So to celebrate my 50th birthday – no, really – I decided to ride Route 66 from Chicago to LA on a Harley.

Full details of my trip can be found on this blog of mine.

I’d thought about taking a model along, but the strenuous schedule – just under 3,000 miles (with detours to the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas) in 11 days – wouldn’t have allowed sufficient time for setting up the shots properly, so I went alone. And what an epic adventure it was!

One or two snaps have found their way into the Scenic portfolio.…