Girlie Motorcycle & Road Trip Blog
Full tank. Wandering heart.
Though most of the coloring is gone and what we’re left with is a very faded wisp of a ghost, the unmistakable block lettering banner and the faintest hint of blue of Cubanola Cigar...
The stretch of Lincoln Highway which passes through Pennsylvania is a big tourism draw. The Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor lists their mission as: “To inspire others to travel the 200-mile Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania,...
My love of murals, wall painting, and street art is fairly well documented in the pages of this blog. When I come across interesting pieces while reading, I pin them to my Google Map...
A Distelfink is a folk art motif commonly found in Pennsylvania Dutch (German) culture. It’s a stylized representation of a goldfinch, often depicted with colorful feathers and floral elements and is considered a symbol...
While road tripping is made up in part of sheer serendipity; discovering things while you float free and unfettered in the world, the other part of that equation is seeing something which you’d previously...
Steubenville, Ohio, a city on the Ohio River and birthplace of Rat Pack legend Dean Martin, is known as the City of Murals. There are over 25 of them scattered about town. But what...
The last time that I visited the Jersey City, NJ muffler man was way back in the summer of 2008. Since that time Wilson’s Carpet has closed and the building is now home to...
This winter I’ve made it a point to not languish at home and to get out and do some roadtripping. Even though everything here on the east coast is freezing cold, salty, and snowy,...
Arizona is home to a handful of muffler men. This one, called Big John, is found in the town of Prescott. When I visited him in the fall of ’23 he was in really...
The best part of road tripping or day tripping is the unexpected treasures that you find along your route. Recently while on my way to lunch, I saw this excellent Day of the Dead...
It would be difficult to count the number of times that I’ve zipped passed the Trainer’s Midway Diner neon sign just off of Route 78 in Bethel, Pennsylvania. Let’s just say a few and...
After a long day of riding I pulled in to the little town of Vega, Texas. It was a sleepy place with a steady blowing wind and not a whole lot going on within...
Last summer, I posted about finally relocating where I’d seen this white Mail Pouch barn. While I was out near Pittsburgh last weekend, I stopped to see it again. It’d been over a decade...
A pin for this location on Seymour Street in Lancaster, Pa. has been on my Google map for a few years now. I’m not sure how I became aware of this ghost sign. Day...
It’s funny how your mind can play tricks on you. How many times in your life have you hear someone say something to the effect of “we see what we want to see”? Standing...
If your town is going to be famous for being “the home of” something, I suppose the banana split is a pretty good something. Even on a cold winters day, this giant, sweet treat...
Over the long January weekend, I spent some time wandering the backroads in western Pennsylvania. I seem to have good luck with finding interesting sights out towards Pittsburgh. One of my favorite sights was...
The first time I visited the Greensburg, Pennsylvania muffler man, it was a cold winters day in 2009. Objectively, he was looking a bit worse for wear. The most noticeable flaw being, that he...
Carved out of ponderosa pine, the 40′ tall Whispering Giant stands in Winslow, Arizona. When I visited him in October 2023, I was the only person around the park. Just a few blocks away,...
Now, I know that spiders aren’t everyone’s favorite critter, but you have to admit that this 17-foot metal beast is pretty awesome. There are lights lining it’s eight spindly legs. Utah license plates cover...
