Dirty Dirt Bikes - Or why I didn't surf on Saturday

Each year at the end of June, Touratech-USA, the ADV motorcycle outfitter I work for, hosts the 'Pacific Northwest Adventure Rally,' an off-road event in the woods near Leavenworth. The rally, now in it's third year, sees some three hundred dual-sport enthusiasts descend on this sleepy Bavarian village.

I wasn't able to attend last year, as I spent the weekend sorting out our Silver Swede, but this year, free from car crashes and crazy bitches, I managed to pack up some camping crap, don a dirt bike and head into the hills for three days of motorcycle riding and misbehaving.


Base Camp.

Dirty Dirt Bike.

Forest Service.

Pride?

On my way up...

Blow Hole.

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