Guy
Boutin's Motorcycle Touring and Travel Pages
Adventures in Sport
Touring with the Honda ST 1100, 1300 and the BMW 1200RT
Exploring North America...One Road
at a Time
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Guy
Boutin's Motorcycle Touring and Travel Pages
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My day to day trip journals The links below take you to my trip journals. Inside the folders are the day to day stories of a long tour. Each tour enriched my life, and subtly changed me. These are the stories of my experiences while discovering America, meeting great people, and making new friends. I tried to write each journal in such a way a reader can feel he is along for the ride. I wanted to convey in my notebook the excitement of seeing this country's most amazing scenery, and the thrill of riding 2 wheels across such a vast and varied land. The journals are chock full of the little things, because in the long run, they are what make each ride special. I write not only of the places I visit, but the people I meet. I've been so very fortunate to meet some really great folks, all over America and Canada. Pick a journal and take a ride with me. Together we will sample the thrill of riding twisty mountain roads from California to Nova Scotia, we will see stunning sunrises and sunsets, we will stand before the Grand Canyon, Crater Lake, the Golden Gate Bridge, and Ground Zero in New York City. We will ride under a canopy of New England fall color, visit great battlefields, our nations capital, and sample Key West beaches. You will be along for the ride as I battle fog in the Blue Ridge, and ferocious thunderstorms in the Mid West. Feel what it's like to blitz a lonely desert highway at 110mph. Bounce along with me as I conquer the bombed out roads of the Canadian Maritimes, and then we will relax in a quiet campground with steaks on the fire. All the above are contained in the stories below. Each journal is a personal treasure of mine because of the experiences within, each tucked away in a cyber hope chest. I hope you find them interesting. Check to this link if you need help finding a specific tour, or just want to browse the categories. The links on this page are sorted by year.
2008
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West
Coast Tour 2007. Crater Lake, Monument Valley, Montana and Colorado
Mountains, California. 8,000 miles and 19 days.
The Texas Tour. Riding the Hill Country, Coast, and Big Bend Park. 8
days, 3400 miles
The
East Coast Tour- West Virginia hills, coastal New England, Prince Edward Island,
Vermont Rally. Over 5,000 miles and 16 days.
The West Coast Tour 2005- Over 21 days, 8,000 miles, and 21 states. The
greatest scenery and roads in America.
The UK Ride. Eight day tour of Scotland and England. Fabulous riding and
fellowship.
The Fall Tour 2004. A trip through the Appalachians in glorious fall
color. Ten days, 3000 miles and 10 states.
West Coast Tour 2004. Western Canada, California. Plenty of
mountains, desert, and sport riding. 9,000 miles and 21 days. The biggest
and longest tour to date.
The
Southland Tour 2004. New Orleans, Charleston, North Carolina Outer Banks,
Florida Panhandle, Tennessee hills. Eight days 3,000 miles
New
England 2003- Touring the Ohio Valley and New England in a spectacular fall
season. Ten days and 4,000 miles.
The Great Lakes Tour 2003- Wisconsin dairy
land, Michigan UP, northern Ontario, Niagara Falls, upstate NY, Va and Tenn
mountains.
West
Coast 2003- Texas Hill Country, Grand Canyon, Zion, The Sierra Mountains, Idaho,
and South Dakota. Over 7,800 miles and 17 day
Maritime Ride 2002- Touring Nova Scotia, and New England
West
Coast 2002- Touring Yellowstone, Montana, The Palouse, Crater Lake, San
Francisco, Utah Canyons, and the Colorado Rockies. A dream ride for sure.
Washington D.C. 2002-A 8 day ride through Georgia and South Carolina to
Washington D.C.
Key
West 2002- A five day trip to Key West. Also visiting Miami and Orlando.
West
Coast 2001- My first cross country ride. The Dakotas, Wyoming, San
Francisco, Colorada. SS 1000 Iron Butt ride home.