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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... passed only once , 44 years ago , which demonstrated the fragility of the Arctic landscape . Amazing sweeping views from here : hills , rolling tundra , distant low mountains . The open area after Eagle Plains in crimson and rust colors ...
... Passed by here with Brutus on way to breakfast stop in Ixtapa , before his mighty crash . Experienced that whole day today , but in reverse . Passed 40,000 kilometres [ 25,000 miles ] today , during this long , long ride . Very tough ...
... passed from cold rain to hot sun , from Douglas firs to California live oaks to palm trees . That evening , as I walked back to the inevitable Best Western from a Carrow's restaurant , I passed under the Interstate and noticed 336 GHOST ...