Happy Halloween From Sister Mary Mudguard
“I’d rather be riding my motorcycle thinking about God than sitting in church thinking about my motorcycle…” -Anonymous My friend Ed named me Sister Mary Mudguard. I kinda love that <3 I took a...
Monthly Archive: October 2011
I Want to Punch My Garmin Zumo 450 In the Face… Again
If you happen to be playing along at home and following closely on some of my travel photos – like stalkerazzi close – you may have noticed that sometimes the GPS isn’t powered on...
Sights From the Road: Now That’s a Pinecone!
I found this impressive cone laying on the side of the road in the Lassen National Forest. Isn’t that something? I was going to make a grossly inappropriate joke about it not being the...
Get Your Motorcycle Tweet Fix with #Motochat
I’ve heard many people say that they just “don’t get Twitter”. Well, gorgeous, what I’ve come to learn about Twitter is that your experience there is only as good as the people or topics...
California Love: Sweet Moments in Ferndale
Wednesday’s ride had Kenny and I traveling over a curvaceous stretch of California 36 from Red Bluff to the coast, where we stopped in Ferndale to have lunch. When we pulled in to the...
GoPro Accidental Photos: The Redwoods
While in California, Kenny and I spent a lot of time with out GoPro cameras set to photo mode. We varied the photo shooting time between 1 and 3 second intervals. Overall, I found...
Don’t You Love Riding in the Autumn Weather?
Riding in the fall weather here in the northeast is so nice. The changing leaves make for a beautiful backdrop as you twist and turn through the countryside. I managed to squeak out a...
A Symbol of Hope and Inspiration on California’s Route 36
Not only does California’s Route 36 boast beautiful riding and the world’s greatest road sign – it does so much more. It’s undulating roadway oozes hope from it’s very blacktop. What the hell am...
Introduce Yourself: Tell Me… About You
For the past few days, one post on this here blog has just caught fire. It was: Here It Is! The Greatest Road Sign In The World. I wish I knew the formula that makes...
OMG – I Saw Bigfoot in California!
Aside from being a great road to ride, California Highway 96 also has a high number of reported Bigfoot sightings. The town of Happy Camp has a great statue to honor the wooly beast....
Long and Lovely – California Highway 96
From Mount Shasta, Kenny and I were headed for the most northern leg of our trip. We were going to pick up Highway 96 just north of Yreka (Y-reeka). What lay in store for...
How to Know When You Need New Motorcycle Boots
If you have to place a bag over the the tops of your motorcycle boots to stop the scent (which is something reminiscent of urine, paprika and natural gas) from suffocating you in your...
Have I Told You Lately…?
That the motorcycle has the uncanny ability to make the concerns of the day fade away? That I feel like anything is possible when I am riding? That I do all of my best...
Muffler Man: Hat Creek, California
This handsome cowboy once stood in Dunsmuir, California but now calls Highway 89 in Hat Creek home. You Might Also Like:
Heading North Through Lassen Volcanic Park
When we got up from our cozy slumber in Lake Tahoe it felt so good to look out the sliding door to find that the storm that had dogged us the day before had...
I Think I May Have Opened Pandora’s Box
A picture taken by me of me taking a picture. My apologies if the Universe explodes somewhere around lunchtime. During our trip to California, I found that I prefer to set the GoPro to...
The Kindness of Strangers: For Good Luck
While Kenny and I were standing outside of the dealer doing the final walk-around of the bikes, a man who was also a customer walked over to my bike. In his hand he held...
Well Hey There, Tiger – Welcome to the Family
Does it get on your nerves when your other half thinks that they know what’s best for you? Well, then you probably aren’t in a relationship with Kenny. Say hello to my new girl: 2011 Triumph...
California Love: Holy Hail on Monitor Pass
If at any point we thought the rain we’d run into on the Sonora Pass was going to be the toughest part of our day, we had another thing coming. We watched the lightning...
The Tiny Topaz, California Post Office
I think this may be the smallest post office I have seen yet. I guess there isn’t much of a building needed to support the 50 resident town of Topaz, California. Isn’t it sweet?
