This coffee table style book offers more than 250 full-color photographs of mountains, wildlife, historic sites and pie (pie?) that accompany a daily blog written while the author, a retired historian, rode his Harley-Davidson motorcycle on a trip many people dream about but rarely accomplish. The 11,000-mile ride began and ended in North Carolina but the real ride was the loop around the Rocky Mountains--all of them from New Mexico to the Yukon. The blog, read online by avid followers as the trip unfolded, records the awesome scenes and the thoughts they produced in a rider who has recorded more than 250,000 miles on two wheels. For anyone considering retirement trips, this beautiful book is a good place to start.