Raven's Roads
Living an interesting life: the travels and musings
of motorcycling author Linda R. Moore

Jun 28, 2007

Andy from Alexandria, Virginia

Okay, I’ll admit that I was a bit skeptical. I’ve done a fair bit of long distance driving, and you see lots of motorcycles out on the road, so my thought was “what’s the big deal?” Now I understand. Riding a motorcycle sounds far more challenging than driving a car on the same patch of highway. I never considered the impact that the wind and road surfaces would have on a vehicle that requires the operator to maintain its balance. I now have a new respect for the skill and endurance of those long distance riders I see on the road.

In addition to the insights into what its like to ride a motorcycle on America’s highways, this book provides some very nice glimpses into the quiet places in the American Southwest. I visited some of the same places with my family as a teenager, which is clearly the wrong age to do so, as I failed to fully appreciate the power of these places. Here we get an intimate glimpse of how the power of this landscape helped change the author as she adventured through the desert on her own. This is both a physical journey through the Southwest, and a personal spiritual journey of discovery, and its fun to be invited along for the ride.