The Mail Pouch Tobacco Ad of Grafton, West Virginia
One of my favorite Mail Pouch Tobacco wall ads is in downtown Grafton, West Virginia. There is so much going on, it is a feast for the eyes. Is it just me or is...
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2016 Kenny Scharf Bronx, NY Public Art Mural
On my way out to Pennsylvania on Sunday, I made a pitstop to finally see the Kenny Scharf Bronx, NY art wall that decorates the Third Avenue side of Krinos Foods. I’d seen glimpses...
Motorcycle Riding and the Unfiltered Self
Motorcycling is deeply therapeutic for me. Even during the most superficial fun-time journeys when I’m doing nothing but absorbing my surroundings, there is healing in the simple enjoyment. But there are other times when...
Photos: Morning in Orange, Virginia
There are moments in the morning when the light that spills over everything feels special.
Two Barn Murals Around Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
When I woke up in Wilkes-Barre, my plan for the day was to swing by Williamsport to see if I could find the repaired Whispering Giant, Woapalanne. Then I would turn my wheels south...
September Road Trip Notes: Odds and Ends
In September, I took a road trip to mosey around a bit on the Bonneville. These are some of the notes that I jotted down about the peripheral odds and ends that helped to...
Roadside Snapshots: Take Two Cows and Call Me in the Morning
Along with dinosaurs and my favorite, the Giant Chicken Army, cows have to be one of the most abundant roadside animal statues. I saw two more big ladies of note while road tripping in...
Rambling Along on Virginia 56
After visiting the old Rockfish post office, I picked up Virginia 56 and followed it for about 30 miles. Aside from being a nice little wiggler, the sights along the road were just the...
The Tiny Old Rockfish, Virginia Post Office
One for the tiny post office files. This little gem has been starred on my Google map of stuff to do for quite a while now. In September, I stopped by for a look:...
Apparently I Have A Giant Lobster Antenna
While puttering around the house on this rainy morning, the notion of posting some of the photos from my most recent road trip flittered in and out of my thoughts. That idea was swirled...
A Foggy Virginia Morning with Cows
While life unfolded around me – school buses came, people went to work, cows took a morning dip – I just stood. I stood looking at the hills rolling away into the fog. At...
My Secret Little World
It’s funny when I meet people who initially “know” me from my blog. I can’t say why, but I find it embarrassing when they talk to me about it or say that the like reading it....
Photo: Bull Durham Tobacco Ghost Ad – Collinsville, Illinois
Found just ’round the way from the World’s Largest Catsup Bottle on Main Street in Collinsville, Illinois. Location: Google Maps38.6701867,-89.9857204
Rewinding the Spring – Returning from a Road Trip
Each time I’ve come home from a riding trip, there is a strange period of decompression that happens. Or maybe re-compression – that’s likely more accurate because it’s the process of rewinding my internal...
A Great Big Cup O’ Coffee in Wilkes-Barre
The city of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania is home to a giant coffee mug building. With its dirt-streaked yellow cladding and lovely handle un-held, this humongous cup of coffee sadly sits vacant on Spring street. A...
Wrestling the Monster of Pre-Trip Guilt
Whenever I am getting ready to head off on a solo trip somewhere, inevitably I find myself conflicted by a range of discordant emotions. There is, of course, the giddy excitement and wonder about...
Friday Check-in: Doing Battle With Want to Versus Need To
The long Labor Day weekend is here. Here in the northeast, this marks the summer’s last hurrah. Beachy towns say goodbye to the summer rentals, locals have “their towns” back and the kids trudge...
Dragons, Elephants, and Lobster Cowboys
An assortment of art and animals I’ve spotted in my travels over the last few weeks.
Been Thinkin’ ’bout the Lincoln
Over the weekend I plucked a book off the shelf that I’ve had for a few years now: Lincoln Highway Companion: A Guide to America’s First Coast-to-Coast Road by Brian Butko. Flipping through its...
Roadside Snaps: Captain Brown – The Big Fisherman of Boothbay Harbor, Maine
Literally just down the block from Big Bertha the Butt Tree, is the giant old salt fisherman, Captain Brown. He stands in the parking lot of Brown’s Wharf Motel and Restaurant. At 15 feet tall,...
