Category Archives: Travel

Gone Riding, Part 6 – Wreck-It Ralph

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

Uh-oh, that title sounds ominous… This is one of a series of blog posts about my summer motorcycle travels. We had breakfast at The Corner, arriving as the early rising contractors doing mineral and energy work were leaving  from eating … Continue reading →

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Gone Riding, Part 5 – Yellow Pine and the Idaho Backcountry Discovery Route

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

This is one of a series of blog posts about my summer motorcycle travels. One of the primary goals of this trip was to ride a substantial portion of the Idaho Backcountry Discovery Route (BDR), a dirt and back road … Continue reading →

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Gone Riding, Part 4 – I want to be George when I grow up

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

This is one of a series of blog posts about my summer motorcycle travels. The night we were in Mountain Home, Howard decided that he would have to replace the chain on his KTM 1190 motorcycle before we headed out … Continue reading →

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Gone Riding, Part 3 – Ralph and Howard Have a Science Day

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

 This is one of a series of blog posts about my summer motorcycle travels. My former student Howard arrived up from Texas (He’s my riding buddy who went with me to the Yukon and Alaska two years ago) on the … Continue reading →

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Gone Riding, Part 2 – Unexpected Pleasures

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

This is one of a series of blog posts about my summer motorcycle travels. So far, Phase 2 of my summer travels have been going well. But it is always wise to keep in mind my motto of “Proceed as … Continue reading →

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Gone Riding, Part 1 – Why do I ride?

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Ralph Hanson

This is the first in a series of blog posts about my summer motorcycle travels. It was written in a motel room in Idaho Falls, Idaho. There’s an old Harley/motorcycle meme out there that says, “If I have to explain … Continue reading →

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A Motorcycle Ride to the United 93 Memorial on a Rainy Summer Day

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

This has nothing to do with the media. It’s a brief story about a ride I took on my motorcycle to the United 93 Memorial on a rainy June day back in 2004. It was written shortly after I had … Continue reading →

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Guest Blog Post: When a bomb explodes

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Ralph Hanson

Editor’s Note: The following blog post is from my old, old friend Dr. Chris Allen, who is a broadcast journalism professor at University of Nebraska – Omaha.  For years he’s been traveling around the world as a media scholar and to take … Continue reading →

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A Motorcycle Ride to the United 93 Memorial on a Rainy Summer Day

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Ralph Hanson

This has nothing to do with the media. It’s a brief story about a ride I took on my motorcycle to the United 93 Memorial on a rainy June day back in 2004. It was written shortly after I had … Continue reading →

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The road goes ever on…

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Ralph Hanson

I had a lovely dinner last week with my editor Terri and marketing person Jill who were attending the AEJMC convention in Minneapolis,  and they asked me to do a couple of things – one of which was to get … Continue reading →

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