Photo: Braaappy Holidays – My Knobby Tire Wreath
Though I wasn’t particularly Christmas-y this year, my tire wreath did come down from the attic!
Category: Motorcycle
Seeking LOVE in Monterey, Virginia
After leaving the town of Buckhannon, West Virginia then stopping at the tiny Randy Brown Memorial Chapel – I wound my way across the mountains down 219, across 250 and into the town of Monterey,...
A Grinchy Check-in From a Not-So-Motorcycley Blogger
This Christmas season, I have been particularly Grinchy. Not that I’m sour or angry or anything. I guess you might say indifferent is more fitting. So much of the holiday hustle and bustle of...
2017 in Review: Photos of Murals Seen in My Travels
Photos of murals and art walls seen in my travels throughout 2017.
The Tiny Randy Brown Memorial Chapel
When I saw the sign posted on the railing, it caught me off guard. Enter at my own risk? What the hell has been going on in this little chapel that would bring about...
2017 in Review: Photos of Great Ghost Ads Seen in My Travels
My love for the ghost ads of yesteryear is strong. While out and about in 2017, I saw some excellent examples: Mail Pouch Tobacco – Point Pleasant, West Virginia Mail Pouch Tobacco – Point...
Saying So Long to 2017 – Recapping a Year
With the way that weeks seem to zip by in a blink, it’ll be 2018 before you know it. I’ve been trying to mentally walk back through all the places I’ve been and things...
Haaaaaay, Look at this Kickass School Bus!
I don’t have a unique method for finding oddball stuff. There is no special radar or a giant U-shaped magnet that draws me to it. But I do sit in front of a computer...
Instagram, Motorcycles and the Pondering of a Grouch
Apparently, these were my “best nine” photos on Instagram in 2017. And by best, the gang at 2017bestnine.com simply mean the ones with the most likes. I don’t think these are the best photos...
Spreading Cheer – Photos from Our 2017 Santaride
My very first Santa-ride was a solo affair in 2010 – just me dressed like the big man cruising around on my DRZ. I don’t really remember what made me decide to buy the...
The Inner Monologue of one Motorcycle Blogger
It’s been a few months now since I set off on a road trip through the Virginias. In the time that has passed, I’ve struggled to put together posts to talk about what I...
The Old Burke’s Garden Virginia Post Office
Following the very wiggly VA 623, will drop you into the upland valley of Burke’s Garden, Virginia. When there, something about it feels like you’re in a place cut off from the rest of the...
Cruising Along Route 3 – West Virginia
After passing through Rhodell, I spent the night in Beckley, West Virginia. That evening I sat drinking a beer alone in a restaurant, thinking about everything I’d seen along the way. Spilling my observations...
Paulverizer – The Cyborg Muffler Man of Buena Vista, Virginia
This ain’t your mama’s muffler man. No, this? This is somethin’ else! You’ve got that familiar sturdy jaw and that manly mug but that’s about it. And a nice little hat tip to the motorcycle....
Just Passing Through – Small Town, West Virginia
Rhodell, West Virginia – a place I’d never heard of prior to standing in front of the alternating colors of the post office’s awning. Why would I have? It isn’t a pass-through on a...
I’m Pretty Sure Bigfoot is Looking for ME!
While I was standing around gawking at lovely Cubanola Cigar ghost ads in Radford, Virginia, I felt someone looking over my shoulder… At this point, I think that Bigfoot might be looking for me....
Radford, Virginia Ghost Ad – Wine of Cardui
In the town of Radford, Virginia there are two excellent walls with ghost ads on them. While appreciating the aesthetics of the ads themselves is one thing, falling down the rabbit hole of finding out...
September Road Trip Notes: Taking the Bonneville
For my road trip in September, I did things a little differently. The biggest change was that I decided to forego my zippy, mile-eating Tiger for the stripped-down simplicity of the Bonneville. The choice...
Photo: Onego, West Virginia Post Office
The Onego, West Virginia post office on a Wednesday afternoon.
The Places In The Backs Of Our Minds
It’s like déjà vu all over again Sometimes I’ll be riding along in what I believe to be an unfamiliar area only to have my internal voice say, “I feel like I’ve been here before.”...
