Road Tripping: Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens
A few weeks ago, my friend Rosie and I took a ride to Revzilla in Philadelphia. Though I hadn’t planned on buying anything, I accidentally came away with 2 new pairs of gloves. Oopsie!...
Category: Roadside Americana
Road Tripping: Pit Stop at the PEZ Visitors Center – Orange, CT
Just across the Long Island Sound from where I live is the PEZ Visitors Center. Yes, PEZ as in the candy with the cool dispensers. When I pulled in to the parking lot I...
Roadside Stop: Madonna of the Trail, Beallsville, Pa.
During my Pennsylvania rambling road trip to nowhere, I ping-ponged around the state visiting things that I’d long wanted to see but had never made time to. One of those stops was to visit...
Bucket List Stop: The PennDot Road Sign Sculpture Garden
The PennDOT Road Sign Sculpture Garden is an outdoor art installation located in Meadville, Pennsylvania. In July of 2015, while I was riding through Pennsylvania, I was able to stop for a visit. It...
Unexpected Roadside Visits: World’s Largest Chest of Drawers
While in the city of High Point, NC during the Void Rally 9, one of my bonus locations was the World’s Largest Chest of Drawers. The socks dangling out of it are apparently 6 feet...
2014: Roadside Awesomeness Extravaganza
Any motorcycle ride that is punctuated by seeing something totally silly, funky or ridiculous on the road is a-okay in my book. These are some of the nifty stops I made this year: Gnome...
Travel Planning: Offbeat Museums
Since turning 40, it seems like I have become highly sensitive about squeezing all the fun out of each day. There aren’t lots of things that I really want. Sure, “stuff” is nice but it...
The Third Largest Garden Gnome… In the World
Oh, hey. Yeah, that’s me and my dude Chomsky. He’s like… the 3rd largest garden gnome. IN THE WORLD. No big whoop. Gnome on the Grange Gnome Chomsky at Kelder’s Farm 5755 Route 209...
Scenes from a Fairy Tale – A Massachusetts Gingerbread House
During this year’s Berkshire Big Adventure ride, like Hansel and Gretel we followed the crumbs on a route sheet in and around the forrest. Through trees and ruts, mud and rocks we traversed the trail....
A Roadside Humdinger: Mobile Bacon and the Grassy Lick License Plate Barn
At the tail end of our Saturday ride with Kathy in West Virginia, she took us along one of her local favorites – Grassy Lick Rd. I was excited about that because it was...
Hay, Santa! Cute Royal Enfield
Here on Long Island we’ve been on a weather roller coaster for the past few weeks. Temperatures have ranged from a downright balmy 60 degrees in the days before Christmas to… 5 like it...
A Day in the Life – Will Ride For Nonsense
What is it about a giant, fiberglass peg-legged pirate that will make me ride 170 miles out of my way? Is that the dumbest sentence you’ve ever read? Sometimes my ‘reasons’ for riding must...
The Giant Chicken Army Chronicles – New Jersey Edition
Giant Chicken Army. It’s a thing. It’s either that or one rogue bird that keeps following me. And he’s taking the long way ’round because he lies in wait at the places I’m going...
The Ural Monkey and a Double Chicken Fantasy
The temperature crept up to nearly 70 degrees today. That’s kind of unusual for a November day. You bet your boots I was only too happy to load my monkey Chloe into the Ural...
Roadside Americana: The Scary Pie Lady of Frackville PA.
I may have to start rethinking my penchant for visiting roadside statues. Exhibit A: Just check out the cold, dead eyes on these two. And that poor kid… I’m not sure what’s more tragic; the...
Sights from the Road: License Plate House – Hinsdale, NH
Set back from the road in Hinsdale, New Hampshire is a fabulous house that is covered in license plates. When I say covered… I mean covered. Isn’t it wonderful? The house is no longer...
Equinox to Equinox Rally: Oversized Roadside Extravaganza
When the Equinox to Equinox Rally kicked off on the first day of spring, it seemed like we had all the time in the world to ride around and collect points. After all, the...
Roadside Nirvana for the Motorcyclist: A Giant Suzuki, A Ural and A Dragon
I’ll give you a minute to soak it all in. A giant Suzuki TL1000R, the Ural and…. a dragon. *Runs away squealing* 😀
American Gothic, A Big Banana Split and Tiger Troubles
On Saturday I meant to just duck out for a few hours before the rest of the family got up. I figured I could buzz out to New Jersey, see the giant tooth and...
