Awake in Ankara

It’s 2:30 a.m. over here, and I’m safely tucked away in a nice hotel in Ankara, Turkey.  It’s only 4:30 p.m. back in So Cal, so I’m still wide awake after flying through the night (12 hours to Istanbul, and another hour to the capital).   I grabbed a few photos on the way in from the airport…

I know I haven’t posted a blog in about a week.  I’ve been busy…a week up in San Jose, the flight to Turkey, and of course, I’ve been completing Riding China.  The book is done.  I’m just taking a final sweep through the chapters to polish it up a bit before it goes to print, and that will happen within the next couple of days.  I’m excited.  The China ride was one hell of an adventure and I’m eager to share it with you.  I think I’m going to use a new cover photo, too, so the one you’ve been seeing will be replaced with something more representative of our grand adventure.  You’re going to really love reading Riding China.  It rounds out my trilogy of motobooks in the last year (5000 Miles At 8000 RPM, Moto Colombia, and now, Riding China).   I’m already thinking about the next ride and where I’ll go on an RX3 (perhaps Mars or Jupiter).   I’m not sure if I’ll do a book about the next ride.  What would we call four books continuing an adventure…a quadrology?

I’ve got great input from our CSC blog readers and customers, including one from good buddy Rob and another from good buddy Gary.   Watch for them here on the blog in the next few days.

Later,  my friends.