John’s thirst for motorcycle touring started when he joined CAM.  Married for 46 years, he and his wife Ann astounded their children and friends when they announced their plan to ride across the USA on a motorcycle.

Following months of planning, their trip begins in Los Angeles where they head North along the Pacific Highway to San Francisco on the way meeting zebras, elephant seals and sighting distant whale spouts. In San Francisco they have a joyous reunion with friends before they pick up a Harley Davidson motorcycle for the 3,500-mile trip to Washington DC. Their route takes them through Yosemite, Death Valley, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Indian Reservations, Gallup, Route 66 to St Louis and then Washington DC. They avoid a forest fire and a mountain pass blizzard but ride into a Mid-West thunderstorm and dense mountain fog. With wit they share the tales of the people they met on route including an introduction to the American  gun culture and how the early morning sun almost spelt disaster.”