Girlie Motorcycle & Road Trip Blog
Full tank. Wandering heart.
As a woman, being a part of a small subset of riders at a motorcycle event can give you interesting “fly on the wall” opportunities for observation. You overhear candid chatter about relationships between...
Out for a Sunday ride with my dudes. Though I was the only actual girl at this sausage party, the guys decided to wheel their big girls out to enjoy the sunny winter weather....
When people start sending messages to see if i’m still alive, I know it’s time to say hello. So… Hello, from icy-cold Long Island! The weather here for the last few weeks hasn’t been...
Borrego Springs – December 2016 Two days after Christmas in 2016, I set off for California to take a solo motorcycle trip. In hindsight, I can’t say if I was looking to find or...
On New Year’s Eve eve, I found myself tracking across the Mojave, on through Amboy, past the world’s largest thermometer in Baker and towards Las Vegas. The sky was gray and a chill settled in. When...
The weather this weekend was stellar. Blue skies and February temperatures in the 60’s? Yes, please and thank you. The warm weather brought on a serious melt of the blizzard we had two weeks...
How does being female affect your motorcycling? Does it influence how strangers view and approach you? Do you de-emphasize gender — for example, in style and colors of gear you wear? Thanks for the...
The Little Town that Wasn’t Have you heard of Agloe, New York? It’s what is referred to as a mapmakers copyright trap or a “paper town.” What the heck is a paper town? Cartographers used...
“Babe! You’re never going to believe where I’m standing right now!” “Where?” “In front of the world’s largest rocking chair!” “Why am I not surprised?” “Actually, I ended up here completely by accident.” “Of...
Sometimes the simplest pleasure in the world is doin’ nothin’. There can be so much to see when you’re just standing around being. Life becomes uncomplicated and yet expands far beyond the reaches of...
When I posted “Ask Me Anything” I figured I’d get one or two questions. I’m surprised by what turned up in my mailbox. It’s taking me a little bit to get the vids together....
Happy Valentine’s Day, sweet friends. I think I may have posted this image every year since I made it. For me, it still holds up – I still love my motorcycle. Or moreover, the...
Thanks for sending in your question, KHick (that’s like J-Lo). I thought it would be best to add the links I use most often to a post so that you can take a look....
Mike asks: “What are you most scared of?” Have a burning question? Ask me anything.
Riding across the Mojave from Twentynine Palms on my way to Amboy, California was something of a spiritual experience. Seeing an ocean of sand spill out before me with dappled light spread across the...
When something from popular culture becomes a fixture in my mind, often when I visit such a place I don’t know how to react. Almost like standing around at a party and not knowing...
While near Joshua Tree, California – I made a pitstop at the Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Museum. When I pulled up in the early morning, the light coming east across the desert was glorious. It bathed...
Todd Asks: “Cake or Pie?” A video posted by Rachael (@fuzzygalore) on Feb 11, 2017 at 8:11am PST Have a burning question? Ask me anything.
Some readers may not realize that I’m a mom to a teenage daughter. That is a direct results of me not posting openly about her. There are things in my life that are private....
Michael asks: “When you’re riding your motorcycle, and it’s just you and the open road….what is the one question that you don’t have an answer to?” Have a burning question? Ask me anything.
