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Motorcycle Vacation Is Hot
Are you an adventurer? Do you have the spirit
of a wanderer? If so, then the hottest new trend in vacation
travel, a motorcycle vacation, may be just the ticket for
you. Whatever countryside you enjoy, and whatever bike you
ride, a motorcycle vacation promises great fun and entertainment.
Imagine
a history buff that uses a motorcycle to explore old
Civil War battlefields. Wilson’s Creek in southwest Missouri,
Pea Ridge in Northwest Arkansas, and the site of the battle
of West Port near the Plaza in modern day Kansas City are
all easily accessible by bike. Or, if exploring the west
is more your thing, take a trek out west, starting in Sedalia,
the scene of the first recorded cattle drive in history.
Then on your bike trace the other cattle towns of the old
west like Wichita, Parsons and Dodge City in Kansas. Then
keep heading west to Colorado the mile high state and visit
Estes Park. Go a little south and visit Colorado Springs,
park your bike for a day and take a tour of the Air Force
Academy and look at the grounds of Cheyenne Mountain, home
of Norad.
Still yearning for more western adventure, then you can
ride your motorcycle to New Mexico and visit Lincoln County
where Billy the Kid and his Regulators raised a ruckus in
the 1880’s. New Mexico has great camping in the mountains
near Cloudcroft, so be sure to take the opportunity to visit
and if you feel up to it, sleep under the stars, with your
trusty motorcycle near you, like a cowboy’s horse.
While in New Mexico the Apache reservation at Riodosa offers
a chance to try your luck at slot machines and the wheel
of fortune. Then a visit to a great Mexican restaurant and
on to the town of Roswell, site of the 1947 UFO crash that
some people say made history. When you get to Roswell you
can either take your bike to a campground, or park it at
a nice reasonably priced motor hotel so that you can spend
some time in the UFO Museum and Research Center on Main Street.
While there you can visit with some witnesses to the crash
and hear some fascinating stories, and take a side trip out
to the ranch outside of town where debris was found, and
some say small alien bodies were recovered. When you’ve seen
all the UFO sites you feel like seeing, you can visit the
Robert Goddard Museum next door to the Town’s convention
center. Goddard is the father of modern rocket science. He
performed many of his experiments in the desert near Roswell
and the museum is great fun. When you get done in Roswell,
then hop on the bike and go to Albuquerque near Holloman
Air Force Base, and then on down to White Sands rocket test
ground. New Mexico is full of interesting sites. If you head
up north, be sure to his Santa Fe and appreciate the Native
American arts and crafts on display.
Next stop on your bike tour should be Las
Vegas, Nevada.
The most exciting town on earth is just a hop, skip and bike
ride away. Here’s a chance to really gamble, or if you don’t
like to bet, then just stop in at one of the casinos to try
a very low priced, delicious buffet. It seems like all the
casinos have great buffets and try to outdo each other. You’ll
enjoy them all. Remember too that this is a town made for
entertainment. Try one of the shows on the strip, or a comedy
club or magic act.
Now, after visiting Las Vegas, it may be time to go on to
the one place that no motorcycle vacation can be complete
without visiting, Sturgis. The town of Sturgis, North Dakota
is legendary among those who ride motorcycles, and the town
people know how to make a biker welcome. Stop in for a root
beer and buy a T-shirt as a souvenir of your trip. You’ll
be glad you did, and you’ll remember your motorcycle vacation
for years to come. Hop on your big, be it hog or Honda, and
enjoy the ride.
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