http://sitein.com/blog Documenting Bill's two wheel exploration of highways, byways, and dive bars... Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:22:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yes, it’s that time of year again: My 3rd annual motorcycle run with Pete Puccio. This time it’s my privilege to join him on his epic “after the layoff trip.” Pete’s been out on the road since June 20th which means he’ll probably surpass my 35-day trip in 2007 in ... http://sitein.com/blog/2009/07/24/fair-warning-bill-pete-ride-again/ Friday, May 22 172 Miles In answer to the unasked question: “No, I haven’t quit riding.” It’s just been a long time since I’ve taken the time to go on a real ride. Virtually every mile I put on a vehicle is on my bike, but they are mostly commuting miles. And, ... http://sitein.com/blog/2009/05/22/memorial-day-2009-day-one-san-francisco-to-ft-bragg-ca/ Tuesday, September 2, 2008 557 Miles Total trip: 5 days, 2086 miles - and worth ever mile of it. However, I’m thinking that the next time I have only five days off for a ride to Yellowstone; I’ll fly into Jackson Hole and rent a bike. The last day, while enjoyable, wasn’t ... http://sitein.com/blog/2008/10/04/day-five-wells-nv-to-san-francisco-ca/ Monday, September 1, 2008 443 Miles With a somewhat clearer (and much colder) day facing us, we wrapped ourselves around a hearty breakfast, suited up, gassed up, and headed south on the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway and then Hwy 26/89. This is a beautiful drive. Under dryer conditions this road would be ... http://sitein.com/blog/2008/10/04/day-four-jackson-wy-to-wells-nv/ Sunday, August 31, 2008 156 Miles By far the highlight day of the trip, Sunday began with a fresh cup of coffee, the clouds breaking up from the previous night’s storm, packing up and waiting for Old Faithful to show up for her photo op... Once we had our obligatory experience with Old ... http://sitein.com/blog/2008/10/04/day-three-yellowstone-the-grand-tetons-wyoming/ Twin Falls, Idaho to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 323 Miles Saturday arrived with clear skies and a no small amount of heat. With the assistance of our friendly camp neighbors Larry & Pat Wilson, Pete and I got a cup of coffee before the local store opened, broke camp and hit the ... http://sitein.com/blog/2008/09/21/day-two-saturday-august-30-2008/ San Francisco, CA to Twin Falls, ID 671 Miles One of the great things that you can say about Pete is that he makes decisions quickly. When I called him on Wed night before the trip and pitched Yellowstone, he was smoking a cigar with Bob Rankin. Maybe it was the mood, ... http://sitein.com/blog/2008/09/21/day-one-san-francisco-ca-to-twin-falls-id/ Well, since Pete has thoroughly disparaged my “PhoTAGrapy,” I thought I’d better at least make some attempt at posting a Recap of the trip and since there are a lot of pictures that I took (while he was talking to women). I’ll break them up by the day. Having not ... http://sitein.com/blog/2008/09/21/2008-labor-day-ride-yellowstone-recap/ Hello all, I am finally at a place where i have high speed internet and some time at my sister's home in Kennewick, WA. So, i can add my comment to Bill's blog on Bill and Pete's Excellent Adventure #2. (many more to come ... join us!) The nice thing about traveling ... http://sitein.com/blog/2008/09/03/puccios-nickles-worth/ Rain caught us yesterday coming out of Yellowstone into Jackson Hole. Skipped camping for a motel, of course. ;-) To give you some idea of how fast the storm moved in, these photos were taken from the same pullout about 10 minutes apart. Now we are making the turn and heading home. http://sitein.com/blog/2008/09/01/making-the-turn/