Convert A Google Map Route To A GPX File

We were thinking that it would be pretty cool if we could offer the embedded Google Map, PDF of the Google Map / Directions and a GPX file for the Extreme BikerMonkey rides.  This sparked a short search on the Googler and how one goes about converting a Google Map route to a GPX file. …Read More…

Flagstaff AZ Hotels or Motels…….Ideas?

As part of the planning process for the Extreme BikerMonkey Challenge “See The Creek” ride; been looking for a good place to stay in Flagstaff, AZ or close to it anyway.  The idea here is that the riders could possibly stay at the same place and we can get a discount rate and hang out…Read More…

Route 66 Ride – Awesomeness!

After posting yesterday on the Blue Whale on Route 66 in Catoosa, Oklahoma; Ron Milleman added a comment about a ride that he had done back in June of this year that traveled the old Route 66 so I thought I would share in a post!  Obviously I don’t get around very much; I hadn’t…Read More…

SmokeChasing…….BBQ That Is.

This past Tuesday we blogged about the Bikes, Blues and BBQ Rally in Fayetteville, Arkansas and Ron Milleman was gracious enough to comment and mention the Smoke Chasing Grand Tour.  Of course being the BBQ lovers that we are, we had to investigate further and this looks like a righteous motor scooting and BBQ eating great…Read More…

Putting The Pieces Together for "See The Creek"

My little monkey brain has been pretty consumed this past week working on the “Extreme BikerMonkey Challenge – See The Creek” event, so I didn’t have an opportunity to research a ride destination as I normally would do on Thursday.  Given this, I thought would provide an update on where we are at with this awesome…Read More…

Plotting The Next BikerMonkey Extreme Riding Challenge

I know typically on Thursdays I blog about some interesting place and how to get there.  Today however I have been plotting and scheming the next BikerMonkey extreme motorcycle riding challenge.  Given that we have hosted / sponsored two extreme rides now in conjuntion with the Iron Butt Association certification process and fund raising for…Read More…

Donut Mission From Heaven – Round Rock Donuts

I was just talking to a coworker the other day about Round Rock Donuts and it seemed fitting to blog about them today.  You maybe thinking Euless, Texas to Round Rock, Texas…..that’s 190 miles straight down the interstate of chaos (I-35); why that’s BikerMonkey insanity!!!  First off, this is certainly not beneath me and I…Read More…

Gruene With Envy Texas

Gruene with envy, hehehehe, I thought that was a pretty good play on words.  Anyway…… When I think of the heart of Texas I don’t think of Brady, Texas even though it is the center of Texas and they have a billboard saying, “Brady, The Heart of Texas.”  I actually go straight to Gruene, Texas,…Read More…

Texas Food Truck Festival & Biker Church

I know, normally we blog about some distant place to ride as part of the Thursday’s theme but, I thought these events were worthy of a blog post today. First, we have the Texas Food Truck Festival in Dallas, Texas, with 15% of the attendance proceeds benefitting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, North Texas Chapter. …Read More…

Roaring River & Eureka Springs – Here We Come!

In a couple of weeks Suzy Q, the kiddos and I are heading to Roaring River State Park in Missouri for a family get away and to celebrate Suzy Q’s dad’s birthday.  This has become an annual family trip since 1995 and is talked about months in advance and this year is no exception.  In…Read More…