Whooped. We’re pulled into a roadside hotel in San Rafael, Mexico, about 300 miles from the border at Eagle Pass / Piedras Negras. It’s the end of day two South of the border and it’s been the coldest two days riding we’ve seen this far. I thought it was supposed to get warmer as you […]
Travel Stories the Guide Book Won't Tell You
Congratulations! You've found the travel section of freewheelings. This is where it all started. Everything else on this site is based around and driven by our love of travel. Sit back and grab a cup of coffee. We've got some crazy stories to share.
Eagle Pass, Texas – Two Miles to the Mexico Border
1950 miles from Ace Adventure Resort we spend the evening in the Camino Real Hotel in Eagle Pass, Texas, two miles from the Mexico Border. The last two weeks have been incredible, dodging from small town to small town across the back roads of America. There are no words to describe the feeling of tooling […]
Ode to the Coleman 502
Dear MSR. I just want you to know that I think you are the biggest piece of junk ever designed by suburbanite camping yuppies in the history of the known universe. Do you remember that time in Alaska, 20 miles from nowhere, I had to gnaw on frozen food at –20 degrees Fahrenheit? How about […]
Motorcycle to South America–The 1600 Mile Report
I’ve done a my share of multi-day motorcycle trips in the past, mostly around the Southwest. I’ll be the first to tell you that nothing can prepare you for a motorcycle trip in the 5-digit mileage range. It’s hell on the body. Combine it with tent camping most nights and the toll just gets higher. […]
Hudgey’s – A Family Restaurant – Soul Food!
You know what’s going on in downtown Jackson Mississippi on a Sunday afternoon? Not a damn thing. The place looks like a ghost town. We got off in downtown Jackson hoping to find a little hole in the wall BBQ joint or something to satisfy the soul after a few days on the road camping, […]
Motorcycling the Great Smokey Mountains
Just because you don’t know where you are doesn’t necessarily mean you’re lost. In fact, sometimes it lands you in the best of places. The qualifications that accidently lead us to the Smokey Mountains were simple: It has to go South or West and it can’t be a highway. We used these qualifications to pick […]
Motorcycle to South America – And We’re Off!
There comes a point when preparing for every adventure that you just have to call it good enough and go. I remember getting the VW Bus ready to drive up the Alaska Highway it was the same thing. At some point you just have to call it good enough and do it. Today is that […]
Cheap Hotels of Mexico and Central America – Sjoerd Bakker
Every once in a while in the midst of what seems like endless and sometimes fruitless research you find the holy grail of information that you have been looking for in the oddest of places. Piecing together the details of a motorcycle trip to South America can be a frustrating endeavor. There’s a tidbit here […]
Motorcycle to South America–Gearing Up and a Little Wrenching
We are now 10 days from departure and getting excited, and a little nervous. Two people for 10,000 miles on a motorcycle crossing, in some cases, unsavory territory. What in the world do you bring? What can you bring? Space on this trip is limited, very limited – bare essentials only. I thought some of […]
Motorcycle to South America – Crossing the Mexico Border
With all the narco-trafficking, warring cartels and general unrest along the Mexican border making a safe crossing is high on my list. You hear what you’re willing to listen to. Johnny Cash said it the best: “Bad news travels like wildfire, good news travels slow.” Having spent my fair share of time south of border […]