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You DON'T have to have an account!! Happy! Real Happy! This picture is at 15,000 feet in Peru's famous Huascaran National Park. One of the most incredible experiences of my life.! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1499812564733-LHXR2152EHT20XSWLZJ4/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Hello and Please Visit Posts on Facebook. You DON'T have to have an account!! 11,000+ square kilometers of salt flats on the famous Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia. Epic! I camped out in the middle of this sucker and rode 78 miles to get across it to my exit. Amazing Place! http://www.inspiredjourney.life/blog/2016/11/1/backcountry-discovery-routes-most-of-washington-all-of-idaho-all-of-utah-and-most-of-arizona-with-jasons-creative-routing-to-get-to-the-official-routes monthly 0.5 2016-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1478141432507-G4YIF853PU48HC5GBKWD/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Backcountry Discovery Routes! Most of Washington, all of Idaho, all of Utah and most of Arizona with Jason’s creative routing to get to the official routes. Cascades and Goat Rocks wilderness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1478141557001-G0HCDLH6J7QS2M5XLDD5/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Backcountry Discovery Routes! Most of Washington, all of Idaho, all of Utah and most of Arizona with Jason’s creative routing to get to the official routes. I pulled off here just to get a quick pic of the rocks for perspective, but the truth is on a scale of 1-10 this little section represents about a 2 on the rockiness and size that was involved. It was challenging enough that in the tough sections I never stopped to get a picture because getting going again after a stop on these marbles can be sketchy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1478157846087-ED50FCMOASRRNO8BW35D/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Backcountry Discovery Routes! Most of Washington, all of Idaho, all of Utah and most of Arizona with Jason’s creative routing to get to the official routes. Another Fire Lookout at Trinity Peak. This is a quintessential shot of what the Idaho route was all about. Big, rugged, remote, stunning colors with vast differences in rock colors, water everywhere in lakes and rivers and hot springs galore! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1478155994015-DJ1D36CZCK4F7O8FJSC3/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Backcountry Discovery Routes! Most of Washington, all of Idaho, all of Utah and most of Arizona with Jason’s creative routing to get to the official routes. Burgdorf Hotsprings, what a place! Snowmobile, ski, hike or fly-in only in winter. There was a cabin on the property from 1865. Wow! This was my only true layover rest day of the whole trip and I soaked until I could barely walk back to camp, got some food and then repeat the process as many times as you can! Good for the body an soothing to the soul! I had some great conversations here too. People probably swam away thinking" boy that guy likes to talk a lot"! Little do they know I don't talk to people for days on end and so when I get a hold of somebody watch out! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1478152479556-1H4MWBTUL73VCL875ZCJ/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Backcountry Discovery Routes! Most of Washington, all of Idaho, all of Utah and most of Arizona with Jason’s creative routing to get to the official routes. The lovely Salmon River. Put this on your adventure list if you haven't been. I can tell you it's going on mine because I would love to get back and experience more of this River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1478142126366-A41R51OYD9PDTVQBDW6O/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Backcountry Discovery Routes! Most of Washington, all of Idaho, all of Utah and most of Arizona with Jason’s creative routing to get to the official routes. Looking east to Lake Chelan and the desert of eastern Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1478151837154-VUVZ9XMFPFWW6CXMZBBJ/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Backcountry Discovery Routes! Most of Washington, all of Idaho, all of Utah and most of Arizona with Jason’s creative routing to get to the official routes. I am so happy the sun has come over the ridge. It was 25 degrees on this morning and everything was covered with frost. I was painful on the hands to pack up and I remember wishing I can't wait till it warms up as I head south. If I think back to my idaho adventure experience this sums it up! Joyously challenging! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1478066754079-NL9WZR35HLE06PL9ZY9C/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Backcountry Discovery Routes! Most of Washington, all of Idaho, all of Utah and most of Arizona with Jason’s creative routing to get to the official routes. See the bike left side of pic. So, the other reason for no mistake mentality is I have been in the middle of nowhere a lot! In fact mostly! That view there was mountains in all directions as far as the eye could see. We are looking north here and we have been riding through those mountains for hundreds and hundreds of miles for days and days. The Idaho route was a tremendous amount of super focused 1st, 2nd and once in awhile 3rd gear riding on single lane narrow twisty roads for you guessed it! Days and days! