Gee I wish TravelPod had never closed I had this chapter written and went to add a photo and as so often happens it just lose everything! What is home?, What is a birth place? Does a motorcycle have a home? Does a motorcycle have a birth place? These were the biggest questions to ponder, research and wrestle with in plannig this epic trip. So I found myself in Minnesota in discussion with Polaris Public Relations, well to be honest Polaris Customer Complain...

Buffalo New York is one of six Buffalo cities in various States within the United States so we had to be careful to ensure we caught a plane to the right Buffalo and then this one has three international airports so really could become complicated but we arrived on time at the correct airport. Our carrier this segment was a budget carrier called Jet Blue in a Airbus A320 with less then 1/3 of the seats occupied. Why did i title this entry a dime a day city. For n...

We were often asked Why do you want to go to Buffalo New York State when in the USA so much more to see then an older city. Well in hind sight I could tell a furphie (gentle lie) and say because only for the third time in NHL (National Hockey League USA/Canada) Buffalo was hosting the NHL Draft (swapping and gaining new players for the next season). I could say we wanted to visit the Theatre District to see the 3000 seat Shea's Performing Arts Centre. Which we di...