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Brent goes on the radio tonight

For those of you interested, I will be on SideStand Up tonight reporting about my recent travels to and coverage of Overland Expo 2011.

SideStand Up is an online radio show broadcasting from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. every Tuesday. Host Tom Lowdermilk lines up a variety of adventure riders, authors, and vendors for the audience. In addition to listening to the conversation, you can also participate in the chat room giving you the chance to ask questions and meet like-minded folks.

Join SideStand Up tonight. I’ll be on from 8:10 to 8:30.

Programs are always recorded so that you can download and listen later, or maybe find a past program that you’re interested in. Makes for great listening while you’re traveling yourself.

Note: Scroll down the SSU page to find the TalkShoe Radio link.

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Lost in thought on the highway

She was driving a little slower than other traffic in the right lane of the Interstate with her arm hanging out the window. With her armpit nearly on the sill, her arm hung low with the back of her hand facing forward and palm to the rear with fingers slightly curved. It was quite the opposite of a child who might stick their arm out an open window as if it were a wing, twisting the wrist to cause the arm to fly up or down. Her arm just hung there. The wind created by a 70-mile-per-hour speed limit seemed to have no effect.

Closing the distance and coming up even with her car, her face came into view—unsmiling, a blank stare down the highway, the kind of look that had deep thoughts behind it. Only minimal attention, enough to keep her auto in the lane.

My thoughts of travel turned to pondering hers. Was she driving to work, a job she disliked? Was she on her way to meet someone, or an emergency with memories filling her mind? Was she running away?

Soon, her car was viewable in the mirrors, and I was lost in my own thoughts, rehashing decisions, remembering fond memories, and thinking about the future, and wondering if the young lady arrived safely.

See you on the highway.

Brent

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Riding on a Sunday afternoon

How does one explain the joy of motorcycling? Books have been written trying to capture the essence of the feelings and emotions of riding: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Tao of the Ride, Pilgrimage on a Steel Ride, Motorcycle Therapy, and the writings of just about every other motorcyclist who has authored a book or a blog.

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There is the feeling of freedom, the wind in your face, the perception of being in the immediate environment rather than enclosed in a car and protected from it. Is it the adrenaline rush from twisting the throttle? Or, the movement of the bike as it flicks back and forth through the curves? Perhaps it is because it is the perfect adventure vehicle.

The joy of motorcycling is all that and one more. Motorcycling is just plain fun.

See you on the highway.

Brent