Rallies and Events

Whispering Giant of Winslow, Arizona

Carved out of ponderosa pine, the 40' tall Whispering Giant stands in Winslow, Arizona. When I visited him in October ...

Whispering Giant of Troy, Kansas

This carved Whispering Giant statue is Tall Oak in Troy, Kansas. He stands 27 feet tall on the grounds of ...

On the Trail of the Whispering Giants

What is a Whispering Giant? The Whispering Giants are a collection of sculptures created by artist Peter Wolf Toth. Toth, ...

Whispering Giant: Sequoyah of North Carolina

This Whispering Giant: Sequoyah sculpture calls Cherokee, North Carolina home. Back in 2015, I participated in the Whispering Giants Grand ...

Whispering Giant: Chief Woapalanne of Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Meeting Whispering Giant Chief Woapalanne, at last! Last week I stopped in the town of Williamsport, Pennsylvania to see the ...

Unfinished Business: The Williamsport, Pa. Whispering Giant – Woapalanee

In 2015, I took part in the Team Strange Whispering Giants Grand Tour. The tour brought riders around the country ...

PSA: Void Rally 12 Registration Closes August 18th!

The Void is my favorite 24-hour endurance rally. For those not familiar with the concept, it's like a big motorcycle ...

PSA: The Void Rally – Registration Closing in Two Weeks

*ding-ding-ding* Registration for the 2017 running of the Void Rally will close on August 18th. If you've been on the ...

Rally Riding: Free Points, Organization and Bonus Paperwork

A great rally ride can be undone with bad paperwork and poor reading comprehension. Beyond simply riding and taking pictures, ...

Rally Riding: Know Your Camera and Learn To Take Pictures In the Dark

Have you decided to throw your hat into the ring and ride in your first bonus location rally? On the ...

The Void 12 – A Motorcycle Scavenger Hunt Rally

Scenes from Void Rally 9 The Void Rally September 15-16, 2017 Ladies and Gentlemen... there will be wackadoodle. Few events ...

The Void Rally 11 – The Wet and Wild Monopoly Edition

Prologue This is the story of my time riding in the Void Rally 11. For the uninitiated, an endurance rally ...

Void Rally 11: RTFM, Dummy!

Remember that time I posted about how I had planned my Void Rally 11 route and it was done and ...

VOID Rally 11: Route is Planned, Resignation Settles In

Alright. This is it. For better or worse, my Void Rally route is done and dusted. I have a feeling ...

Void Rally 11: Route Planning Update

Or non-update as it were. This is the point in the program where I am supposed to tell you that ...

VOID Rally 11: The Doubt Phase

Seemingly random pins on a map... different colors, different point values, all perplexing. That's what I've got to use to ...

Whispering Giants Grand Tour: Wacinton of Paducah, Kentucky

When I pulled up at the edge of Noble Park in Paducah the word "Wow," escaped from me. Even though ...

2015 Void Rally 10: Lights, Camera, Action

Of all the gin joints in all the towns in the world, the Void Rally had to walk in to ...

Dear, Aunt Mildred – I’m So Confused About The VOID Rally 10

Dear, Aunt Mildred- Long time reader, first time writer. Today I spent some time trying to plan my Void Rally ...

Void Rally 10: Preliminary Routing Or More Commonly Known As – Panic Mode

This morning when I opened my email, there was a message from those rapscallions who run The Void. It was ...

A Sunday Ride to Burlington, Vermont

The phone sitting on the seat of my Tiger rings. "Hey, babe. What's going on?" "Wow, you went far. What ...

Whispering Giants Motorcycle Grand Tour: Northeastern Round-up, So Far

While I was wandering through Pennsylvania in July, I was able to stop and visit some Whispering Giants for the ...

Void Rally 10: Lights, Camera…Speculation

The 2015 24-hr Void Rally 10 doesn't say much by way of what the theme of the rally will be ...

Riding the Titan Quest 24-Hour Rally

During the weekend of August 8-9, 2015 I rode in the inaugural Hammy's Experimental Rallies 24-Hour Titan Quest. A flag ...

Titan Quest 24-Hour Rally Tracking: Follow Along on SpotWalla

If you're curious about where I am during the 24-hour Titan Quest Rally, you can follow along below. I'm not ...
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