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NickB

@motomd.bsky.social
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Half-fast motorcycle traveler, half-assed amateur photographer, nature and history, birds and insects, national parks, avid procrastinator. All pictures I post were taken by me, unless otherwise noted.

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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 3h
It was a great trip! Saw many amazing landscapes and rode many new-to-me roads, so all goals accomplished!👍
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 5h
Grandstaff Campground, on the Colorado River, Moab, #Utah. Sep '26 (Didn't realize until this trip how matchy-matchy my tent and bike are. Unintentional, I swear.) #MotocampingMonday #motosky #motorcycle #camping #photography
A motorcycle and tent, both gray and orangey-yellow, set up in a shadowed campsite with the rising sun illuminating a high canyon wall in the background.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It was wild; every step gave a new and unique viewpoint.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Antelope Canyon is awesome, in the true meaning of the word. If you're ever in the area, you owe it to yourself. #Navajo Nation, near Page, #Arizona. #photography #stunday #antelopecanyon
View of an Arizona sandstone slot canyon.View of an Arizona sandstone slot canyon.View of an Arizona sandstone slot canyon.View of an Arizona sandstone slot canyon.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The Watchman, Zion National Park, #Utah 30 Sep '26 #photography #stunday #zion #nps
A massive jagged rock mountain in the distance looms over a bucolic dry wash with grass an trees in the foreground, and a bike path bridge spanning the wash with a peek at the Virgin River underneath. Under a pale blue sky.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Thanks!
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Love those trees!
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A young ent photobombing my picture of #weather over Bryce Canyon NP. #BlueSkyArtShow #NPS #photography #Utah
Under overcast skies, a small pine tree with exposed roots seems to walk on its tiptoes on the rim of a natural amphitheater full of hoodoos at Bryce Canyon National Park.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
👍Nice picture!
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yep! I did and it was amazing; the tunnel has windows so you get views from inside the tunnel! So cool!
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I wish I was still there!
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Zion National Park 30 Sept '26 #motosky #motorcycle #photography #Utah #Zion
A blue motorcycle trike rolls through a sweeping left-hand curve coming toward the camera, while to the left  a yellow motorcycle sits parked on the shoulder directly facing the viewer casting a stark shadow toward the road. In the background is a steep scrub-covered hillside with a massive rock formation rising vertically above it.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Thanks!
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Thunderbird Restaurant, Home of the Ho-made Pies! 😂 Mt. Carmel, #Utah Photo taken a week ago. #WeekNforNeon #AlphabetChallenge #Photography
A bright multi-colored neon sign reading "Thunderbird Restaurant - Home of the Ho-made Pies." There is a stylized neon bird on top of the sign, and a pin-up girl holding a pie below it.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yeah, someone up there's been smiling on me!
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Canyon View campground, Navajo National Monument, #Arizona. A beautiful campground, and it's free! Oct '26 #MotocampingMonday #motosky #motorcycle #camping #photography
A motorcycle and tent among bristlecone pines on a sunny morning.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I love reminiscing about roads ridden, but I'll always prefer the next road I'm about to ride!
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thanks!
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Carson National Forest, #NewMexico #motosky #motorcycles #photography
A motorcycle parked next to a sign for Carson National Forest, with a curvy road running through grassland into the distance. Blue sky and bright sun.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The aspens are turning in Carson National Forest, northern New Mexico. #photography #NewMexico
From an overlook, a pine and aspen forest stretches toward mountains far in the distance. The aspens are turning yellow.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I think the shadow looks a bit like the profile of an ancestral spirit watching over the site.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Betatakin, Navajo National Monument, #Arizona 2 Oct '26 #NavajoNation #NPS #photography

