NorCal Airstrips near Hot Springs

Mammoth Lakes, CA / Hot Creek

Mammoth airport is on Hot Creek road and the FBO is named Hot Creek Aviation, named after the hot springs 2 1/2 miles away. There is a gravel road shortcut leading east from the airport to Hot Creek r...

14th Mar 2025

Past Loves

Motorcycles I Owned

I was biten very early own by the motorcycle virus and have been riding almost on a daily basis for over 35 years. Here is the list of the bikes I have been fortunate enough to own:

Bianchi 50cc
Solex
Honda 80 MTX
Suzuki 125 RG Gama
Honda 705 VFR Carat
Yamaha 600...

4th Mar 2025

two-wheel-races

Moto Races

Desert Rose Race [Morocco]
Morocco Desert Challenge [Morocco]
Africa Eco Race [Morocco]
Dinaric Rally [Croatia]
Hellas Rally [Greece]

Support Teams

Nomadas Adventures

Bicycle Races

19th Feb 2025

Two wheels adventures with kids

Mountain Bike

There are many well designed websites offering detailed maps of MTB trails. They are a wonderful place to start but I often find they lack details on how kid-friendly trails are. How steep are the hill climbs? Can you expected advanced folks bombing past you? How short are the shorte...

11th Feb 2025

Skiing Tahoe with kids

Back to Tahoe, at the Ritz

Tahoe has managed to dissuade me from pursuing skiing as as hobby. I stayed away from its powdered slopes for over 10 years. Now I have kids and I somehow convinced myself that skiing was a bonding activity I ought to teach them Most ski resorts are a 4 to 6 hours drive...

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1st Feb 2025

Regis Bio

Faces of Natera

His passion for travel, design and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) took Regis Bectarte from France to the United States, Japan, Thailand and South America. He now lives in California, serving Natera as its director of UX design and research, user experience and product management. He shar...

26th Sep 2024

Solo Short NorCal BDR

About the Backcountry Discovery Routes (BDR)

In 2023 I was semi-randomly invited to the premiere of a cool documentary featuring motorcycle enthusiasts plotting the NorCal BDR. A few friends then began planning that ride in Sep 2024. When it became clear that I would not be able to take the 10 d...

3rd Aug 2024

Visualizing Life Data

Visualizing the activities, events or data elements that occur in a lifespan is an enlightening introspective exercise. I first caught Jon Snydal life and work steamgraphs on Linkedin and got curious on how they were produced. This led me to question what activity streams I would display on my own s...