Hollie Bell-Schinzing

Hollie Bell-Schinzing shaped a cross-country motorcycle journey into a travel memoir attentive to roads, weather, landscape, and partnership. One day at a time 2017 follows the 87-day trip she made with her husband Bonz during June, July, and August of that year. Riding two Harley Softails, they crossed twenty-two states, visited national parks, attended rallies, and traveled without a rigid itinerary. Bell-Schinzing kept a journal each evening, giving the finished narrative a day-by-day structure and preserving practical details about fuel, lodging, meals, and changing conditions. Photographs extend that record of places and encounters. The journey also became a chance for the couple to reconnect after retirement and their children's departure from home. One day at a time 2017 combines the outward scale of an American road trip with the intimate rhythm of two experienced riders adjusting plans, noticing unfamiliar communities, and sharing each stage of a long-held ambition.