Winter Not-Riding on Long Island
Greetings from the iceberg Long Island. When I got up yesterday morning the snow was at it again. We saw a few more inches fall before lunch hour. By the time afternoon rolled around, the...
Category: Motorcycle
From the Front Lines of the Giant Chicken Army
Could the giant chicken be the most popular fiberglass animal around? It seems like they’re everywhere. Unless, as Ive speculated before, it is the same one donning different disguises and following me around. That...
Ghosts of Bikes Past: Missing My Triumph Speed Triple
Is it completely ridiculous and irrational to miss a “thing” like a motorcycle? For the past week or so I’ve been thinking a lot about and missing my 05′ Triumph Speed Triple. At the...
ToadMama’s Virginia LOVE Tour
Kathy at ToadMama.com put up a great post this morning: LOVE Captured on Valentine’s Day about visiting some of the Virginia LOVE sculptures. She’s kicking around the idea of traveling around the state to visit...
Looking For Love? Buy a Motorcycle
Happy Valentine’s Day, friends. Hope you spend the day with the one you love most. Even if they don’t have any wheels.
The Business of Being a Motorcycle Blogger
h/t Darlene at Princess Scooterpie Adventures of a Motorcycle Diva for inspiring me to write this post. It’s something I’ve talked about privately with other bloggers but have never posted about. You Want to...
I Wonder If It Tastes Like Gasoline?
After lending our neighbors our snowblower, this bottle of wine showed up at our door as a thank you. That was very nice of them. Gee, I wonder what made them pick this for...
Cold Weather Musings – Checking in from the Eastern Tundra
Hey, Everybody- Just checking in with a hello. Here on Long Island, we were treated to 2 feet of snow when the storm Juno came rolling through town last week. Last night we received a...
Badass Motorcycle Broads: Ultimate Coast to Coast Kate
Kate is another entry in the kickass motorcycle chick department. In the 3 years that she’s been riding a motorcycle she’s gone ahead and put herself in the Iron Butt record books with an...
2014: To-Do List Achievements
In 2014, I was able to tick a few of the things that are on my life’s To-Do List. Some of them were chance, some took planning but every one of them was great....
2014: What a Year It Has Been
When the calendar clicked over to 2014, we were in the grip of a polar vortex. My world was covered in snow and a deep freeze. I spent most of my two-wheeled weekends on...
The Whispering Giants Grand Tour
Whispering Giants Grand Tour February 15 to October 31, 2015 What is a Whispering Giant? A Whispering Giant is a giant wood carving honoring Native Americans created by the artist Peter Wolf Toth. These...
Re-Tread: Post Christmas Weekly Wrap-Up
Stuff that happened during the week of December 22-28, 2014 What’s Goin’ On Can you believe that Christmas is already a few days past? All that build up and it slips away like a...
Merry Christmas, Friends
Wishing you and your loved ones all the peace and love in the world. Merry Christmas, friends. -removed-
Christmas Came Early to Chez Galore!
As a banana on the go, I couldn’t be more tickled pink! After all these years, I can finally carry my bananas safely. Merry Christmas, indeed.
Retread: Weekly Wrap-Up December 21
Stuff that happened during the week of December 15-21, 2014 What’s Goin’ On Friday was my last day of work until the New Year. As you might imagine, I’m a happy camper. I’ve been...
Big Ducks, Hot Jugs, Frozen Fingers and a Ural
When I got up and let the dog out this morning, it didn’t seem especially cold out. So, after having two cups o’ joe, I decided to suit up and ride over to the...
Throwback Thursday: Retro Road Tripping on My Old 6R
In 2005, Kenny and I set off for Yellowstone National Park on our motorcycles. Neither one of us really had any idea what we were doing. We just threw our stuff on the bikes...
Time Moves Slowly for Women in Motorcycle Media
There’s nothing groundbreaking here in this “women in motorcycling” post. Sometimes I just have to bleed a little steam so that I don’t explode. Each day I read all sorts of blogs, mailing lists, Twitter...
2014 Santa Ride: The Elves
Sure, the Santas get the lion share of the glory during the Santa ride but there are some elves that ride with the big red fatties that deserve some of the limelight too. We...
