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@bigtom13

Motorcycle Junkie. Sometime writer, all the time rider.

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bigtom13
@bigtom13 Apr 11, 2025, 7:41 PM UTC

There and Back

Sometimes I know exactly where I am going. In that case it’s easy, pick a route and go. More often I have an idea where I’d like to end up, and generally speaking a direction to go. Once in a while I…

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bigtom13
@bigtom13 Aug 20, 2023, 7:16 PM UTC

Dancing With Hillary

### There are two common ways to die in the desert. Dehydration and drowning. Craig Childs Normally, the only way to drown in my part of the desert is to ingest sand. Our sand is actually so fine tha…

663 upvotes 20 replies $30.58
bigtom13
@bigtom13 Jun 13, 2023, 5:04 PM UTC

Gnomeville's Mystery Part 7

### A Family Told Tale of Gnomes Presented by the Alliance Family(You know you want to click that link) one bit at a time Cereal fashion-or maybe that's Serial fashion. Wait until you've read my part…

209 upvotes 34 replies $7.76
bigtom13
@bigtom13 Sep 29, 2022, 9:52 PM UTC

Lane Creek, Oregon to Spokane, Washington

### Family in the Time of Covid What can I say about Lane Creek Campground? This is the 3rd time I've used it, and I seem to like it better each time. Well, except for having the creeping crud that i…

478 upvotes 5 downvotes 13 replies $56.41
bigtom13
@bigtom13 Sep 24, 2022, 6:33 PM UTC

Green Weekend

### Focus I need you to focus, children. On the green. I have occasionally been accused of category creep here on the weekend experience. Like having dealt with all the criterium is a crime or someth…

168 upvotes 9 replies $4.91
bigtom13
@bigtom13 Sep 20, 2022, 8:31 PM UTC

Wolf Creek OR to Lane Creek OR

### Shortest and Hardest Day of the Whole Trip 173 miles. Took me all day, and I was working hard at it. Of course, Covid complicated things. I think it took 4 rest stops to get it done. I'd ride a w…

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bigtom13
@bigtom13 Sep 10, 2022, 1:16 PM UTC

DIY Weekend: Under The Skin

### Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Revisited I may be working extra hard to follow all the rules of engagement, but even @galenkp can't make me be lineal so I'm showing the finished produc…

200 upvotes 11 replies $5.67
bigtom13
@bigtom13 Sep 8, 2022, 8:43 PM UTC

McCloud, CA to Wolf Creek, OR

### Wet, Cold, Hot, Dry. A Motorcycle Life. I say McCloud to Wolf Creek. Actually, I was about 10 miles from McCloud but it was closest so it gets the credit. It rained during the night so it took a…

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bigtom13
@bigtom13 Sep 2, 2022, 2:17 PM UTC

Trip Day 6: Good News and Bad

### In Which I Find Great Beauty and Stunning Ugly. I could not get out of Reno fast enough. The only good news on this morning is that the motel had flood lights on the whole parking lot to cut down…

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bigtom13
@bigtom13 Aug 27, 2022, 1:11 PM UTC

WE 116 I Have One Year To Live

### I pledge to follow the rules with scrupulous honesty. I always color inside the lines, and never ever commit a traffic violation so the least I can do is follow the rules here, right? OK. So I be…

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