Moto Trip 2

May 2024 – July 2025
  • Persis Luke
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This is part two of my cross country motorcycle trip. Part 1 was in 2019. I am fully retired now, so I can cover the states that I did not go to on Part 1 and revisit some of the areas that I did not get to spend enough time in! Read more
  • Persis Luke
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Backpacking, Camping, Motorbike, Solo travel, Tours
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  • New England

    Oct 14–20, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

    I finished up my trip with a beautiful and leisurely trip through NYS and the Berkshire mountains. I took a few days at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Had some great healthy food, Yoga and walks in the woods. Over the weekend I met 5 of my besties from HIGH SCHOOL! We rented a lovely place in the Berkshires and just loved on each other! It was a really sweet way to end my trip. I returned to VT on the 20th of October on schedule. Buttoned up the garden and the house. I had a great time traveling this beautiful country. Thank you for following❤️Read more

  • Pennsylvania

    Oct 12–13, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    So Harrisburg is not really a destination kind of place, but I had a good time there! There was a nice exhibit at the State Museum of Pennsylvania which featured a juried exhibit of Artworks from all over the state. It was interesting how regional art is a product of the geography and history of a place. There were also so e great exhibits of the industrial history of the state. Had a lovely dinner at a farm to table restaurant called Home 231 and a delicious Strawberry cone from Urban Churn!Read more

  • Sunrise in the mist over the Cumberland River, KY
    Go Mets! Lots of great rock formations in Cumberland SPThe Lodge where I stayed. Cumberland Falls, KYCumberland RiverThis rainbow is always there! Cumberland Falls.My lovely little Cabin, Whitesburg, KYThe Mellow Yellow Retro Camper! So cuteMellow Yellow. Wish I could stay longer!In the WV mountains, there was ice on the Moto in the morning!The Long Point Outlook at New River Gorge National Park, WV

    Kentucky and West Virginia

    Oct 6–12, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    After my whirlwind night in Nashville I head to Kentucky and spent 3 nights at the Cumberland River State Park which was so lovely. I stayed at the Lodge which rooms had most amenities and cable TV so I could watch Mets games and WNBA Liberty 👍. The park was really beautiful and I did some really nice hikes in the State Park and Daniel Boone National Forest. I then continued my journey northwest and stayed one night in Whitesburg, KY with a stop in Hazard, KY for lunch. The accents here are distinctly different from the south. More twangy and sometimes hard to understand! Kentucky gets A pluses for the condition of their roads, the friendliest people and their state parks. Really an unexpected surprise. In West Virginia I stayed at this interesting campground called the Outpost. It had access to the New River Gorge National Park trails. I did not camp but stayed in this adorable retro camper called “Mellow Yellow”. Needless to say I was humming the Donovan song all the next day while hiking! Just starting to see fall colors in northern WV. Onto Pennsylvania.Read more

  • Music Row and listening to a baseball game of course!
    The iconic Ryman Auditorium.The Warren Haynes BandWarren Haynes. Fantastic guitarist!Loretta Lynn Statue. She's sort of spooky at night!

    Nashville

    Oct 5–6, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

    I ended up in Nashville, TN after spending the night in Jackson, TN which is a nice small city with some decent restaurants. It was nice to have some good food! I travelled onto Nashville where I stayed at the Courtyard Marriott which was a big step up from my usual accommodations! 😳. I had a ticket to a show at the Ryman Auditorium, which is such an iconic venue and really fun. The show was the Warren Haynes Band. He was a guitarist for the Allman Bros and formed other bands (Genre is blues rock, hard rock and jam rock). It has been a long time since I’ve been to a rock concert and I forgot how fun it is to listen to loud live music! Walked through Music Row but it was pretty nuts with younguns partying and Vanderbilt had just beat Alabama so the place was rocking! Onto Kentucky!Read more

  • The Townsman Hotel in Boise City, OK in the Panhandle. Sparse!
    60 bucks a night. The room was fine and they had coffee in the office!Rolls, Kansas. A typical small town in Kansas. Small meaning population 200ishLonely roads KansasDinner in Harrison Arkansas. I did not try the deep fried bacon!Ozark foothills

    The Plains

    Oct 1–5, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    After Santa Fe I did some very long riding days across the OK Panhandle, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri. This was after being home for service and burial for my beloved mother in law, Connie. Although the days were long I found the riding to be peaceful and healing and gave me a chance to process how so grateful I am to have her in my life. I took a southern route through Kansas (Route 160 mostly). All agriculture and I saw lots of winter wheat. Arkansas was very beautiful and I skirted the Ozarks. Arkansas ties with West Virginia for colorful names of towns - Zinc, Pyatt, Yellville, Bruno, Flippin, Gassville, Mountain Home, Gepp and Viola. That was just on Route 412. I ended my Plains sojourn in Jackson Tennessee. The humidity hit me like a brick wall but I have to admit that I missed it. I love the West, but I am a creature of the East! I don’t have a lot of photos of the plains because I was basically riding, sleeping and eating!Read more