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1478066602380-JIHMCA7522ZFB6R7D8DI/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Backcountry Discovery Routes! Most of Washington, all of Idaho, all of Utah and most of Arizona with Jason’s creative routing to get to the official routes. This particular climb was the real deal! Just wide enough for a four wheeler, super rocky and yes, no mistakes getting bucked off! By the way this is the highest drivable point in Idaho. Trinity lookout, 9,500 feet and stunning! Put it on your adventure list! You can camp at the nearby camp ground and hike up here too! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1478146294061-YL6BJ6VRJAW3L1WPXILR/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Backcountry Discovery Routes! Most of Washington, all of Idaho, all of Utah and most of Arizona with Jason’s creative routing to get to the official routes. Being by oneself in grizzly country with no car to climb in and no firearm was a little intimidating for me as this was my first time in grizzly country. But honestly, a lot of my travels this summer I've been in black bear country and so keeping a clean camp and hanging food at night have become regular activities. I lost some sleep in the beginning of these travels being overly sensitive at night and so anymore I just throw in the ear plugs, say a wildlife prayer and sack it out! I wonder if a Grizzly knocked a whole in that sign trying to disguise his handsome mug? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1478072757518-0BUKIP6S5XS3XM5RBPM5/IMG_9676.jpg Adventure Blog - Backcountry Discovery Routes! Most of Washington, all of Idaho, all of Utah and most of Arizona with Jason’s creative routing to get to the official routes. Nice colors ehh!! Just to report I have not altered any colors on any of the pics I have posted. All natural baby! Anyways, here is an okay example of the gear involved. Truthfully theres more over by the bike and the pile by the tent has already seen a good thirty minutes of effort, but hey you get the idea! Now go load all that stuff on that dirt bike! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1478141089441-YIRUV398N87PM08CQXAL/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Backcountry Discovery Routes! Most of Washington, all of Idaho, all of Utah and most of Arizona with Jason’s creative routing to get to the official routes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1478065592771-TUO0QIA07784HKQA1YKT/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Backcountry Discovery Routes! Most of Washington, all of Idaho, all of Utah and most of Arizona with Jason’s creative routing to get to the official routes. This picture has been and hopefully will be the theme for this 9 month leg with thousands of miles of dirt road riding and dream come true days of challenging adventure! The only thing I’ve noticed is the GPS doesn’t’ say south as often as one might hope. Believe you me, it has said north, east and west all to often! Especially when we decided to ride almost to Canada before turning south to aim for the tip of South America. This way really is the Long way down! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1478145863536-A63WFGQE3RFZ5OAMPJ6N/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Backcountry Discovery Routes! Most of Washington, all of Idaho, all of Utah and most of Arizona with Jason’s creative routing to get to the official routes. Super cool fire lookout with great views. Ya see that road off to the left there? You see the nature of those mountains out there? The route goes through there for 100's of miles and so you can see why things might be slow going. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1478142549850-4VA6XB3Q3LZXHDC9OAQD/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Backcountry Discovery Routes! Most of Washington, all of Idaho, all of Utah and most of Arizona with Jason’s creative routing to get to the official routes. Some of that Jason creative adventure routing! Bizarre area with silt, farming and notice the basalt rock clusters. Shortly after this it crested a slight rise and looked off to the east with one of those forever views! I got off the bike and took a picture and sent it to mom with this question, "Is this the way to South America!?". It was a funny moment to realize the nature of adventure ;-) http://www.inspiredjourney.life/blog/2016/11/2/mexico-here-we-come monthly 0.5 2016-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1478155712397-R94FEO2O70NVOVQO932G/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Mexico Here We Come! