"Sometimes you just have to get away. That unmistakable urge was already growing inside of Mike Krabal when he received advice from a wise soul of eighty-one years to 'get out more.' In October 2011, he traded his life in a small West Virginia town to 132 days on America's open road. This journal spans more than 17,000 miles and recounts every day in remarkable detail."--Page 4 of cover.

"Gillian Hodge goes to Rainbow's End Resort for some R&R after her promising career as a concert pianist is crushed, along with her right hand, after an encounter with a man on a motorcycle. Now she finds herself the reluctant rescuer to another one. TJ Benjamin finds himself stranded with a busted bike after wandering the country on his motorcycle for the past year after the deaf of his wife and the loss of his faith" --

Burt Munro, a Kiwi from far south New Zealand has been building and rebuilding his motorcycle for the last 40 years, dreaming of the day when he and the bike can go to Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats and see what they can really do. When Burt's heart goes bad on him, his dreaming is threatened to come to an end. Luckily, Burt is not ready to stop dreaming. He decides to mortgage his house and bring his dream to life. He and the motorcycle head for American...