Beginnings

It's Glen Heggstad's fault. A true hero after a capture by a Columbian terrorist army Glen eventually was freed and continued on his planned adventure to the tip of South America and back on his motorcycle. But this wasn't enough for Glen and soon after his return to California still reeling from a first hand experience of human madness he needed to find out what was really out there and hopefully confirm a suspicion that humanity was not inherently evil. His recent book "One More Day Everywhere" details his 52,000 mile odyssey exclusively through developing nations across five continents. It is this book that finally gave me the insight and courage to begin my own journeys around the world by motorcycle. My beginning will be less exotic and humble as this first planned trip will be through sixteen states which will take me from Vancouver to Chicago and then retrace Route 66 to Santa Monica before returning up the California and Oregon coasts to Portland and finally Vancouver. I hope that this will be the beginning of many trips to follow which will ultimately lead me around the world to exotic lands and to meet fascinating people. During this first trip I will hook up with John Selander my good friend from Portland whom I met many years ago while travelling through Europe. I'll depart on August 22nd on my 2006 BMW 1200 GS and John will depart Portland on September 2 on his Harley Davidson Ultraglide. If all goes well we'll meet up somewhere in the southwest and ride on to California via old route 66 and then up the coastal roads to Portland. Our goal is to share our passion for riding and photography, to visit interesting places, to meet interesting people and explore a piece of American history.