Destination Unknown

20 years ago, I started a second career as a motorcycle journalist, and I’ve been lucky enough to see many of the beautiful places in the world and publishing stories and photos of my adventures. I’ve started documenting my bicycle adventures in a similar fashion, and will be sharing those stories here. Please join me.

“The idea is to die young as late as possible

Ashley Montagu

The Latest Stuff…


  • Don’t do it man! She’s not worth it! She’s just an egg! There are other eggs in the basket!, originally uploaded by john m flores. Via Flickr:And if you do choose to jump, can you leave the salt?


  • If a plastic bottle falls in the woods and nobody’s around to hear it, does it just disappear?, originally uploaded by john m flores. Via Flickr:No.


  • The future is hazy, originally uploaded by john m flores. Via Flickr:Start the New Year doing what you want to do that year. Carry it through.


  • Humpty Dumpty sat on the bookshelf next to the motorcycle books, originally uploaded by john m flores. Via Flickr:There is no color in winter, so instead of fighting it I will embrace it. This shall not be the winter of my discontent. This shall be the winter of black and white.


  • Mugs, originally uploaded by john m flores. Via Flickr:With black and white I will hone my sense of shape and form and figure and ground. My Panasonic cameras will get more excercise than the Pentax K-5 simply because I can view and compose in black and white on their digital screens.


  • We stopped sending out cards years ago – too much work LOL! Instead, we try to put together a holiday video card every year. Guess what – it takes as much work, if not more! Shot with a Pentax K20d + DA* 50-135 F2.8 (me) and a Pentax K-x + DA* 16-50 F2.8 (my wife).…


  • WANTED: Anything Old, originally uploaded by john m flores.


  • Logan puts candles into his dad’s cake, originally uploaded by john m flores. Via Flickr:The built-in flash of the Panasonic GF2 can be pointed up towards the ceiling, which helps get rid of that “taken with the built-in flash” look. Combine this neat bounce capability with a little shutter dragging to balance ambient light against…


  • Logan puts candles into his dad’s cake, originally uploaded by john m flores. Via Flickr:The built-in flash of the Panasonic GF2 can be pointed up towards the ceiling, which helps get rid of that “taken with the built-in flash” look. Combine this neat bounce capability with a little shutter dragging to balance ambient light against…


  • Dawn at Airport Camp, Canyonlands, Utah, originally uploaded by john m flores. Via Flickr:Sometimes I jump too early, like the time when I jumped into digital photography with the now-laughable Sony Mavica FD-7. I’m being generous by calling it a camera, when in reality it was an electronic device built by a company that made…