07-21-2016, 10:39 AM
I'm most definitely a wanderer. Usually the only definite parameter I have for a road trip is when I need to be back home.
Last summer when my plane broke on day 1 of my flying vacation, I just loaded up the bike and headed for cooler weather. I ended up touring the Colorado Rockies for a week and having a great time. I could have just as easily ended up in Montana or Wyoming.
My biggest wander was after quitting my job in '87. I started off just following the Rockies northward. When all was said and done, I'd visited Banff and Jasper parks in Canada and returned by riding down the west coast from Bellingham, WA down to L.A. It was about 4 weeks on the road and one of the most fun road trips I've done. I hope to do a lot more of those once I don't have a job to return to.
I'm also guilty of airplane wandering. Once on a trip from Chicago back to Phoenix I happened to see a promising weather report while in Kansas. I ended up in West Yellowstone Montana instead.
Last summer when my plane broke on day 1 of my flying vacation, I just loaded up the bike and headed for cooler weather. I ended up touring the Colorado Rockies for a week and having a great time. I could have just as easily ended up in Montana or Wyoming.
My biggest wander was after quitting my job in '87. I started off just following the Rockies northward. When all was said and done, I'd visited Banff and Jasper parks in Canada and returned by riding down the west coast from Bellingham, WA down to L.A. It was about 4 weeks on the road and one of the most fun road trips I've done. I hope to do a lot more of those once I don't have a job to return to.
I'm also guilty of airplane wandering. Once on a trip from Chicago back to Phoenix I happened to see a promising weather report while in Kansas. I ended up in West Yellowstone Montana instead.