Arlette Thibodeau is new to motorcycles but already long on seat time; she’s laid down more miles in her first six months of riding than most people do in their first couple of years. A Bay Area native and solo road trip junkie, she loves throwing a pack with a sleeping bag, some decent coffee and and her national parks pass onto her KLR and and heading out to rediscover the familiar turf of California and the Southwest on two wheels. She’s already learned a ton about herself along the way, and accidentally tipped over her bike in an impressive number of counties and states.
Rally for Rangers speaks straight to Arlette’s boundless enthusiasm for wilderness conservation, adventure, people who enjoy challenging and not-always-fun kinds of fun, and a fledgling love for dirt riding, even though she still falls over a lot.