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A reason to escape

ALMOST HEAVEN, WEST VIRGINIA… close to heaven but we continued searching. This trip was an escape from work and Covid lockdown restrictions in Indonesia, to get vaccinated, and for some rust removal from my riding because the last trip had been two years ago in Spain.

Being afflicted with a love for both cars and bikes it was an itinerary set to take in some shows and museums as well as some whiskey sampling for my partner Evi and fellow rider Jay. Riding out from New Jersey with Hertz Ride BMWs, an R1250GS and a K1600GA, the first day was to show up the one element

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