| Do you remember those dull family road trips | | | | Check out the amazing restaurants in Albuquerque |
| that you took when you were a kid? You were | | | | and Santa Fe. Park your bike and stop in a |
| stuffed in the back of a station wagon for days | | | | watering hole to absorb some local flavor and |
| at a time, following your parents' schedule. Now is | | | | ingredients. The Mexican-influence cuisine can be |
| your chance to redeem those miserable days and | | | | spicy. New Mexico is also home to Lincoln County, |
| see the country on your own terms. The United | | | | famous for its affiliation with Billy the Kidd and his |
| States is an ideal land to travel across by | | | | gang of marauders. There is plenty of picturesque |
| motorcycle. You can be your own boss and | | | | camping in New Mexico, especially near Cloudcroft, |
| choose your own adventures on bike holidays. | | | | where you can set up camp in the mountains and |
| You answer to no one on the open road with a | | | | rest up for your next day's travels. Camping is an |
| heavy hog under you burning up the pavement. | | | | ideal way to save on hotel fees. You can |
| There is nothing between you and nature. With | | | | purchase a light tent and sleeping bag that can |
| the sun on your face and the wind in your hair, | | | | easily be strapped to your motorbike. Travel with |
| you can have an intimacy with the landscape that | | | | bikes is also cheaper than travel in a car because |
| you couldn't enjoy in a car, train, or plane. There | | | | of all the money you save on gas. If you're |
| are ample routes to take on a motorcycle in the | | | | interested in the Civil War, there are plenty of |
| American West especially. An extremely popular | | | | battlegrounds to see on a motorcycle. You can |
| place to ride motorcycles is up and down the | | | | drive across the Wilson's Creek, Pea Ridge, and |
| Pacific coast. You can start in the cool air of | | | | the Westport battlegrounds in Arkansas and |
| Oregon or Washington and make your way down | | | | Missouri. If you are interested in staying on the |
| the coast to California. The Pacific highway is | | | | East Coast of the United States, consider taking |
| gorgeous, overlooking ocean vistas. Just watch | | | | your bike north across the border. There are |
| out for the drop - there are some curvy parts of | | | | beautiful rides through Canada and Nova Scotia. |
| the road. From California you can bike across the | | | | Just be sure to go in the summer because the |
| desert to Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Strip is an | | | | climate can be very cold up north in the winter. In |
| ideal place to sightsee on a motorcycle. Parking is | | | | summer the weather will be ideal - not too hot |
| free and abundant whenever you want to get off | | | | but pleasant enough to spend days on the back |
| your bike and try your luck in one of the city's | | | | of your bike, taking in the open air. |
| many casinos. You can bike through New Mexico, | | | | Concentrating on the area of Calpe, Ray Walberg |
| taking in the vast plateaus and deserts from the | | | | publishes mostly for . His work on Orihuela are |
| back of your ride. You can visit Roswell, the town | | | | published on his site . |
| where a UFO is rumored to have landed in 1947. | | | | |