Ontario, Canada
From the Rocky Mountain Tour, June
2000:
- Rocky Mountains
- Near Independence Pass, Colorado
- Flaming Gorge National Rec. Area
- Northern Utah, near the Wyoming Border
From the 2-Up Appalachia Tour, August
2000:
- Bald River Falls
- Near Telico Plaines, TN
- Mabry Mill
- Along the Blue Ridge Parkway
From the Michigan Lakes Weekend,
September 2000:
- Lake Michigan
- Sleeping Bear Dunes
From the Fall Color Run, October 2000:
- Sunrise
- Land Between the Lakes, KY
- Fall Colors
- Blue Ridge Mountains
From the Arkansas Adventure, April
2001:
- Ozark Mountain Valley
- Along Scenic Highway 7
From the ATL 2001, May 2001:
- Lake in the Clouds
- Porcupine Mountain State Park, MI
From the Atlantic Coast Run, June
2001:
- Sunset
- North Carolina, inlet off the Atlantic
- The Beach
- Outer Banks, N.C.
From Nova Scotia, July 2001:
- Blue Atlantic Water
- Along the Cabot Trail
- Cape Enrage Lightstation
- New Brunswick
From the Arkansas Weekend, September
2001:
- Ozark Mountains
- Mt. Nebo State Park
From the Fall Color Run, October 2001:
- The Countryside
- Along the Blue Ridge
- Fall Colors
- Blue Ridge Mountains
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From Around the Lakes 2002, May 2002:
- The Mackinaw Bridge
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- Lake Superior Shoreline
- Near Montreal River Harbor, Ontario
From 2-Up Western US Tour, June/July
2002:
- The Never Summer Mountains
- Rocky Mountain National Park, CO
- A Mountain Lake
- Along route 130 in southern Wyoming
From North Carolina Blast, August
2002:
- Stormclouds on the Blue Ridge
- Blue Ridge Parkway, near Boone, NC
- Bald River Falls
- Along the Cherohala, near Telico Plains, TN
From Fall Color Weekend, October 2002:
- Blue Wisconsin Lake
- Somewhere in Northern Wisconsin
From Fall Color Run, October 2002:
- Fall Foliage
- Along the Blue Ridge Parkway, Virigina
- Linn Cove Viaduct
- Along the Blue Ridge Parkway, N.C.
From Around the Lakes 2003, May 2003:
- Waterfall
- Along Trans Canada 17 in Ontario
- Split Rock Lighthouse
- Split Rock State Park, MN
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From ATL Weekender, September 2003:
- Houghton-Hancock Bridge
- Hancock, MI
- Foliage and Rapids
- 20 miles north of the Soo, Ontario, Canada
From ATL2004, June 2004
- Pierce Stocking Drive View
- Near Glen Haven, MI
- Blue Lake
- Along a dirt road somwhere, Ontario, Canada
From Left Coast, August 2004
- Moonrise
- Somewhere in Nebraska...yes, Nebraska
- Flaming Gorge
- Flaming Gorge National Monument, Utah
Last Update 3/9/2005