Girlie Motorcycle & Road Trip Blog
Full tank. Wandering heart.
The town of Setauket (seh-taw-ket) sits on the north shore of Long Island. First settled in the 1650’s, Setauket has a large number of historical buildings interspersed with its more modern residences. Often as...
You can really learn a lot about a place by playing Tag-O-Rama on ADVRider. The local knowledge and diverse interests of the players can really make for some interesting tag locations. What is Tag-O-Rama?...
This beautifully decorated 1976 Bedford truck is part of the Smithsonian’s permanent collection. It was originally painted in 2002 during the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. The painting theme is the Silk Road. We were fortunate...
Golly, is this not the most dejected stop sign, ever? Poor thing.
Not long ago, I realized that I had a handful of pictures of Long Island’s windmills. Following that post, on a lazy Sunday I decided to head over to Shelter Island to see if...
Spotted: A great pair of painted, non-working gas pumps outside of Olson Gallery on North Ferry Rd., Shelter Island.
No trip to another state is complete without checking to see if there is a Muffler Man in the vicinity. You can never be sure if you’ll pass that way again, so stopping is...
The village of Sag Harbor on Long Island’s south shore is a popular destination for motorcycle riders to pass through. With it’s quaint main street America feel and windmill chamber of commerce, Sag Harbor...
On my way back to Greenport from Shelter Island, I spotted this kick-ass Fiat 500 parked at the North Ferry. It looks like it would be a blast to drive. I can totally see...
I love this message: The Purpose of Life is a Life of Purpose. This sign is found on Route 25 in Greenport, NY. Their signs are consistently entertaining. Some of my favorite Church Signs...
Over the weekend, I spotted another STOP sign that had been sticker-bombed. This one is my favorite, I think: In Memory of Lance – The Purple and White Sticker The purple and white “Look...
Long Island is home to several notable, historical windmills. Most of the mills are in the smock style and reside on the eastern end of the island. While going through some of the photos...
A few years back, while coming home one night on the bike I saw something that haunts me to this day. It was about 11pm when Kenny and I pulled up to the last...
During summer evenings, the parking lot at McNulty’s is packed with families out for ice cream. Sticky-faced children mill around the patio leaving trails of drips and drops in their wake. When I passed...
The Classic Auto Wash in Cromwell, CT is covered in a fiberglass menagerie of animals, dinosaurs and people. When we rode by the first thing that caught my eye though was the row of...
Don’t you? I mean, seriously! How great is that hot dog? I have to thank my dear friend Bill for tipping me off to the giant hot dog. I had no idea it existed....
On Long Island’s north shore sits Jamesport Auto Service. I’ve passed it a hundred times but never noticed the vintage Flying A gas pump until yesterday. I simply had to stop for a picture....
Just a stones throw from Bedford, Pa.’s Coffee Pot sits Dunkle’s Gulf station. An art deco jewel, this station was built in 1933 and is still in full operation today.
In July of 2009 I posted a listing of 3 New York State rides that I would like to take on my motorcycle. I am slightly modifying one of those rides to make a...
Neighboring Mail Pouch Tobacco’s home state of West Virginia, Pennsylvania has a good number of barns along its rural highways and byways. In December our travels took us past a few.
