A reckless young mouse named Ralph makes friends with a boy in room 215 of the Mountain View Inn and discovers the joys of motorcycling.

This memoir tells of the sense of loss that led Neil Peart on a 55,000-mile journey by motorcycle across much of North America, down through Mexico to Belize, and back to Quebec. While riding the 'healing road' he recorded in his journals his progress and setbacks in the grieving/healing process. He also recorded the travel adventures he had along the way and the people, characters, friends and relatives he met along the way.

"In 1982, at the age of twenty-three, Elspeth Beard left her family and friends in London and set off on a 35,000-mile solo adventure around the world on her 1974 BMW R60/6. With some savings from her pub job, a tent, a few clothes and some tools, all packed on the bike, she was determined to prove herself and to get over a recent heartbreak. She had ridden bikes since her teens and was already well travelled, but this journey would be the toughest...

On a beautiful June day in 2015, a simple gear-shifting problem caused Mike to launch off a curve into a steep ravine, trapped under a tree and his motorcycle. His left leg was severed under the knee. His left arm and right leg were pinned under him. Grasping his motorcycle key in his right hand, he tried to saw through the tree on top of him, to no avail. Gasoline from his motorcycle dripped on him, cauterizing his wounds - but the gas also pooled...