From Zaragoza to Medjugorje: a ferry, Italian motorways, and 9 kilometers of pure Croatian misery “Updated in May 2026 with new information about the trip preparation.” Every motorcycle trip needs a why. This one was clear from the start: go to Medjugorje, in Bosnia, as a pilgrimage. A long trip, solo, with everything that involves
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Updated May 2026. A very personal trip: from Zaragoza to Medjugorje in Bosnia, crossing France, Italy, Slovenia and Croatia, and back the same way. Miles of road on this motorcycle route through the Balkans, and plenty of time to think. Here are the two posts from this trip: 🏍️ Motorcycle Ride Through the Balkans: From
From the 2002 trip to the 2023 one June 26 to July 13, 2023 JP and where it all began “Updated in May 2026 with new information about the trip preparation.” Before talking about routes, mountain passes and bison, we need to talk about JP. JP is the friend I took this trip with. Just
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“Updated in May 2026 with new information about the trip preparation.” USA 2023 – Day 1, June 29 We were off! On June 29 we left JP’s house. His family made us a farewell video. JP was carrying his 50-liter BMW bag. I had the red 40-liter Ortlieb bag, and the side cases packed with
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USA 2023 – Day 2, June 30 “Updated in May 2026 with new information about the trip preparation.” An Early Start While the first day had Mt. Rainier and its national park as the star, day 2 had a different star: Route 12. It’s a route that runs from Kooskia to Lochsa Lodge (see the
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USA 2023, Day 3 – July 1 “Updated in May 2026 with new information about the trip preparation.” A transit day… but not entirely On a long trip, some days exist purely to get you from one place to another. Day 3 was one of those. No major attractions on the map, no planned stops,
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USA 2023, Day 4 – July 2 “Updated in May 2026 with new information about the trip preparation.” The plan: a pass among the best in the world There were days on the trip you knew from the very start were going to be special. This was one of them. The plan was to enter
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USA 2023, Day 5 – July 3 “Updated in May 2026 with new information about the trip preparation.” 8:00 am and the two hardest dollars of the trip The day before, a couple we’d met gave us an important heads-up: to enter Glacier National Park by motorcycle, the annual pass alone wasn’t enough. You needed
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USA 2023, Day 6 – July 4 “Updated in May 2026 with new information about the trip preparation.” The day we chose the desert After the days in Yellowstone and Grand Teton, it was time to turn north, toward Glacier National Park. Stevensville, south of Missoula, was the midpoint. And to get there, we had
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This is where our bikes slept in the cabin, like a couple of queens, USA 2023, Day 7 – July 5 “Updated in May 2026 with new information about the trip preparation.” The shortest day of the trip Not every day on a long trip has to be epic. Sometimes the smartest plan is the
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