Road Trip Anticipation

Ready to go

Tank bag with map, St. Christopher medallion and labyrinth picture (Chapter 1, Girls Don’t Ride Motorbikes)

This photograph of my father is mentioned in Chapter 1, Girls Don’t Ride Motorbikes

Arrival at Presbyterian Seminary Labyrinth in Louisville, Kentucky (Chapter 3, Girls Don’t Ride Motorbikes)

Grass Labyrinth at Presbyterian Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky

Certificate of Appreciation from the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex, La Grange, Kentucky (Chapter 4, Girls Don’t Ride Motorbikes)

Sisters of St. Benedict, Ferdinand, Indiana

Children enjoy the Labyrinth at Sisters of St. Benedict, just as I had seen in a dream the night prior to my arrival. (Chapter 6, Girls Don’t Ride Motorbikes)

Round one-room building in the center of the labyrinth, New Harmony, Indiana (Chapter 7, Girls Don’t Ride Motorbikes)

Toby Evans, creator of the Prairie Labyrinth near Kansas City (Chapter 8, 9 and 10, Girls Don’t Ride Motorbikes)

Toby Evans and her dogs in the ‘Chanti Esti’ Earth Art design.

Starhouse Labyrinth near Boulder, Colorado (Chapter 14, Girls Don’t Ride Motorbikes)

Rocky Mountain National Park

Trail Ridge Road, Rocky Mountain National Park (Chapter 15, Girls Don’t Ride Motorbikes)

Rocky Mountain National Park

Motorcyclists Zigy and Dan rescued me during a hailstorm in the Rocky Mountains

Easy going descent to descent to Grand Lake Lodge, courtesy of Zigy Kaluzny (Chapter 15, Girls Don’t Ride Motorbikes)

Cruising the Rockies, courtesy of Zigy Kaluzny

Easy going descent to Grand Lake Lodge, courtesy of Zigy Kaluzny

West of the Rockies, US Route 40

Solitary Road, US Route 40

Welcome to Utah (Chapter 16, Girls Don’t Ride Motorbikes)

Near Wendover, Utah. After the Salt Lake heat inferno I relaxed to this mesmerizing view.

Labyrinth at the Mercy Center in Burlingame, California

Entrance to the Community Church of the Monterey Peninsula located across a golf course

Labyrinth at the Sycamore Mineral Springs Resort, San Luis Obispo, California (Chapter 26, Girls Don’t Ride Motorbikes)

Labyrinth at the First Methodist Church in Ventura, California (Chapter 27, Girls Don’t Ride Motorbikes)

Franciscan Renewal Center, Scottsdale, Arizona (Chapter 28, Girls Don’t Ride Motorbikes)

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Phoenix, Arizona, with friends Isabel Meyer (center) and Ulrike Bivins (left)

Sedona, Arizona

Sedona, Arizona

Sedona, Arizona

Great Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Great Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Dancing St. Francis at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis, Santa Fe, New Mexico

My favorite inscription on the dancing St. Francis

Private Labyrinth near Santa Fe, New Mexico

The Southwest's Supervolcano: Valle Grande, New Mexico

Valle Grande

The Evolution Labyrinth, Santa Fe, New Mexico (Chapter 28, Girls Don’t Ride Motorbikes)

Sign next to the Evolution Labyrinth

It was an honor to meet Elspeth Bobbs, creator of the Evolution Labyrinth

Ghost Ranch, Abiqui, New Mexico

Painted horse at Ghost Ranch, Abiqui, New Mexico

Labyrinth at Ghost Ranch in Abiqui, New Mexico

Empty Roads in New Mexico

The open road offers breathing space for my soul.

Chasing my shadow on endless straight roads in Kansas

Labyrinth at Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church, Weirton, West Virginia

Memorial stone for my dad at Labyrinth in Weirton, West Virginia

The journey continues on my new super machine, the 100 hp, 1250 cc Suzuki Bandit.