  • New York and Vermont

    Sep 20–25, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C

    I came back to New York to attend the wedding of Rebecca Koenig to Frank Fontana on Long Island and to see my brother, Mike and SIL Barbara who were visiting from Denver for a different wedding in CT. We met up in Vermont and Nancy joined us. It was a very joyful wedding and it was great to be back in VT for a few days and visit with my brother.Read more

  • Ceci on Moto
    Beautiful pieces from different PueblasCourtyard at the New Mexico Museum of ArtOne of many beautiful hotels in downtown Santa FeHotelLaura at the ancient Puebla dwellingsValles Caldera formed 1 million years ago as a volcanic pit collapse. It is HUGE!A migrating boy tarantulaManuel and I chasing the tarantula

    Santa Fe

    Sep 18–20, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    September 18-20. After soaking in the mineral pools in Pagosa Springs I traveled southeast to Santa Fe where I stayed with my friend Laura Cushman Goty and her husband Manuel at their gorgeous new home in Santa Fe. Laura and I went to William Smith College and were roommates in Brooklyn for a few years after graduation 🧑‍🎓 which were fun and crazy years but we both survived! I had not seen Laura and Manuel for 20 plus years! It was so great to catch up, share memories, have an amazing tour of Santa Fe, a trip through Los Alamos and a few great hikes in at Bandalier National Monument and the Valle Caldera. We also witnessed the migration of male tarantulas. It’s the time of year when they are out looking for dates! Laura and Manuel have a beautiful and very personable dog, Ceci (chechi) who apparently likes motorcycles! Thanks Laura and Manuel for a great time in Santa Fe!Read more

  • Enjoying the hot springs!
    The beautiful San Juan River which ran right along the Springs.These guys and gals were great. I love bluegrass music!A view of the 25 pools!

    Pagosa Springs

    Sep 16–18, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

    I am still catching up with my posts! After visiting Canyonlands in Utah, I traveled east into Colorado. It was a little chilly but sunny. I stopped in Pagosa Springs for a day and a half to soak in 25 different mineral spring hot tubs at the Springs Resort. It rained most of the time, but who cares - you are sitting in a hot tub! Felt heavenly after many days of riding and hiking! They had one pool named the lobster pot which was 112 Degrees! OMG. The others ran anywhere from 98 to 108. They had live bluegrass band in the lobby at night. Overall a great respite. Next stop Santa Fe.Read more

  • Canyonlands NP and Manti La Sal NF

    Sep 13–16, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    In mid September- After Zion I headed up Route 15 towards Route 70 East. Had to stop at the Harley Davidson shop in Zion to get a new lightbulb for the Moto. I stayed overnight in Salina, UT where I tended to Moto. Full wash and replaced the headlamp bulb. The latter was actually quite the project and required a YouTube cheat! I then rode into the Moab/Monticello area and stayed 2 nights camping in the Manti La Sal National Forest. This one of my favorite camping sites. Nobody there and a beautiful spot in an aspen forest! I hiked at Canyonlands on the 15th. It was HOT but really beautiful and not crowded like Zion. Very peaceful.Read more

  • Beautiful Connie
    At the lake in AugustNan and Mom💕

    In Memorium - Connie Goldman

    Sep 12–13, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    On September 25th, Nancy’s Mom and my dear Mother in Law, Connie Goldman passed away unexpectedly as a result of complications during a medical procedure. We are all so shocked and horribly sad. She led an exemplary life and brought joy to anyone she came in contact with. It was just who she was. Connie was a second mother to me, having lost mine at the age of 33. I am so blessed to have all of the Goldmans and their loved ones in my life. So grateful to have had some time with Connie in Vermont in August and at Rebecca Koenig Fontano’s wedding on the 21st of September. Connie had a great time there and was ripping up the dance floor! What a great memory. We will miss her dearly. After services and Shiva, I decided to go back to Santa Fe, where I left my bike and bring her back east. The long quiet roads of Kansas have been healing in a different way which I have appreciated. I really want to be home with Nancy but need to get back before it gets too cold. I will be posting adventures that I had not posted yet and some going forward. Connie’s last words to me were “Be careful out there. I love you darling”. My parting words were, as always, “I love you Mom” ❤️❤️❤️ and I will be careful.Read more