Resplendent passages where travel becomes solitude, discipline, and return.
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Rocky Point Motorcycle Rally, Puerto Penasco Mexico, Where Fantasy and Bikes Rattle the Sea
The 25th Rocky Point Motorcycle Rally in Puerto Penasco. Sound is sacrament Chrome is mirror Throttle is OM “Come along if you dare,” Amboy Dukes
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Sandbags, Saddlebags, and Resilience:
(Run to the Rez, San Carlos, AZ. 2025) Globe was still wet from the flood when bikers walked Broad Street to fill their poker run cards. Two weeks earlier, water had swallowed the town and pushed its way into storefronts, wrecking dreams and leaving behind mounds of debris — and ruined inventory. On Broad Street…
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Motorcycling to Mexican Time and the Zen Sea
Biking toward Mexico, jagged mountains framing both sides of Arizona’s Highway 85 are now in my mirror. Wind and heat push me forward to where it is not much of a leap for my Midwestern imagination to place me in a scene from an apocalyptic biker movie on a two-lane road headed into the heart…
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WHY I RIDE IN THE DGR = the backstory
I’ve paid attention to stylish clothing since my first job at K-Bliss Men’s Store in Menomonie when I was 16 and took a job arranged by my high school’s distributive education class. I learned from three experienced associates how to match a tie to a dress shirt, how to measure pant legs for tailoring, how…
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WHY I’m riding in the 13th annual Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride happening worldwide on May 18, 2025. Pledge my ride if you’d like to participate
See link to contribute on my ride-page below. This will be the 5th year I’m riding in the DGR. With its fundraising focus on men’s health through a partnership with the MOVEMBER FOUNDATION, the DGR has raised over 50 million to support men’s research and treatment of men’s health issues, with a focus on two…
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Riding Worldwide in ‘The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride’
https://gfolk.me/GregoryOrmson288222 2024 video wrap-up from DGR here: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DmDCBDfgG/ This is my reminder to everyone to ask the men you know to get a simple blood test to check their PSA. That blood draw can be a lifesaving event. The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride DGR is a worldwide fund raising and fun event with participation by people…
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Run to the Rez 2024 – story in December American Rider Magazine
Runnin’ Against The Wind The 21st annual official Run to the Rez was held October 17-21 at the Apache Gold Casino and Resorts in San Carlos, Arizona. 2024 was the biggest yet, attracting 720 registered riders and many spectators and onlookers. From the beginning, this motorcycle event has honored military veterans. Saturday’s program at…
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Run to the Rez 2024: Running Against the Wind
Read the full text below as published in Arizona Motorcycle Rider News Run to the Rez 2024: Running Against the Wind The 21st annual official Run to the Rez was held October 17-21 at the Apache Gold Casino and Resorts in San Carlos, Arizona. 2024 was the biggest yet, attracting 720 registered riders…
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Riding to the Mysterious Pyramid-Tombs of Arizona’s Outback.
My story in American Rider Magazine The specter of pyramids rising from the desert seems more Egyptian than Arizonan, and yet for more than 100 years, three pyramids holding the bones of Arizona leaders, explorers, and visionaries have dotted Arizona’s landscape. I jumped on my Harley Davidson Road King to explore the backstories of…
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Priscilla America’s Most Famous Bike
She’s in 5 magazines, 4 newspapaers, 2 alumni publications, and several web pages. take a look And here is Priscilla, America’s Most Famous Bike, right here: in the November 2024 issue of American Rider Magazine. She is also in stories written for Thunder Press, OM Yoga Magazine, The Taj Mahal Review, and AZ Rider News;…