A view from across a canyon looking down into an enormous cliffside alcove containing buildings constructed by the Ancestral Puebloan people in the 13th century.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Absolutely! Wish I could ride out here more!
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Made it to Zion National Park today. Rode in on the Zion-Mt. Carmel Road (amazing ride!), but now it's closed due to a rockfall that took out about 50 feet of road! Picture is on that road this morning. 30 Sept '26 #motosky #motorcycle #photography #MotoGuzzi #Utah #Zion
A motorcycle parked on Zion - Mt. Carmel Road, Zion National Park. Massive cliffs an rock formations in the background.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Knock on wood, the bike's been flawless!
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thanks! It's been amazing! I just discovered Utah Route 12 from Torrey to Escalante today. What a great road!
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Overlooking Waterpocket Fold from Slick Rock Divide in Capitol Reef National Park. 28 Sept '26 #motosky #motorcycle #photography #MotoGuzzi #Utah
A motorcycle parked at an overlook with massive cliffs in the distance and puffy white clouds in a blue sky.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Made it to Utah today, after a beautiful ride through the Rockies. This photo is on Utah State Route 128. 25 Sept '26 #motosky #motorcycle #photography #MotoGuzzi #Utah
A motorcycle parked by a two lane road running through a rocky canyon under blue skies.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Red Rocks Amphitheatre 24 Sept '26 #photography #Colorado
The northern rock outcropping at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, with a section of the seating area in the foreground, under overcast skies.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And what a beauty it is! Money well spent.👍 (As a fellow Guzzi rider I may be a bit biased, but not wrong.)
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
And visitors can add to the ball!
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Here's to a thriving journey! 🥂
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Making progress. Forecast says rain in the mountains tomorrow so I may hang back for a day to let it pass. 23 Sept '26 #motosky #motorcycle #photography #MotoGuzzi #Colorado
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thanks!
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
They're definitely easy to read. 👍
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Of course I had to stop... 22 Sept '26 #motosky #motorcycle #photography #MotoGuzzi
A motorcycle parked in front of the world's largest ball of twine, Cawker City, Kansas.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tonight's campsite at Milford State Park, #Kansas Sept '26 #MotocampingMonday #motosky #motorcycle #camping #photography
A motorcycle parked next to a tent at a lakeside campsite at dusk.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Today's view of St. Louis from the top of Monk's Mound, Cahokia Mounds UNESCO world heritage site, #Illinois #photography #Cahokia whc.unesco.org/en/list/198
A hazy shot of St. Louis in the distance, taken from the top of Monk's Mound, Cahokia Mounds
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
No, I'd been there many years ago (no gray in my beard in this pic) so decided to go see Grandview instead. I'm just passing through on my way out to your neck of the woods actually (if all goes well)!
A nearly twenty year old picture of me on the old New River Gorge bridge, with the new New River Gorge bridge in the background.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The appropriately named Grandview Overlook, New River Gorge, West Virginia. #photography #WestVirginia
An elevated view of a bend in the New Rive, with railroad tracks following the curve.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#Motosky
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
After a year with the Guzzi, I'm *finally* getting to do a proper tour with it. 😀 Left home today and am camping near Sandstone Falls, New River Gorge National Park, #WestVirginia. Heading west; will post updates along the way.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I think this is my favorite shot from last week's Ocean City, #Maryland, bike week. 9 Sept '26 #motosky #motorcycle #photography #OCMDBikeWeek #MotoGuzzi
A yellow and gray Moto Guzzi Stelvio motorcycle parked by the Ocean City, Maryland, inlet as a power boat enters from the Atlantic Ocean in the background.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I'm looking forward to capturing some new motocamping pics soon. 👍😉
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Lake Alma State Park, #Ohio Aug '24 #MotocampingMonday #motosky #motorcycle #camping #photography
A black motorcycle parked by a tent and a picnic table covered with gear.  The campsite is backed by a dense green forest (and an ugly electrical box).
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Bread Zeppelin
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Ocean City, #Maryland 9 Sept '26 #motosky #motorcycle #photography #OCMDBikeWeek #MotoGuzzi
A grey and yellow motorcycle parked next to the Ocean City, Maryland inlet as a powerboat passes by.
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#OTD in 1916, Augusta & Adeline Van Buren completed their 5500-mi, 60-day trek across the US on motorcycles. Why? They wanted to prove women could serve as military dispatch riders. While it was a "no" in #WWI, British & US militaries actively recruited women for military dispatch riders in #WWII.
A black-and-white photo montage of Augusta Van Buren (1884–1959) and Adeline Van Buren (1889–1949), celebrated for their historic 1916 cross-country motorcycle expedition. The upper half features two side-by-side close-up portraits. On the left, Augusta tilts her head back, smiling brightly with a joyful expression, wearing a leather riding jacket and an aviator-style leather helmet fitted with large goggles pushed up on her forehead. On the right, Adeline smiles warmly directly at the camera, similarly clad in a rugged leather jacket and a streamlined leather pilot's cap. The larger lower image captures a wide shot of both sisters paused along a dirt road during their trek. They sit astride their fully packed Indian Powerplus motorcycles, which are laden with canvas gear bags, including one clearly stenciled with "COAST TO". They wear heavy, utilitarian riding suits with breeches and tall boots. They are positioned on a high vantage point overlooking a rolling, rural valley with a winding path and sparse trees under bright daylight. The composition beautifully pairs their personal, triumphant expressions with the gritty, vast reality of their journey, evoking an adventurous, barrier-breaking mood of immense historical significance.
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Thanks! Best part, it was free! A couple other riders showed up later and we had a great campfire story session.😆
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NickB @motomd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Terrible picture, but a beautiful streamside campsite near Damascus, #Virginia May '22 #MotocampingMonday #motosky #motorcycle #camping #photography
A tent pitched in a wooded streamside campsite with a black motorcycle parked on the foreground.
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