The roads we seek. The people we meet. The webs we weave.

For the last two years, my closest friends and I have taken a cross-country motorcycle adventure finding us somewhere beautiful for the summer solstice. We’ve affectionately coined this annual ride our Solstice Shakedown, and at some point we decided these trips should take us across all 48 contiguous state lines together. This year we will be crossing every state line in the northeastern United States.

In episode one, you’ll learn a little bit more about how we start to plan these trips, as well as meet Sarah Potter, my big-smilin, mile-makin, ride-or-die road dog. Sarah and I live in lovely East Tennessee, and you’ll hear all about what makes riding motorcycles in this little slice of Smoky Mountain heaven so appealing to people from all over the world, but especially to everyone who lives here.

If you can read this… hop on the back and come along for the ride.