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    Canada on a Motorcycle, Day 6: Spirit and Ghosts

    Canada on a Motorcycle, Day 6: Spirit and Ghosts

    There seemed to be so few dark hours in Banff. By 5:30 a.m., the sun was already gilding the edges of the window shades. Moose Hotel and...
    Canada on a Motorcycle, Day 5: The Road to Banff

    Canada on a Motorcycle, Day 5: The Road to Banff

    Photo by Adrian Collins Photography We woke up at 7 a.m. on the fifth day of our trip. By now, I had such little concept of what day of...
    Canada on a Motorcycle, Day 4: Zero Expectations

    Canada on a Motorcycle, Day 4: Zero Expectations

    Waterton Lakes is a town too beautiful, too idyllic, to be real. It's a movie set of quaint log cabins and flowerpots hanging from...
    Canada on a Motorcycle, Day 3: Camera-derie

    Canada on a Motorcycle, Day 3: Camera-derie

    Glacially eroded pebbles on the banks of Lake McDonald, by Adrian Collins Photography In the women's cabin, no one slept well or for...
    Canada on a Motorcycle, Day 2: The Silent Protectors

    Canada on a Motorcycle, Day 2: The Silent Protectors

    Somewhere in Montana. When our alarm went off at seven a.m., the motel room in Sandpoint was already bright with sunshine. I groaned, but...
    Canada on a Motorcycle: The Adventure Begins

    Canada on a Motorcycle: The Adventure Begins

    People look at you differently when you carry a motorcycle helmet onto an airplane. You're not just another girl, or another guy, or...
    Big Bend in the Dark

    Big Bend in the Dark

    Photo by Adrian Collins Photography I like to think I have an adventurous spirit, a tendency to say, Sure, why not? before, No, I don't...
    50,000

    50,000

    Photo by Adrian Collins Photography, Yosemite National Park First, let me address the elephant in, at least, my bedroom: It's been four...
    The Experiment Begins

    The Experiment Begins

    Photo by Adrian Collins Photography The diving board of my childhood pool was rough under bare feet and still stiff at the end, though it...

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