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A great motorcycle journey with a great writer observing, capturing the feel, taste, and sense of the country. This bike, based upon a pre-war BMW, has lots of mechanical problems and much of the adventure comes from how she handles those and the people she meets during those times. She understands that real travel isn't about a destination but the journey and she has a great one. --Dal Smilie, American Motorcyclist Association
Carla manages to instruct the reader on how to look after a motorcycle, vividly portrays the characters and communities she finds herself passing through, and conveys the passion for travel that underpins every traveler's need to follow the road. She takes every breakdown, every weird encounter in her stride with a sense of humor, an eye for the ridiculous, and incredible stoicism.All this, and sex and relationships, too. A great read! --Maureen Wheeler, Lonely Planet
Finally, an entertaining book written by an experienced and well-traveled woman motorcyclist. Carla King is a breath of fresh air providing a down-to-earth, honest view of a solo road trip through the United States. Motorcyclists, non-motorcyclists, women and men will find Carla's story both heartwarming and revealing as she tiptoes the lines between feminine woman and hardcore biker, flirty and reserved, carefree and responsible. Carla is a true hero, smiling every mile of the way, finding humor in the worst of circumstances. Readers will not only get to know and love Carla, but get to know themselves a little bit more in the process. --Genevieve Schmitt, Women Riders Now
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An exploration of the borders between the United States, Canada, and Mexico becomes a comedy of breakdowns in small towns all around America in this four-month, ten-thousand mile adventure. Experience moments of blissful backroads freedom, cultural connection, and roadside romance--interrupted by cracked welds, electrical gremlins, evil tow truck drivers, tornadoes, and hurricanes. From B.C. to the Blue Ridge, Boquillias to Beverly Hills, American Borders is a unique and intimate exploration of the United States and its neighbors.
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A great motorcycle journey with a great writer observing, capturing the feel, taste, and sense of the country. This bike, based upon a pre-war BMW, has lots of mechanical problems and much of the adventure comes from how she handles those and the people she meets during those times. She understands that real travel isn't about a destination but the journey and she has a great one. --Dal Smilie, American Motorcyclist Association
Carla manages to instruct the reader on how to look after a motorcycle, vividly portrays the characters and communities she finds herself passing through, and conveys the passion for travel that underpins every traveler's need to follow the road. She takes every breakdown, every weird encounter in her stride with a sense of humor, an eye for the ridiculous, and incredible stoicism.All this, and sex and relationships, too. A great read! --Maureen Wheeler, Lonely Planet
Finally, an entertaining book written by an experienced and well-traveled woman motorcyclist. Carla King is a breath of fresh air providing a down-to-earth, honest view of a solo road trip through the United States. Motorcyclists, non-motorcyclists, women and men will find Carla's story both heartwarming and revealing as she tiptoes the lines between feminine woman and hardcore biker, flirty and reserved, carefree and responsible. Carla is a true hero, smiling every mile of the way, finding humor in the worst of circumstances. Readers will not only get to know and love Carla, but get to know themselves a little bit more in the process. --Genevieve Schmitt, Women Riders Now
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An exploration of the borders between the United States, Canada, and Mexico becomes a comedy of breakdowns in small towns all around America in this four-month, ten-thousand mile adventure. Experience moments of blissful backroads freedom, cultural connection, and roadside romance--interrupted by cracked welds, electrical gremlins, evil tow truck drivers, tornadoes, and hurricanes. From B.C. to the Blue Ridge, Boquillias to Beverly Hills, American Borders is a unique and intimate exploration of the United States and its neighbors.
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