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1478153986793-DTC7MFMCB7WHFSKDA9O2/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Mexico Here We Come! Okay, front forks service, rear shock serviced, new wheel bearings in front wheel, rear wheel and sprocket carrier. New chain and sprockets. New chain guide and brakes. New rocker arms for the top of the motor, valve adjustment, fresh oil change, welded rack mounting point and lots of time going over everything tightening and buttoning things up. I wanted to say Thank you to Donnie at ZR-1 suspension in Tucson for his shock services, changing bearings and letting me save some money by pulling the bike apart and putting it back together. Great guy and great contribution to the Inspired Journey! Thank you http://www.inspiredjourney.life/blog/2016/9/5/2nd-half-of-summer-2016-5-week-inspired-journey-tour monthly 0.5 2016-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1473137360180-4KVXL4D7OHO3AJ35TFWR/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Two weeks at home, tons of chores, some fun, loved ones and here we go! Is that outrageous or what!? Holy modern iron horse! That their my friends represents one of the lightest with good torquey engine power adventure motorcycle's on the planet earth! I don't know what their riding on other planets but this one is neato! Technology these days is pretty impressive considering the first motorcycle was invented in 1885. They've come a long ways! Remember I am truly self contained and living off this sucker. And I'll be able to ride some pretty challenging terrain with all that gear on there and of course when I get somewhere and I can unload the gear, I really have a lightweight adventure machine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1473126609128-IENJ0OZDO6T16ZIIAMUS/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Two weeks at home, tons of chores, some fun, loved ones and here we go! This is just after installing the black accessory gas tank to up front to double my range to 300 miles. It would be hard for a non motorcyclist to tell but there has literally been hundreds and hundreds of hours of research and garage time to get it to this point where you see it in this picture. Oh yeah and thousands of buckaroos! http://www.inspiredjourney.life/blog/2016/9/5/ow0ifgu771xjkvy7o6x1dbjnmjc2cy monthly 0.5 2016-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1473181608073-MLEGW7KGSV4NTJ7E2KYB/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - 2nd half of the first five week adventure! I am not a big real early morning person, but here I have been up since 4:45. I'm already packed up, geared up and have ridden up the road to watch what turned out to be one of the epic sunrises of my life on Windy Ridge near Mt. Saint Helens. Words cannot describe how happy I am here. This is the last morning of my 5 week tour and I'm so glad I rallied and got out of the warm sleeping bag to experience this. You know, "going confidently in the direction of our dreams"! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1473224305904-F6T6XOEL946WUWB5JAN7/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - 2nd half of the first five week adventure! This here is one of my long time friends in life Brian. We were best pals in high school. Here his son Ryker is trying out my new Helinox camping chair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1473225150678-QCYDC62YAK3GKQGTJ9UU/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - 2nd half of the first five week adventure! Flathead lake just before the storm and rain started really kicking in high gear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1473225867717-HKTYCJL4O52UL20TMN9J/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - 2nd half of the first five week adventure! Mom and Dad's home sweet home is just a few miles down the road! The first leg of the Inspired Journey has been loaded with incredible adventure, people and moments that I will cherish! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1473183489728-9XKBAEL77AM2CB4VBLUS/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - 2nd half of the first five week adventure! This is Lands End Rd. You can catch it just south of Grand Junction Co. This was one of the epic dirt roads of my life! Keep in mind I have been fortunate to ride tens of thousands of miles of dirt. Right here I am standing at 10,000 feet on the area they call the grand mesa and the views were stunning. Also, I love birds and there were some falcons up here that were playing around with the wind lift. The would rise up several hundred feet in a matter of moments and then tuck and dive down the cliff at their insane 100+ mph speeds. It was so awesome up here it was hard to leave and there was hardly anybody around. Also, off in the distance across the valley is the road that leads to Gateway. Traveling thru here was liking jumping into totally different terrain and reminded me of the grand canyon only instead of rafting you were floating the pavement. Super Great! Can you see it out there? It's right out there! Maybe you'll just have to go check it out yourself. ;-) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1473225482698-BVXHT7X1JR8F8KUPP4KX/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - 2nd half of the first five week adventure! I had never seen a storm quite like this in my life. As I got closer out their to that sucker it was blowing really hard, and hairball bizarre lightning and huge banging thunder! Since I was the tallest thing around I bailed out chose to live over storm chasing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1473225747404-DYY4HM1X8PDW6XJ0YOZV/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - 2nd half of the first five week adventure! The final morning of the five week tour. This sunrise at Windy Ridge looking at St. Helens was a sunrise I will remember for the rest of my days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1473190594123-T3ZI0V4QTKJWDRC06O7T/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - 2nd half of the first five week adventure! The team here was nice enough to let me find some shade so I could some of the work myself to keep costs down and they remounted the new "free" tire for a discount to help out the inspired journey. The whole project cost $24. Thank you so much. I wanted to give a shout out to the guy who gave me the tire at "The Motorcycle Shop" in Steamboat. Thanks brother! