March 19-20 Quito

by | Mar 20, 2012 | Adventure Motorcycle riding

So Vacation started as my friend Diana arrived from Portland, Oregon to go out to the Galapagos Islands. I posted on my Facebook about 2 months ago that I would be in Ecuador and going on a cruise in the Galapagos….. Anyone interested? Diana promptly replied...

Vacation starts March 18th

by | Mar 19, 2012 | Adventure Motorcycle riding

Young James…. Wrapping up a video editing project and thinking it is too early for a photo. Here is the video of our “scooter ride around Quito”. Young James edited many Gigabits of data to share the day!! Freedom Riders Quito HD Hey Guys Another...

March 16th. Storing my bike

by | Mar 17, 2012 | Adventure Motorcycle riding

I had arranged to store my bike at a families home outside of Quito. Prepared the bike for the 4 month stay, and Antonio and his daughter arrived at 9:30 Am to guide me to their home. Meyta Spoke english so that was helpful! I left Young James Bike and Hectors and...

March 15th Equator Monument .

by | Mar 16, 2012 | Adventure Motorcycle riding

In our exploring around Quito we had wanted to find the other Equator Monuments. We rode about 1.5 hours north toward Cayambe to find the one on the Panamerica Hwy. Somehow on our ride down we did not see it, although you cross the equator many times as the road...