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Category: Adventure

7 Challenges of Life on the Road

By lizjansen Posted on August 22, 2014 Posted in Adventure, Ancestor Trail Tagged with adventure, travel

With two and a half weeks on the road, I’m still getting my road legs under me. Already I’ve met wonderful people, had amazing experiences, and taken new roads through exceptional beauty. Still it’s a period of big adjustment. These …

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Fort Frances

By lizjansen Posted on August 11, 2014 Posted in Adventure, Ancestor Trail Tagged with travel

by Liz Jansen Fort Frances got on my itinerary “on the way” to South America because I wanted to visit friends here, and explore the area further. It’s a small town of 8,000, about 350 kilometers west of Thunder Bay, …

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Getting on the Road—The First Week

By lizjansen Posted on August 8, 2014 Posted in Adventure, Ancestor Trail Tagged with adventure, travel

Moving out of the driveway and getting on the road wasn’t so bad after all. Everything that had to be done was done, things that needed to be stored were packed away, Measha was at her vacation home, and my …

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Leaving the Driveway

By lizjansen Posted on August 4, 2014 Posted in Adventure Tagged with adventure, life cycles

by Liz Jansen As I write this on the eve of departure, mixed emotions flood through me. Leaving the driveway happens in the morning (Monday). At times like this, the best strategy is to focus on one day at a …

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16 Tips from a New Rider on Group Touring

By lizjansen Posted on July 22, 2014 Posted in Adventure Tagged with adventure, courage

by Liz Jansen Sharon Hunt started riding in April 2013. This year, she booked a trip to Alaska with MotoQuest Tours —her first group tour. After listening to Kevin Hagerty’s interview on the Wheels to Wisdom podcast, Sharon offered to …

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Setting Free the Past to Open the Future

By lizjansen Posted on July 14, 2014 Posted in Adventure, Ancestor Trail, Personal Growth Tagged with courage, freedom

by Liz Jansen I met Abigail twenty-two years ago at an SPCA foster home in rural Ontario. My husband and I were looking for our little Mickey who had disappeared and there she was, a little tortoiseshell kitten sharing a …

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Ana Forrest | Yoga for the Motorcycle Rider

By lizjansen Posted on July 10, 2014 Posted in Adventure, Motorcycle Tips Tagged with safety, yoga

Ana Forrest has been changing people’s lives for almost 40 years.  An internationally recognized pioneer in yoga and emotional healing, she’s also a Medicine Woman and author of Fierce Medicine. Ana created Forrest Yoga as she worked through her own life traumas …

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Creative Motorcycle Maintenance 101

By lizjansen Posted on June 20, 2014 Posted in Adventure, Motorcycle Tips Tagged with creativity, maintenance

by Liz Jansen When you ride a motorcycle, you have to be creative and resourceful. And those are skills we take with us into our personal and work lives. We asked readers of Motorcycle Mojo Magazine three questions about how …

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Overcoming Fear with an Off Road Riding Course

By lizjansen Posted on June 11, 2014 Posted in Adventure, Motorcycle Tips Tagged with courage, fear, safety, skills

by Liz Jansen I was terrified even before I got on the 125cc Yamaha TTR at the mid-week off road riding course. Six years earlier I’d gone over the handlebars and shattered my shoulder at this very place. Last year, …

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7 Easy Ways to Keep from Getting Stranded on your Motorcycle

By lizjansen Posted on June 10, 2014 Posted in Adventure, Motorcycle Tips Tagged with maintenance, travel

by Liz Jansen As exhilarating and freeing as it is to get out on the open road, there’s one big reality you can’t ignore: your motorcycle. They’re machines whose components wear with time and use. Follow these seven easy steps …

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