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1473184474093-0X6C7WQJXT5Y9E3NAWCY/IMG_6517.jpg Adventure Blog - 2nd half of the first five week adventure! I left Colorado out the backdoor on beautiful dirt road 129 north of Steamboat Springs. This dumped me on the "closed in winter" scenic 70 in Wyoming which was a gorgeous run over 10,000 ft. and across the continental divide again heading east. This led me to Riverside, then north to the I-80 for a few miles to Sinclair where I turned north onto Seminoe Rd. Amazing road, part dirt and on this evening was one of the most amazing experiences of the 5 weeks. Nobody around, no wind, stunning geography and the quality of the light was of a Pixar animation quality. Life suddenly becomes surreal and dream like, separation ceases and the beauty of the moment melts the mind, interpretation stops and all of the sudden with out any effort it is quiet and graceful beyond words to be human. The colors in this photo have not been altered. Pure mother nature magic and it was an adventure gift to be out here this particular evening! http://www.inspiredjourney.life/blog/2016/8/11/colorado-colorado-and-coloradothank-you-thank-you-and-thank-you monthly 0.5 2016-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1470941687603-4FJ9XKT49XCSWX084TXJ/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Colorado, Colorado and Colorado=Thank you, thank you and thank you! Nearly 10,000 ft looking north from where I came. Huge View! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1470979738935-4T541PR1O0O64PE25S3F/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Colorado, Colorado and Colorado=Thank you, thank you and thank you! Just south of gateway! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1470943649827-M2WWJRDCYFXXF816OUFN/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Colorado, Colorado and Colorado=Thank you, thank you and thank you! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1470978671021-939A6QB8WUDDF3UJ4BN0/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Colorado, Colorado and Colorado=Thank you, thank you and thank you! Independence Pass on the way to Aspen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1470937975847-U8WC5PX9NVB07S13Z4S4/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Colorado, Colorado and Colorado=Thank you, thank you and thank you! Just before I got here it was raining so hard I could barely see! I almost wimped out and got a room but there was no one at the front counter and it was too expensive for this gypsy's blood! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1470937581224-AK2OLAQ38P9CSTCMWYKO/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Colorado, Colorado and Colorado=Thank you, thank you and thank you! The weather in Colorado is about as radical as any place I've ever been! I love weather and so this has been a real treat for me and also quite challenging at times! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1470943760786-9LNPEQ1PPPOPJAWARP7P/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Colorado, Colorado and Colorado=Thank you, thank you and thank you! Houdini was the name of the horse I rode. I wanted to mention his name as he was a good horse and I was thankful he took me for a ride! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1470978543167-WJYEQSVOO8W10FBEYGFA/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Colorado, Colorado and Colorado=Thank you, thank you and thank you! My first moose sighting! It was prime time because we were super close, but safely above on the road. Watched him for five minutes hang out and drink the creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1470943382573-H5Y8C2DSVAP1WYOWALFN/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Colorado, Colorado and Colorado=Thank you, thank you and thank you! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1470979191932-V8879B11GRJNIAXYHE2U/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Colorado, Colorado and Colorado=Thank you, thank you and thank you! The Mines of Creed. These folk were hard workers and the structures they built in these remote dangerous locations are impressive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1470943489645-TB9O3A9WAC7QJZKN3PBJ/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Colorado, Colorado and Colorado=Thank you, thank you and thank you! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1470946699390-NOLHRGD91FOW5MTMPS8V/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Colorado, Colorado and Colorado=Thank you, thank you and thank you! