It's happening! In just two short weeks four adventurers leave from Cleveland to fly a single-engine airplane down the length of the Caribbean island chain. You can use this live tracker to follow our ~5,000-mile adventure as we seek out isolated … [Read More...]
Live Tracking
Motorcycle to the Arctic Circle – Live Tracker
It's live bitches! The ride to the other end of the continent is on. That's right! We're going to Alaska, the Arctic Circle, and beyond. The last stop for this adventure is 400+ miles of America's loneliest dirt road North of Fairbanks … [Read More...]
Motorcycle to the Arctic Circle
How to Survive the Dalton Highway (Haul Road) by Motorcycle
I’m fresh off the Dalton Highway (haul road) taking a day of rest in Fairbanks, Alaska to recover and reflect on the experience. I’ve had the chance to see riders successfully navigate the Dalton as well as those that were not so fortunate. My … [Read More...]
Motorcycle to the Arctic Circle – The Alaska Highway (ALCAN)
My relationship with the Alaska Highway is a bit of a love hate affair. I’ve had some damn miserable times on this road. This blog got started shortly after my first go of the ALCAN 8 years ago in my 1971 Volkswagen Bus. It was quite a bit … [Read More...]
Motorcycle to the Arctic Circle – The Icefields Parkway – Banff to Jasper
Some things in life just shouldn’t be missed. The exit for 93 North off of the Trans-Canada Highway is one of those things. Also known as the Icefields Parkway, this fantastic road winds almost 150 miles along the Continental Divide through the … [Read More...]
Recommended Reading
Visiting Into the Wild’s Magic Bus
We made the hike to visit Into the Wild’s magic bus on Stampede trail outside of Healy, Alaska this weekend. The jury is out and the famed bus from the popular book by John Krakauer and movie by Sean Penn (Into the Wild) is still the subject of considerable controversy. Christopher McCandless … [Read More...]
Private Pilot License – My First Cross Country Solo Flight
You may not know it, but I’ve been working on my Private Pilot license since June. That’s right boys and girls, freewheelings.com will be taking flight in the not to distant future. With all of the training, studying and the business I haven’t had time to write about it as much as I’d … [Read More...]
How Much Does It Really Cost to Get Your Private Pilot’s License?
Now that the endless hours of study and the stress of the check ride are over I thought I’d take a look back and tally up the total cost of earning my Private Pilot’s license. Your mileage may vary. I took my first lesson on April 18th of last year and passed my check ride on September … [Read More...]
Ice Alaska, The World Ice Art Championships
The World Ice Art Championships at Ice Alaska is probably the single coolest thing that I’ve seen in Fairbanks this winter. Ice sculpting underwent a renaissance in interior Alaska in 1988 when organizers decided to revive the spirit of the 1930’s winter carnivals by flying in ice sculptors in from … [Read More...]
The Great Guatemala Motorcycle Wreck – Part Numero Uno
We are fine. We actually don’t even have a bruise or scrape between the two of us to show for it. The same cannot be said of the motorcycle. As I mentioned in my last post Spanglish Me, we embarked on the journey over 90 miles of dirt from El Estor to Lanquin, Guatemala. I … [Read More...]
Featured Travel
Motorcycle to the Arctic Circle – Cleveland to Calgary
It’s been a week on the road and we’ve covered ~ 2,400 miles from Cleveland to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. There have been no mishaps to report less Steve narrowly avoiding a high speed encounter with an antelope just outside of Calgary. Both of our hearts have been successfully transplanted from our stomachs back to our […]
Mom, I Finally Ran Away to the Circus – In Honduras
We found this place looking for a hotel in Sinuapa on the Honduras – El Salvador border. This is where every low budget horror flick starts. We had our reservations about even approaching the tent, for fear not only of its contents, but its structural integrity. It looked defunct. The remnants of circuses pasts. To […]
Featured Technical
Converting WordPress to HTTPS (SSL) – AND – Preserving Social Share Button Counts
I’ve been thinking for some time about converting freewheelings to https using an SSL certificate. However, the major problem that has kept me from doing it (until now) is that all of your share counts will be reset. There is something to be said for social proof. You see, in the eyes Google Plus, Twitter, […]
Firing Bluehost–How I Doubled My Site Speed Using AWS and Other FREE Services
After over two years with Bluehost a very sad thing had happened to me and I didn’t even know it. I lowered my expectations of webhosting. It happened slowly, a gradual change that I didn’t even notice until one day this site taking 10-15 seconds to load was normal. Even worse, I almost let my […]
Recent Posts
How to Survive the Dalton Highway (Haul Road) by Motorcycle
I’m fresh off the Dalton Highway (haul road) taking a day of rest in Fairbanks, Alaska to recover and reflect on the experience. I’ve had the chance to see riders successfully navigate the Dalton as well as those that were not so fortunate. My intent is to put together a post that … [Read More...]
Private Pilot Caribbean Adventure – Live Tracking
It's happening! In just two short weeks four adventurers leave from Cleveland to fly a single-engine airplane down the length of the Caribbean island chain. You can use this live tracker to follow our ~5,000-mile adventure as we seek out isolated beaches, off the beaten track hangout … [Read More...]
Motorcycle to the Arctic Circle – The Alaska Highway (ALCAN)
My relationship with the Alaska Highway is a bit of a love hate affair. I’ve had some damn miserable times on this road. This blog got started shortly after my first go of the ALCAN 8 years ago in my 1971 Volkswagen Bus. It was quite a bit more eventful from snow storms, multiple … [Read More...]
Motorcycle to the Arctic Circle – The Icefields Parkway – Banff to Jasper
Some things in life just shouldn’t be missed. The exit for 93 North off of the Trans-Canada Highway is one of those things. Also known as the Icefields Parkway, this fantastic road winds almost 150 miles along the Continental Divide through the Northern Rockies from Lake Louise to … [Read More...]
Motorcycle to the Arctic Circle – Cleveland to Calgary
It’s been a week on the road and we’ve covered ~ 2,400 miles from Cleveland to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. There have been no mishaps to report less Steve narrowly avoiding a high speed encounter with an antelope just outside of Calgary. Both of our hearts have been successfully … [Read More...]
Motorcycle to the Arctic Circle – Live Tracker
It's live bitches! The ride to the other end of the continent is on. That's right! We're going to Alaska, the Arctic Circle, and beyond. The last stop for this adventure is 400+ miles of America's loneliest dirt road North of Fairbanks in Deadhorse, Alaska. The Arctic … [Read More...]