The People Have Spoken! Top 5 Motorcycle Touring Routes

The People Have Spoken! Top 5 Motorcycle Touring Routes

Recently Northeastern Ontario presented a question to the masses: What is our best motorcycle touring route? Not an easy task, with thousands of kilometres of scenic roads that twist and turn through ever-changing landscapes and a wow list of highlights to keep you...
Playing Favourites – Highway 6, South Baymouth to McKerrow

Playing Favourites – Highway 6, South Baymouth to McKerrow

What’s your favourite Ontario moto road? A fair question given the fact that I spend a considerable amount of my time in search of just that answer. However, I think it would be a great injustice to all of the fabulous roads throughout Ontario to pick just one as a...
The Anchor Inn Hotel: From Prohibition to Present

The Anchor Inn Hotel: From Prohibition to Present

My first impression of the Anchor Inn Hotel, if I may reference a catch phrase from a well known eighty’s TV sitcom, is “A place where everybody knows my name.” It’s more of a feeling than a fact. After all, I’m just one of a few thousand faces that have visited...
Weekend Touring – Toronto to Manitoulin Island and Back

Weekend Touring – Toronto to Manitoulin Island and Back

Whoever came up with the idea that a weekend should consist of only two days obviously wasn’t into motorcycle touring. Everybody knows when it comes to touring, three day weekends are where it’s at. A day to get there, a day to explore, and a day to get back. Take...
Three Days on The Ride Around Nipissing (RAN) Tour

Three Days on The Ride Around Nipissing (RAN) Tour

Toast popping, cereal crunching, the smell of fresh coffee drifts across the room—this could be just another morning anywhere but it’s far from it. It’s 7 am on a brisk morning (-28°C to be exact) at Moonlight Inn & Suites, just south of Sudbury. Ahead of us is a...