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1470979829152-VZ2TXBIRN39KKLOKMB5K/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Colorado, Colorado and Colorado=Thank you, thank you and thank you! Sunrise! Found this big awesome piece of Granite to camp on. The night sky and shooting stars were off the hook here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1470941887573-RB0FR8FJP4I4P1CJK6C2/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Colorado, Colorado and Colorado=Thank you, thank you and thank you! A guy from Italy took this picture of me. He had rented a motorcycle after he finished his business for a colorado tour. He was super nice and we shared a few moments and stories together. Hope to see him again on the journey of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1470939476369-K0A8IIKBSMX6Z6NPENVC/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - Colorado, Colorado and Colorado=Thank you, thank you and thank you! Cottonwood pass, just over 12,000 ft. This is like driving over the top of Mt. Hood ;-). http://www.inspiredjourney.life/blog/2016/7/23/the-adventure-has-definitely-begun monthly 0.5 2016-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1469331617745-WAIYWK16335GKZSGQPDU/image.jpg Adventure Blog - The Adventure has definitely begun! Just into Wyoming and looking down into the valley where Jackson is.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1469331890404-WIXXQBH8V9NUFWWCKN5C/image.jpg Adventure Blog - The Adventure has definitely begun! 8,000 ft in Colorado. Huge view down towards Grand Junction.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1469331814229-0WX3WBY4M2PO7UIDQ1SU/image.jpg Adventure Blog - The Adventure has definitely begun! Welcome to Colorado! Beautiful golden grasses and evening of thunderstorm clouds.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1469331243036-L7KLDL5G3BZYV32WX2J9/image.jpg Adventure Blog - The Adventure has definitely begun! Stanley Lake Idaho https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1469331972158-GT4P7NZY56UADJ92AGLO/image.jpg Adventure Blog - The Adventure has definitely begun! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1470543308196-8E4I6TS3ZGWTUVXENRR3/image-asset.jpeg Adventure Blog - The Adventure has definitely begun! Eastern Oregon! What a Place and not many people home :-) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1469331471652-D54WMKZHU6TW8R92N8MG/image.jpg Adventure Blog - The Adventure has definitely begun! Camp and garage for tire blowout that I had. Hopefully not too many of these on the adventure!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1469331326276-ZMLDG17M7CE4QJYYWQKV/image.jpg Adventure Blog - The Adventure has definitely begun! This was the road to slate creek hotsprings just outside of Stanley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1469332150886-JYR00Z0SXL8TXZA5T2RX/image.jpg Adventure Blog - The Adventure has definitely begun! This is where I am the very moment I update this blog. Only now it's dark and I'm sneaking glimpses of a thunderstorm off in the distance as I write this! Good times! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1469331740968-P09S40FW1YDNHBOQ63W7/image.jpg Adventure Blog - The Adventure has definitely begun! So many dirt roads!! So little time!  http://www.inspiredjourney.life/recovery-blog daily 0.75 2016-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1467488051212-KPAPR7682OM4EHXML6PV/IMG_3617.JPG Recovery Blog http://www.inspiredjourney.life/recovery-blog/2016/7/23/73de4ipepijpojsje55gjyxfawq2ni monthly 0.5 2016-08-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1469341104401-LHAY6M89KMWH1BUSBH49/image.jpg Recovery Blog - Keeping me on my toes! Remember life is a gift, albeit a challenging one. It helps me to stop everything for just a few moments, to take a few deep breaths, notice I'm alive, and be grateful for the moment and what I have. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1469330309171-3USPYMUGS1WGY3M127YP/image.jpg Recovery Blog - Keeping me on my toes! I went back for this shot as it will serve as a powerful theme for the rest of my journey and my life!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1469340518188-XDTBF2PZ59SCACOLDLPT/image.jpg Recovery Blog - Keeping me on my toes! Your welcome to ride in the sky with me! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1469340944051-395V288TXHI3YYLO8G8B/image.jpg Recovery Blog - Keeping me on my toes! 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The moment here is of my good friend Shane flying through one of the many corners on a 1,ooo mile Oregon moto ride. The best part is his father was on the ride with us and this is his shot and photoshop work. Does this shot inspire you? http://www.inspiredjourney.life/about daily 0.75 2016-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56b026fccf80a124897a9173/1454802002597-HS9ERFBDODUV5A4JE0OY/Image+2-4-16+at+9.41+AM.jpg Jason Baja!! Oh how I love Baja.!This is a classic Jason moment and one of those times where people often say to me "your crazy man!" If it looks like I'm in the middle of nowhere, I am! If it looks like the sun is going down, It is! Can't remember how it worked out, but it did!! http://www.inspiredjourney.life/gear daily 0.75 2016-07-18 http://www.inspiredjourney.life/support daily 0.75 2016-08-07 http://www.inspiredjourney.life/follow daily 0.75 2016-07-18 http://www.inspiredjourney.life/subscribe daily 0.75 2016-08-05 http://www.inspiredjourney.life/recovery daily 0.75 2016-08-05