How to Travel with Bikes?

November 27, 2007 by Reka · Comment
Filed under: Travel & Transportation 

Do you remember those dull family road trips that you took when you were akid? You were stuffed in the back of a station wagon for days at a time, followingyour parents’ schedule. Now is your chance to redeem those miserable days andsee the country on your own terms. The United States is an ideal land to travelacross by motorcycle. You can be your own boss and choose your own adventureson bike holidays. You answer to no one on the open road with a heavy hog underyou burning up the pavement. There is nothing between you and nature. With thesun on your face and the wind in your hair, you can have an intimacy with thelandscape that you couldn’t enjoy in a car, train, or plane. There are ample routes totake on a motorcycle in the American West especially.An extremely popular place to ride motorcycles is up and down the Pacific coast.You can start in the cool air of Oregon or Washington and make your way down thecoast to California. The Pacific highway is gorgeous, overlooking ocean vistas. Justwatch out for the drop – there are some curvy parts of the road. From California youcan bike across the desert to Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Strip is an ideal place tosightsee on a motorcycle. Parking is free and abundant whenever you want to getoff your bike and try your luck in one of the city’s many casinos.You can bike through New Mexico, taking in the vast plateaus and deserts from theback of your ride. You can visit Roswell, the town where a UFO is rumored to havelanded in 1947. Check out the amazing restaurants in Albuquerque and Santa Fe.Park your bike and stop in a watering hole to absorb some local flavor andingredients. The Mexican-influence cuisine can be spicy. New Mexico is also hometo Lincoln County, famous for its affiliation with Billy the Kidd and his gang ofmarauders. There is plenty of picturesque camping in New Mexico, especially nearCloudcroft, where you can set up camp in the mountains and rest up for your nextday’s travels. Camping is an ideal way to save on hotel fees. You can purchase alight tent and sleeping bag that can easily be strapped to your motorbike. Travelwith bikes is also cheaper than travel in a car because of all the money you save ongas.

If you’re interested in the Civil War, there are plenty of battlegrounds to see on amotorcycle. You can drive across the Wilson’s Creek, Pea Ridge, and the Westportbattlegrounds in Arkansas and Missouri. If you are interested in staying on the EastCoast of the United States, consider taking your bike north across the border. Thereare beautiful rides through Canada and Nova Scotia. Just be sure to go in thesummer because the climate can be very cold up north in the winter. In summer theweather will be ideal – not too hot but pleasant enough to spend days on the back ofyour bike, taking in the open air.

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