by Chris Steeden | Aug 13, 2014 | America, America 2014, By Mel & Chris, Colorado, Featured, Motorbike road trip USA
I would not stand at the edge of near vertical cliff without a barrier so what are doing riding a nearly half a ton of motorbike on a crumbling bitumen road less than a meter away from one? Mt Evans, at 14,123 ft is the highest paved road in America and a ride not to...
by Chris Steeden | Aug 11, 2014 | America, America 2014, By Mel & Chris, Colorado, Featured, Motorbike road trip USA
It is not often you have to go from 7,500 ft to 8,900 ft for a great coffee but that is exactly what we did in Estes Park Colorado. Catch the aerial tram to the top of Prospect Mountain and you will you get fabulous views of Estes Park and the Rocky Mountains National...
by Chris Steeden | Aug 3, 2014 | America, America 2014, By Mel & Chris, Featured, Motorbike road trip USA, South Dakota
How do you describe Sturgis? By the ever present rumble of Harley Davidsons and the half a million plus riders that visit for a week in August to attend the largest motorcycle rally in the world? The glorious riding through the Black Hills of South Dakota including...
by Chris Steeden | Aug 1, 2014 | America, America 2014, By Mel & Chris, Featured, Idaho, Motorbike road trip USA
This was one of those times when you think do we or don’t we knock on these stanger’s door and stay for three days? Well we took a deep breath and knocked on the door! We are so glad that we knocked on that door. Before we left Australia these wonderful...
by Chris Steeden | Jul 31, 2014 | America, America 2014, By Mel & Chris, Featured, Idaho, Motorbike road trip USA, National Parks
Leaving Twin Falls we followed Route 26 to Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. Wow! What an amazing place. We had researched this location, but nothing could have prepared us for this amazing landscape. Craters of the Moon is a vast ocean of lava...
by Chris Steeden | Jul 26, 2014 | America 2014, By Mel & Chris, California, Featured, Motorbike road trip USA, Nevada
We finally said goodbye to Lake Tahoe, passing through Truckee for a breakfast stop at Jax’s Diner. We would not hesitate to say it was the best breakfast we have ever eaten. Onto Reno for a one hour stop at the Circus Circus Casino where we blew four dollars in the...