The Adventures of SidewaysTim

On to the next adventure!  This weekend, I am leaving on a trip to camp in Yellowstone National Park.  I will be cheating a bit, this time.  I am loading my bike in the back of my trusty little pickup truck and driving out to the park.  The weather in Yellowstone gets pretty chilly this… Continue reading The Next Adventure!

You may be wondering what happened after I made the decision to cut my last trip short while in Sedona.  Surprisingly, and much to my disappointment, a few people who I considered to be close friends were not happy with my decision to turn back.  Ultimately, once I crossed the pass at Mt Hood, I… Continue reading After the Turn…

I’m at a crossroads in my trip, so to speak. I’m currently in Sedona, AZ and have decided to cut my route short. I will not be continuing East, instead, I will start meandering my way home to Portland after another night in Sedona. I am disappointed only in not seeing my friends and family… Continue reading The Adventure in Your Miles

I just wrapped up breakfast after spending the past couple of days at the Grand Canyon. I arrived in the late afternoon on Saturday and spent yesterday exploring the South Rim of the Canyon. The Grand Canyon is beautiful but, when I visit it again, I would like to do a Jeep or helicopter tour… Continue reading The Grandest of Canyons

I’m just finishing breakfast and preparing to hit the road, again, after spending two nights and a much needed rest day in Las Vegas. Yesterday, I visited the Hoover Dam. It was very impressive but smaller than I had imagined it. It was a nice, 35 mile ride to the Dam, a 70 mile round… Continue reading Vegas baby, Vegas

Camping sucked last night. It was in the high 30’s and the ground felt extra hard. Plus, you have to put all of your stuff in bear lockers. The lockers were too small for me to sleep in, though. I was in the Sequoia National Park, which was a bit of a let down after… Continue reading Camping Sucks!

Leading up to this trip, I was getting increasingly anxious. Talking with my friend Carlene, she gave me a good piece of advice, “You just need to rip the bandaid off.”  She was right. I hit the road yesterday morning, Easter Sunday. Coincidentally, Sunday was the three year anniversary of my move to Portland. I… Continue reading Ripping the Bandaid Off

Have you ever noticed a little bell hanging off of a motorcycle and wondered why it was there? In the early 1920’s, British Royal Air Force pilots began reporting that “gremlins,” little demons, were tampering with the mechanical portions of their planes.  They began hanging little “demon bells” on their planes to ward off these… Continue reading The Bell

Starting to assemble my gear. It all has to fit into those two hard cases on the sides of the bike. The tools have their own little compartment between the left box and the bike. I have a total of about 81 liters of space.  I, also, have a tank bag which will stay mostly… Continue reading Starting to Assemble My Gear

Hey all! After losing my job just before Christmas, I decided to follow my mom’s last words to me before she passed, “Don’t spend your life waiting to do the things you really want to do…like I did.” Those words really struck a cord with me and the last part broke my heart.  Looking back,… Continue reading Don’t Spend Your Life Waiting…