25,000 miles · One motorcycle
The long way home.
A journey around the world became a story about grief, family, stubbornness and the people who help when everything goes wrong.
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The $500 Bet and How I Met My Father
After my father died and I sold the flight school I had built, I left Tennessee on a motorcycle and headed east. The route crossed Europe, the Alps, Russia and Mongolia before finally bringing me back home.
The ride included dangerous roads, crashes, breakdowns, improvised repairs and strangers whose generosity changed the entire journey. This book is the story that came back with me.
The route
Around the world, one problem at a time.
The plan was simple: leave Tennessee heading east and arrive back home roughly 25,000 miles later. Reality supplied the rest.