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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...
    Yeah, Yeah, Maine's Pretty--What About the Writing?

    Yeah, Yeah, Maine's Pretty--What About the Writing?

    Today marks the start of our last week in Maine, and I'm already feeling nostalgic for a trip that hasn't finished. After next week,...
    Welcome to Owl's Head, Maine

    Welcome to Owl's Head, Maine

    Maine has a sort of mythology in my family. "You just have to go to Maine!" I can hear my dad saying back when I was in high school,...

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