An Unexpected Side Effect of Riding a Ural
While I was out poking around on the Ural Sunday morning, I realized that when people would see me coming down the road – they’d often smile. I picked up on it many times....
The First Step Is Admitting You Have A Problem
I must really have motorcycling on the brain. Yesterday morning when our family took a bicycle ride for breakfast, I used my left thumb to turn on my imaginary turn signal. Doh! We’ve all...
Learning the Ways of the Ural
Thanks to beautiful autumn weather, I got a chance to put a couple hundred miles on the Ural this weekend. A few weeks ago when Kenny and I visited Sine’s 5 and Dime, I bought a...
Welcome to Life in the Slow Lane: 2012 Ural Patrol
After weeks of waiting the big orange egg finally hatched and my 2012 Ural Patrol came home on Monday. I must admit that she’s a little bit of a celebrity around the office. This...
Void Rally 7: Tales of a First Timer
In the days leading up to my departure to Allentown for the Void Rally 7, I’d managed work myself up into a bit of a lather. One might say the biggest thing that I...
Void Rally 7: And Away We Go
After receiving the bonus list on Tuesday, I immediately had a heart attack. And then I sat down at my computer and worked on planning my route. Again. And again. And… again. I tried hard...
Void Rally 7: Today is Bonus List Day!
Today is the day that the Rallymasters will be releasing the 24-hour riders’ bonus list. After weeks of wondering and waiting, I will finally get to look at the list and can start to...
The Void Rally: I Am Rider Number…
71! Seven one. Seventy one, that’s me. ::takes a deep breath:: Is there any historical or great, positive significance that I can tie to the number 71? Was ice cream invented on the 71st day...
New Jersey Mail Pouch Tobacco Mural
When Kenny and I were on our way out to Quakertown, PA to meet up with the roadside bloggers at Sine’s 5 & 10, I made a pit stop to snap a photo of...
Road Signs: Good Times Ahead!
*tee hee* 😆 I know, we’re childish. So what? Hope you’ve got a great weekend planned. Humping optional.
I Have Officially Lost My Mind and Bought…
Do you ever stop and ask yourself “why the hell not?” Is there really such a thing as a special occasion? When is it a good time to follow your heart? If not now,...
The Retro Roadmap Meetup in Quakertown, Pa.
On Saturday Kenny and I hopped on the bikes and headed to Quakertown, Pa. for an ice cream social at the 100 year old Sine’s 5 & 10. The gathering was hosted by Mod...
Welcome to Johnny’s Oasis – May I Take Your Order?
“Yea, uh… can I havvvvvve… two large hay shakes? Uhhhh…? Gimme a couple two-tree-uh-dem cactus poppers and uhhh… a large order of oats. To go.” I swear, you see the damnedest things out there...
New Jersey Mail Pouch Barn Spotting
One of the good things about Mail Pouch Tobacco barn hunting is that barns is that, well, barns are usually at farms. Farms are often on rambling roads. For a suburban motorcyclist – that...
GoPro Candids: You Choose the Ending
Remember those choose your own adventure books that were popular in the 80’s? Once upon a time there was a very beautiful, smart and charming girl who liked to ride motorcycles. Did I mention...
Into the Void: GPS Coordinates – The Stuff Nightmares Are Made Of
Last night I dilly-dallied in the foggy space between sleep and wakefulness. It is in that murky world where I find myself troubled by things that are close enough to be real. I guess...
Wonder Woman Rosey and Menacing Santa
This place has it all. I’d passed this house in Lee, Massachussets several times before on the Berkshire Dual Sport rides. Even though my friends know me well enough to realize that coming across...
From the Archives: 5 Pretty Awesome Blog Posts You Might’ve Missed
As part of the 5 Pretty Awesome Blog Posts You Might’ve Missed blog challenge, here is my list of posts that you may have missed the first time around. Don’t forget to check out the...
Blog Challenge: 5 Pretty Awesome Posts You Might’ve Missed
One of the biggest challenges for bloggers is how to highlight older content. Just by the nature of the basic blog format sometimes what we see as our own great posts don’t get enough...
Motorcycle Blogs – Showing Off or Sharing the World?
In March of 2012, MotoChat, the motorcycle Twitter/Facebook chat dedicated its hour-long gab fest to the topic of Motorcycle Blogs. One of the questions that was posed was: Big Epic Trips: Is it showing...