of the best natured people on earth.
Over the past weeks I’d realised
that I may have embarked on a solo
adventure, but I had yet to be alone.
Once a person straddles a bike and
feels the earth below their feet, you
join an eternal family, no matter if
it’s a Crotch rocket, Cruiser, or Du-
el-sport. It doesn’t matter if you’re a
day, weekend, or long-distance rider,
you’ve felt the freedom of what a bike
can offer and that makes you part of
the family … and what a family we
can be! EM
Emmanuel is an unashamed addict
... addicted to travel.
With parents who encouraged,
parents who pushed in the right di-
rection Emmanuel set off and started
travelling, started exploring.
He discovered many things, yet
one thing kept coming back, his na-
tive USA, North America had very
little information on what to do and
see, very limited information on how
to 'explore' his home. With this in
mind Emmanuel packed up his bike
and started Riding The Unknown ...
www.ridingtheunknown.com
highway and left us to camp in the
middle of the Canadian Rockies. The
amount of tourists, all stuck, filled up
every camp site and hotel in the area.
We had no option but to camp road-
side.
We sat around telling our tales un-
til the wee hours of the morning, and
created a bond that would last forev-
er. A bond linked by the passion of
riding and exploration.
We were able to ride out of the park
the next morning and arrive at the
U.S.-Canadian border in Montana. I
stood there, thinking back on the past
few weeks since I’d left home. My
new friends and I soon parted ways,
to either finish or, as in my case, start
a new journey.
I reflected on the people that I have
met along the way, filled with that
same two-sided coin, not just from
the disbanding of the group, but also
for leaving Canada. It truly is a beau-
tiful country, one that is made for ad-
venture riders, and filled with some
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