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| Gareth Morgan Probably the noisiest of the bunch ? if it?s not his Harley misfiring then it will be him sounding off on some topic that only economists know everything about.... more... |  Send email |
Send email | Roger Clausen 40 years of farming means Roger brings practical skills to the expedition riders, a vital contribution. Community services highflier (awarded the QSM in 2004) Roger has been involved in proj... more... |
| Dave Wallace A very demur sort Dave, until there?s anyone around and then his larger-than-life persona takes hold and he quickly inspires everyone to do things their mother wouldn?t condone.... more... |  Send email |
Send email | Jo Morgan Of the seven riders Jo owns the fastest bike back in NZ, and has been on bikes before she was legal. But her penchant for two wheel vehicles tells less than half of the love affair -... more... |
'Backblocks America' is a roadtrip of discovery. From the Rio Grande to the Yukon, Bimini Island to Death Valley, we're on the continent of personal liberty, rugged individualism and frontiersman courage. Legend has it these are the values that made America. In these times of George W Bush, the Religious Right and the terrorist threat - how much of it remains?
They say you can cross the North American continent on metal roads still, you might have to open a few gates but it sure beats being locked up on the Inter-State. Our route meanders along as many of the secondary roads as possible cutting a north west diagonal from the outer reaches of the Bahamas where Columbus first saw land in 1492 and where one of Chinese Admiral Zeng He's fleets arguably sailed 70 years earlier than the Europeans.
St Augustine, Florida where the first European settlement was made in 1565 by the Spanish, is our commencing point on the mainland and we wander to the Alaskan coast on the Arctic Ocean, where much earlier the Indians arrived. Along the route we?ll take in the history and music of the South, from the War of Independence, to the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement, country music, rock and roll and the Blues. Into Mexico then up the Rockies from Santa Fe to Alaska. Finally turning south we ferry through the Inner Passage to the top of Vancouver Island and begin the riding down the West Coast to journey's end at Los Angeles. A trip of some 22,000 kms promises an education.
