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