Good on you LAZ, hope you find the partner you desire!

Personally I travel light ... the women in my head instead of in my bed

Mmmm .... I always did struggle getting things in the right order

I think you've got the order spot on Bones!

xfiltrate, you never cease to amaze (and amuse) me.

I can just imagine your games, I can imagine you being like Dustin Hoffman in Meet The Fockers!

I am fascinated by some of the replies here. It seems my quest for a female travel partner, of a specified type, has ruffled the feathers of some.

Perhaps some of these posters, ? the proverbial "grumpy old men" ? another rider mentioned, have outdated attitudes or lower expectations, or different cultural perceptions regarding women than I do? None of the modern, self confident, independent, adventurous Women I know would ever be "totally dependent" on any man at any time.

I have been rambling around looking for "adventure" for several decades now. Some times I have been lucky and priveleged with a female PARTNER in this quest for adrenaline and adventure. My ex-wife was even more "adventurous" than I am. She had her name in the mountaineering record books for being the first woman on a certain Himalayan climb, was a former Canadian Football League CHEERLEADER, who performed half time at a Grey Cup game, and an accomplished motorcycycle " adventure rider". She quit Sky Diving because it involved too much time sitting around, and not enough time actually chuting .

We attended several BMW motorcycle ralleys and a few of the NAKUSP H/U meetings together. And, while the first few such rides were with her as "power back warmer", she soon got her very own bike ( on her third one now) and depending on duration, scenery, or weather, she was happy to travel either way. Independent enough to ride on her own, yet comfortable being a passenger as well.

In my experience, these High Class, High Drive, "ALPHA" females do exist, but you have to ride hard and fast to keep up with them. In fact, I had to upgrade from a Weestrom 650 to a VEEStrom 1000 just to chase her on the black top.
(;-{)

Just because the "grumpy old men" can't keep up with a self confident "Alpha" female, it does not mean that us less grumpy ol' men should lower our hopes and dreams.

PS: after five decades of rambling, I decided to do my future overlanding on four wheels instead of two. After 64 motorcycles, including most recently, two BMW GS types, five KLRs, three DR650s, a 650 Dakar, a Weestrom, a Veestrom, and three FJR 1300 two wheelers, I feel entitled to choose the comfort and capacity of an AWD MOTORHOME over "roughing it" out of bike bags.

For those of you hardy souls still living out of bike bags, I applaud you. But these days, for me, a solid DRY roof, a down duvet over a 4" thick memory foam mattress, and COMFORT in cold wet conditions, are my present choices.
I earned them.
(;-{)

LAZ, what some people don't realise is that a lot (but not all) of the people who post looking for travel buddies are secretly hoping that a dynamic, intriguing, sexy, single member of the opposite sex will reply.
The difference between you and them is that you are upfront about it and that is an admirable quality.