If You Need Me, I’m Out To Lunch
“Where are you riding to today?” “I don’t know exactly. Just around.” The summation of my life. I move around with vague ideas of where I think I’m going but often end up distracted or...
Category: Motorcycle
Get Ready to See the Greatest Mural Ever!
Hands down, the most incredible mural I saw while visiting Lynn, Massachusetts, and perhaps that I’ve ever seen is this collab between JPO and Miss Zukie. “Zukies are a fluffy and chubby character that don’t...
New Haven Pit Stop – Louis’ Lunch
A few weeks ago, Kenny and I stopped by Louis’ Lunch, “the birthplace of the hamburger sandwich” in New Haven, Connecticut. A joint that’s been slingin’ the same patties since 1895 must be doing...
Parts Unknown: The Anthony Bourdain West Virginia Episode
Season 11 Episode 1 of Parts Unknown is the Anthony Bourdain West Virginia episode. The hour-long feature highlights life in parts of McDowell County. West Virginia – What’s so special about that? The episode...
My Favorite Antidote to Digital Life
I’m currently reading The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir by Bill Bryson, an author I love. He has an incredible talent for weaving humor into his keen observations. His books...
Google Maps – My God, It’s Full of Stars
Over the years I’ve been asked many times how I “find” stuff to visit while I’m out riding. It is a mix of serendipity and old-fashioned administrative work. The former I can’t help with...
Looking for Meaning in a Mailbox Puzzle Piece
It’s pretty awesome to have friends far and wide who will send me postcards from their journeys. Taking that one level up, it’s pretty awesome to have friends that travel and explore. The destinations...
Waving to Little Girls in Car Windows
Can inspiration be found in a simple gesture? On Sunday, I zipped towards the Expressway on a 4-lane highway. To my left, a preteen girl sat in the backseat of a car slowly passing me....
Saturday Stop at the Moodna Viaduct
On Saturday, I stopped by the Moodna Viaduct. The sky was so blue and gorgeous I thought the oxidized trestle would look gorgeous spanning across the valley. It did. You might recall seeing the...
Road Notes – As they Happen?
I’ve been thinking about ditching Instagram since I’ve pretty much abandoned using it. My feed has become an endless stream of the same old, same old and “influencer” drivel in a way that I...
Random Things on a Rainy Thursday
“This morning when I got to work, I kept tugging at the collar of my dress. Something about it was so annoying.” “Was it inside out?” “No, on backward. Who the hell puts a dress on backward?”...
The Ghosts of MIddletown
Last weekend we had an itty-bitty taste of spring. Temperatures crept into the 60’s and so I decided to hop on the Bonnie and visit a few of the pins on my Google Maps...
Someone Around Here Is Losing Their Marbles
This week, I’ve succumbed to some kind of debilitating caboose infection. Is it a coincidence that I slept in a caboose last weekend and am now sick? Of course not! While laying out the...
The Post Office Files: Small, Cute, and Interesting Pit Stops
While traveling throughout the US, stopping and snapping post office photos has become something of a habit. The photos become place markers for passing through a town with an interesting or funny name. The...
Hillbilly Hotdogs in Lesage, West Virginia
A Road Food Oasis Like No Other While cruising along the Ohio River on my way to Point Pleasant, West Virginia, I made a pit stop at the glorious Hillbilly Hotdogs. If you’re ever...
Daydream Voodoo and Recurring Thoughts
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to listen to the themes that play on repeat in my imaginings. Maybe I’ll be sipping my coffee staring out the window and an idea will...
Greetings from my Underground Lair
Hello. I would’ve written sooner, but it’s been so long since I’ve used my laptop, I actually forgot my password for it. True story. After finally resetting Macbook password, I was informed that doing so...
So Long, 2017 – Onward Towards the Future
When I started writing this post my intent was to summarize 2017 and the things that made their way across these pages. Then, I erased it all. I don’t want to do that today,...
Ask Me Anything: What Do You Actually Own?
A few people have asked something similar to Doc’s most recent question: “I have a simple question – you post pictures with many different types of motorcycles. What do you actually own, or do...
One Year Later: My Desert Awakening Went Back to Sleep
One year ago today, December 28, 2016, I stood in the golden sun of the California desert taking in Salvation Mountain. The day shimmered with magic, possibility, and the excitement unique to being on...
