I loved my first long haul trucker.
I loved it like you might love your first great car.
I had about 35,000 miles on it.
Then I rode off a trail, down a wooded cliff, and a tree stopped us.
The frame was bent, and I had to put it down and replace it.

This is my first LHT at a ride-in campsite at Montauk Point in Long Island.
This is the route this bike and I used to ride around the Chesapeake Bay.