Tag: Montana

Rides Around: Big Metal Bird

Travel

This Rides Around features a closer look at the methods we use to travel across countries, and even across continents.  This guest post from our friend Kate Riley offers a sincere thanks to the crews and machines that make our adventures possible.

It has available seating for fifty people, and this “red eye” flight from Helena, Montana to Denver, Colorado was filled to capacity.  All fifty passengers sat and relaxed, slept, read or utilized electronics with no burden of responsibility or concerns for snow-packed icy roads this North Western November day.  The United crew who maned the ship were helpful and professional.

We all look forward to our trips and vacations but seldom give credence to the “big birds” that get us from point A to point B. This is just a small thank you to the little jet that took me over eight hundred miles in less than ninety minutes, saving me a long day’s drive.
Time is precious to spend with family and friends or doing business.
These silver birds took me three thousand miles in less than eighteen hours.. that’s two days travel instead of six days of driving and four nights in a motel.

Thank you to our winged friends and crews who are often neglected when we salute our Rides Around vehicles.

The Rig: CRJ 200 Canadair Regional Jet
The Location: in the clouds
The Driver: a pilot spending the holidays away from home
The Special Circumstance: a season of thanks

Kate Riley

Rides Around: Sidecar Sam

Edgar, Travel
This week’s Rides Around features an eccentric motorcycle adventurist and a dear friend.  He is a legend of the west, often seen as simply a plumb purple streak wearing a rut in a Montanan highway.  That is Sidecar Sam.  We are going to focus on Sam’s Chief Darkhorse, although he has a variety of cycles to choose from.  Some wives might say too many….
Sam says, “A Motorcycle is the Perfect Vehicle to Explore the World and Your Own Backyard; the Sights, the Sounds, the Smells, the Feel of the Wind, Road, and Weather.”

Sam’s Philosophy:  “2 Wheels, or 3, is the best way to see the world.  You experience the places you visit with All of your senses – not just your eyes like when you are in an automobile, bus, train, or any other vehicle that is enclosed.  It doesn’t matter what Marque or Brand of machine you choose – they All have their Good points and Bad points.”

Sam’s been writing about his adventures for some time, and you can read more about his motorcycles, travels and family, on his website here.

The Rig: 2016 Indian Chief Dark Horse
The Location: on the open road
The Driver: Sidecar Sam
The Special Circumstance: featuring a friend
Sam was recently involved in a motorcycle accident, for more on that and how you can help, click here. 

Edgar~