On our last night I had spoken to Chloe who said that the weather was going to be patchy on the way home. We eventually left Sturgis at 10.30, after waiting around for Wolf........ The plan was to get some miles done before stopping for food. It was quite warm when we left so I was only wearing a t shirt under the leathers. I had the forsight to leave the thick gloves and more tops on the top of the panniers. Riding through Wyoming the weather looked a bit black up ahead and we started to get a few rain [View Full Entry]

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Every day whilst at Sturgis we went out for a ride somewhere. Except one day when suffering from really bad hangovers we just about managed to get in to Sturgis for some food. We went to Mount Rushmore which is only about 70 miles away. I must confess at this point that I was very much looking forward to going there. It being an iconic image of the states. I was quite interested in finding out as to why the thing had been built in the first place. There is loads of interesting information on boards on why the presidents were [View Full Entry]

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If you have any interest for bikes you will love it. Sorry but no words can do it justice so I will just post some pictures and a video of the midget wrestling. [View Full Entry]

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We rose feeling slightly better than when we had gone to bed, after 14 hours in the saddle!!!!, and set off to visit a friend of Wolf's who he had met in a gas station the previous year and had put him up for the night in Three Forks. It turned out that he and his wife had already left to go to Sturgis two days before, but another guy was there that had met Wolf before and he very kindly gave us breakfast. We left an hour later after having been fed eggs and cherries. More miles to cover with [View Full Entry]

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Well here we are again in North Bend. It is a very long story in how we got to this point. Needless to say a cunning plan was hatched to ride with two buddies from Washington state to the Sturgis bike rally. A bike was hired, a Harley road king classic, which is, in my humble opinion, horrid. More on my opinion of it after the ride there later. The basic idea was to ride from North Bend to Three Forks in Montana, 630 miles, on day one then the remander on day two, 520 miles. Now to me a Harley [View Full Entry]

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Well time has come to face up to the fact that the dream is over and real life has to take over again. Lots of questions remain unanswered but even more have been answered. Life all of a sudden becomes more real and seems to make a hell of a lot more sense. Things seem to be put in to perspective. Don't know what I am talking about? Try taking a period of time out of normal every day life and take a step in to the big scary old world and you may start to comprehend where I am coming [View Full Entry]

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As some of you may know we are now home. .......or at least back in the UK. We had a fantastic trip, but we did cut it short. We decided to come home as I was home sick and had had enough of being part of this machine that is tourism.... I became very jaded with the whole thing and needed to come home and feel more grounded. Living out of a suitcase for 6 months is hard work and when you are a family of 4 it's even harder..... To say it is intense is an understatment. I dont know [View Full Entry]

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As Russ said before as we landed Ellie said it looked like we were back in New Zealand. Laos is like all the best bits of New Zealand and Bali all in one. The people are the most welcoming we have experienced, they bend over backwards to make you happy. and the land it's self is beautiful. As we flew into Luang Prabang we spotted little settlements on the top of the mountains. Little clearings of mud huts, with long winding tracks going on forever. A lot of people have said there is a lot of logging going on, but we [View Full Entry]

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When we walked across the runway from the plane Ellies first comment was "It's just like New Zealand but warmer" The flight from Vientiane was short and sweet in another turbo prop. The views of the little mountain villages were fantastic. We had bought some warm coats in Vientiane, due to the cold weather there and expecting it to be a bit cooler in the evening in the mountains. Shame really cos it was shorts and t-shirts all bar our last da there. We got to the hotel and then went for a walk. Getting lost was all part of the [View Full Entry]

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Well we arrived and Ellie's first comment was that at least its not to hot. The following two days it rained solidly. That's a bit of an exageration but it was cold and very drizzly. It reminded us of England!!!! Not a lot to report really except that we found the place a little dull with not a lot to see or do. Went to the museum for a few hours, which was quite an eye opener. Laos is the most bombed country in the world. It has had a very turbulent history and struggled long and hard for its independence. [View Full Entry]

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