Once Around the Block - Steve Mason

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4.9 • 915 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Several years ago, Steve Mason and some good friends spent five months on the road, an exceptional trip riding through foreign lands and crossing borders. When it was over, they headed home and got back to normal life. But as you can imagine, this didn’t scratch an itch so much as kindle a flame. And for Steve, returning home was bit rough. He had quit his job before he left, spent a good junk of money on the trip and had a family that depended on him. It was difficult getting settled in again and he couldn’t shake that desire to get back on the road. He just had to figure out how to make it work so that he didn’t come home and have to start everything all over again. And this time, he wanted more… he wanted the round the world trip. Photos and links for this episode can be found on our website at adventureriderradio.com. Adventure Rider Radio is the original and longest running adventure motorcycle and travel podcast and has been produced weekly since 2014! You can count on us to be there for you every Thursday with a new and exciting episode, we never miss a week. And we hope we can count on you for your support. Become a Patreon supporter for just $5 a month and get a sticker and ad-free listening. Make a one time donation of just $10 and we'll send you a sticker. A donation of $50 or more also gets you a shout-out on RAW. To become a supporter please head over to the Support page on our website. Thank you!

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0:00.0	Steve Mason was on the show some years back from that episode earlier in his life.
0:05.6	He had a few friends that were close and their friendship was centered around the mutual love of
0:09.5	motorcycling. They were young, they had plenty of time to spend hanging out and talking about bikes and cruising the streets.
0:15.0	But as time passed and they got older they drifted apart and motorcycles took a backseat in their life.
0:20.0	And then 30 years went by. and then suddenly a chance encounter brought
0:24.5	them all together again and the next thing you know Steve quits his job and him and
0:29.6	his buddies are back on the road again only this time instead of cruising the streets around home,
0:34.0	they're riding through foreign lands, crossing borders, and having the time of their life.
0:38.8	And in all they spent five months on the road, an exceptional trip, and then it was over. They all headed home and got back to normal life.
0:47.1	But as you can imagine, this didn't so much scratch an itch as it did kindle a flame, especially for Steve.
0:54.6	And also for Steve, returning home was a bit rough.
0:57.6	He'd quit his job before he left.
0:59.4	He spent a good chunk of money on the trip.
1:01.4	He had a family that depended on him. and he said it was pretty rough getting settled back in again.
1:06.0	But even as he did, he couldn't shake the desire to get back on the road again.
1:10.0	He just had to figure out how to make it work so that when he came back home he didn't have to start everything all over and this time he wanted more a bigger trip.
1:18.0	He wanted around the world. This is how he did it.
1:22.0	I'm Jim Martin. This is adventure rider radio. Stay with we did it. I'm Jim Martin, this is Adventure Rider Radio.
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