Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing RoadWithin a ten-month period, Neil Peart lost both his 19-year-old daughter, Selena, and his wife, Jackie. Faced with overwhelming sadness and isolated from the world in his home on the lake, Peart was left without direction. This memoir tells of the sense of personal devastation that led him on a 55,000-mile journey by motorcycle across much of North America, down through Mexico to Belize, and back again. Peart chronicles his personal odyssey and includes stories of reuniting with friends and family, grieving, and reminiscing. He recorded with dazzling artistry the enormous range of his travel adventures, from the mountains to the seas, from the deserts to the Arctic ice, and the memorable people who contributed to his healing. Ghost Rider is a brilliantly written and ultimately triumphant narrative memoir from a gifted writer and the drummer and lyricist of the legendary rock band Rush. |
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... roads , I described the riding as “ way more entertaining . ” This late in the season ( August 25th ) the traffic was ... Alaska Highway , and after 622 miles I was glad to arrive at the Northern Rockies Lodge , on the shore of Muncho ...
... Alaska Highway , I stopped to marvel at the famed " Sign Forest , " where more than 30,000 town signs from all over the world were displayed in a vast open area , a custom apparently inspired by a single sign posted by a homesick G.I. ...
... Alaska Highway , the sky seemed full of mountains on every side , dominated by the white peak of Denali , formerly known as Mount McKinley ( after a president who never set foot in Alaska ) . At 20,370 feet , Denali is the highest peak ...