CBR600FSport Ride in the Azores

Shortly following the catastrophic attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the United States military activated many National Guard and reservists such as myself. I soon found myself on the fringe of Operation: Enduring Freedom (I prefer the original name, Operation: Extreme Justice), and was given open-ended orders to the Azores, a small group of islands in the Atlantic Ocean, belonging to Portugal. Being a relatively small island - we drove a car around the coastal road in an hour and a half - there was very little to do. There were, however, a few motorcycle dealers that managed to make a living there. This gave me a chance to ride a little while I was deployed. More...