“A MOTORCYCLE IS THE MOST AFFORDABLE PERSONAL CONVEYANCE THAT WILL HANDILY TAKE US TO PLACES AND ADVENTURES NEAR OR FAR”
Not too long ago, we were limited to travelling only as far as a horse or the wind on a sail could take us. Along came steam powered ships and trains, and then planes, and we could travel…well, anywhere we wished. Provided we could afford it.
Remember the “jet set?” I’m 69 and I recall my parents using that phrase to refer to those fortunate few who could afford to fly to places most could only read about in books and magazines like National Geographic. Now, the cost of flying somewhere is accessible to almost all of us and we take air travel for granted. Yet, given the gauntlet of travails just to get on a plane and the tortures that await us in flight, the novelty of flying has waned. Air travel is at best a hassle; at worst, a nightmare.
It wasn’t until about the middle of the 20th century that an extensive network of paved roads began to spider web itself across the U.S. and southern Canada, and made it possible — even easy — to take a road trip to visit
