Comments on: Into the West https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/into-the-west/ Exploring life on a Vespa, Royal Enfield Himalayan, Honda Trail 125, and a Kawasaki W650 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 08:01:59 +0000 hourly 1 By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/into-the-west/#comment-38180 Thu, 16 Feb 2017 08:01:59 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7144#comment-38180 In reply to Jim Zeiser.

My experience mirrors yours as circumstance keeps me closer to home. But I’m content in the realization that I’ll likely never see all there is to offer here.

]]> By: Jim Zeiser https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/into-the-west/#comment-38160 Wed, 15 Feb 2017 18:43:27 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7144#comment-38160 Before my late wife died we spent a weekend in Arizona. The dryness was overwhelming. If it wasn’t constantly sprinkled with precious water it was brown. Cemeteries were simply brown stones with flowers in pots as opposed to the park like settings I’m used to. I did my Grand Tour in my younger days circling the Great Lakes through the wild greenery of Ontario. My ambitions now are shorter and closer to home. Upstate New York is always colorful and remote and I still have a lot of it to see.

]]> By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/into-the-west/#comment-38110 Tue, 14 Feb 2017 12:29:04 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7144#comment-38110 In reply to Robert.

That sounds like a wonderful sojourn. Probably wouldn’t be a Vespa ride but a rented KLR would be fun.

]]> By: curvyroads https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/into-the-west/#comment-38088 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 17:41:13 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7144#comment-38088 Fabulous photos and reminder of how much I love the west…

]]> By: Robert https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/into-the-west/#comment-38039 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 19:20:21 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7144#comment-38039 In reply to Steve Williams.

OOPS. My mistake. The White Rim Trail is in Canyonlands Nat’l Park, Utah. You can see it from Dead Horse Point. Took my 3 days to complete the circumnavigation by 4WD, one long day at race pace on a big ‘ol Yamaha thumper dirt bike.

]]> By: Frank Arm?strong https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/into-the-west/#comment-38028 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 14:40:27 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7144#comment-38028 The call of the west has always been strong with me. Draw a line from SW Texas northward the Yukon and Northwest Terriories of Canada, anywhere west of that line is where I want to be. While you might like to do it with a Vespa, I prefer a good 4-wd SUV with plenty of room for cameras in the back. I know, I have a tendency to carry more gear than you, and the big cargo space of the SUV just makes my photo-life easier. The next time I travel westward with my trailer, I’ll invite you to go along. Maybe we can rig the Vespa on the back of the trailer.

]]> By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/into-the-west/#comment-38022 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 13:08:27 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7144#comment-38022 In reply to Tom Drake.

Sounds as if you have a wonderful spring break in store for you and your wife.

I’ve thought a few times about getting some small trailer to haul the scooter behind the van when Kim and I travel. It will have to be a retirement investigation. Things are getting pretty intense at work as my retirement approaches on the heels of a big project launch. Wasn’t the best time to retire…

]]> By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/into-the-west/#comment-38017 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 12:56:16 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7144#comment-38017 In reply to Kathy.

I’ve always hoped to get back to Utah with Kim. I think she would love the place. Just not in the summer!

]]> By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/into-the-west/#comment-38016 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 12:55:34 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7144#comment-38016 In reply to RichardM.

Deadhorse Point in Deadhorse Point State Park near Moab. It borders Canyonlands National Park.

]]> By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/into-the-west/#comment-38014 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 12:50:46 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7144#comment-38014 In reply to Kitty.

I’ve not traveled much West of the Mississippi — mostly passing through states on I80 to get to Utah. And flew to California for work and spent an extra week there exploring. Amounts to nothing. But of all the places I did visit, central Utah was the best.

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