Motocross Stories
40 years of motocross adventures and many more to come!
Radio Interview for Rally for Rangers
I was interviewed on CBC Radio on December 22 by Giacomo Panico for "All in a Day", the local weekly current events program. This was essentially a de-brief coversation following the Patagonia Rally for Rangers ride.
Horsepower and Medicine
When I turned 40, I finally put some effort into learning to play guitar. A year or two later I sold my Yamaha motorcycle and bought a Yamaha Guitar. I didn't stop riding dirt-bikes, I just reduced my seat-time. I did manage to learn to play guitar well enough to have fun around a campfire and it...
Patagonia Day 9 - The final destination
Our final day on motorcycles. We rode from El Calafate to Los Glaciares National Park and gave the motorcycles away at a ceremony beside the Perito Moreno glacier. The day started with nobody in a hurry, except for Jeff, our mechanic. Jeff had 13 motorcycles that had taken 10 days of hard riding...
Patagonia Day 8 -Two amazing places
Day 8 riding and it was another long day on the bike but the scenery was beyond my expectations. Nine days in Patagonia and you might think you had seen the best there is by now, but the best was yet to come.
The track for the day. I didn't started recording until we were in the park. If you
...Patagonia Day 7 - Torres del Paine
Our arrival into Puerto Natales came at a reasonable time considering the distance we had travelled and when compared to a couple of the previous days-with-struggles. Our hotel was on a gulf shoreline that looked more like a lake than the ocean. After we had dinner and then gathered in the hotel's...
Patagonia Day 6 - Puerto Natales
Another long day with disappearing roads, shipwrecks, guanacos, a broken truck and back tracking. I have to hand it to our guide Roberto, he did his best to get us off the paved roads, but this part of the world is vast and relatively uninhabited. You can drive down a main highway, such as Route-9 b...
Patagonia day 5 - Punta Arenas
The previous day proved to be long and challenging especially for riders not used to riding on wet, round, marble-like gravel in the dark - so almost everyone. We had a late-night meal at our hotel in Cerro Sombrero and went to sleep. In the morning I found that this was to be an easy day, we woul...
Patagonia day 4 - Leaving Ushuaia and riding for 17 hours.
After a well deserved rest in Ushuaia, we were told by Moto Discovery that our biggest riding day would be today. Today meaning December 7th as I am now writing these stories from memory so please accept that some facts may be wrong, if you were there, please offer your own memories in the comments...
Patagonia - A day in Ushuaia
Getting to Ushuaia was a grueling day but perhaps partially due to the struggle, it was incredibly rewarding. When the glow of the setting sun lit up the enormous cliffs along the roadside, it really set the scene for what an amazing place this is. Prior to arrival, we were polled about our desi...
Patagonia day 2 on bikes - the roads to Ushuaia
Yesterday was an epic ride filled with unexpected adventure. We woke up in Russfin which resembled a logging camp from Northern Ontario except in nice condition. There is a sawmill there, the lodge where we stayed and not much else. There was a single dirt road going in and no place to buy fuel, bu...
Patagonia - day 1 on bikes
The first day of the rally started with a minor delay. Wesley found out, just as we were swinging our legs over the bikes, that his missing luggage had been finally delivered to the Rio Gallagos Airport. It didn't take too long, enough time for another coffee at the Hotel Santa Cruz. I started the...
Patagonia Day 1 - a meetup in Buenos Aires
An 10 hour red-eye flight put me in Buenos Aires at 11AM. I did get to sleep on the plane, but not very well. Took a cab to my BnB and Uber to meet up with fellow Rally participants. We met at a very nice restaurant in a large market area and on the menu was beef. When I walked in I was greeted by...
No turning back
Nearly a year ago, December 22 to be exact, I received an email from Dave O'Malley who said he thought of me when he saw a website for Rally For Rangers Foundation. I checked it out and thought why not? Raise some money and buy and deliver a motorcycle to a park ranger in the Patagonia. Nearly a y...
The bike that YOU bought for a Patagonia Park Ranger
Only four more sleeps! On Saturday I will be boarding a plane bound for Buenos Aires. I will arrive on Sunday and on Monday I will board a flight to Rio Gallegos where our motorcycle adventure begins. The motorcycles that we will be riding are the "Beta TR 2.0", a dual purpose, 200cc, air-cooled,...
Meet some Rangers and see how we are making a difference
Dozens of park rangers in Mongolia have been the recipients of new motorcycles courtesy of donors like you who have contributed to Rally for Rangers Foundation. In just a few short weeks, 15 park rangers in the Patagonia will also find new and safer ways to protect the world's special places.