Motorcycle Road Trips
In June 2026, I left New York City on a 56-day, 9,800-mile motorcycle journey up through New England, across Canada and the Great Lakes, out through the Dakotas, and into six weeks of the Colorado high country before turning south through New Mexico and Texas for the ride home.
North through the Berkshires and the Green Mountains of Vermont, with a stop at the BMW MOA National Rally in Essex Junction. Across the Canadian border into Ontario, along the north shore of Lake Huron, back across into Michigan and Wisconsin, then across Minnesota into the Dakotas. South from Dickinson through the Black Hills of South Dakota and into Colorado for six weeks based out of Estes Park, Idaho Springs, Salida, Gunnison, Montrose, Durango, and Silverton. From there into Taos and Albuquerque, New Mexico, east across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri, and home through Indiana and Pennsylvania.
In April 2026, I left New York City for 17 days and 3,105 miles through the Appalachians and back — ten states, from the Virginia highlands down to Georgia and across to Kentucky, then north through the coal country of West Virginia and home.
The plan was to slow down and stay awhile. Multiple days in the Smokies. The Dragon, the Cherahala Skyway, Wayah Road, the Rattler, the Dragon Slayer. Roads I'd been meaning to return to, and roads I'd never heard of until someone pointed them out on a map.
In June 2025, I set out from New York City on a 10-day, 2,066-mile motorcycle journey to the BMW MOA National Rally in Lebanon, Tennessee and back. The ride covered 8 states—NY, NJ, PA, MD, WV, VA, KY, and TN—and brought me through fog-shrouded mountains, sweeping backroads, fierce rainstorms, and brutal summer heat.
I’ve documented the entire journey in a five-part video series. Each episode captures a different leg of the trip—from the early excitement of leaving NYC to the camaraderie of the rally, and finally, the long, sweltering ride back home. I hope you’ll watch them all.
Over 112 days, I rode through 28 U.S. states and 3 Canadian provinces, visiting 32 national parks and covering more than 18,000 miles of desert, canyon, forest, coastline, and mountain roads.
It was the dream: twisties, overlooks, wildlife, roadside BBQ, and endless horizons. But it was also rain, hail, heat, and hard questions—about where to go, where to sleep, and how to keep going. It challenged me in every way.
This road trip changed me—in all the ways I’d hoped, and a few I hadn’t expected.