California Love: Seaside Sandwiches in Big Sur
Wow, What a View Do you think it’s possible to tire of looking at the Pacific Ocean from the seat of your motorcycle? I had plenty of time to ponder that question while Kenny...
California Love: Mount Hamilton and Lick Observatory
What better way to give your new livery a test than with a winding road? As the sun rose higher in the sky, we made our way from the cool air of San Francisco...
California Love: It’s Time to Hit the Road
If there were roosters in San Fancisco, I’m sure I would’ve woke them up while making my morning coffee. I was up long before the sun rubbed the sleep out of it’s eyes. By...
Hello, San Francisco – So Good To See You Again
Though our trip to California centered around motorcycle riding, we padded that time with a day up front and the tail end of the trip for hanging around in San Francisco. Our first visit...
Clearing Away the Cobwebs
Have you noticed the tumbleweeds around here lately? We just spent a week bumming around northern California on a pair of rented Triumph Tigers and ignoring the blog. BUT… Photos and posts are on...
Here It Is! The Greatest Road Sign In The World
Winding road next 140 miles. Can you say it with me? One hundred… forty… miles. This gorgeous sign is found on Route 36 in Red Bluff, California. More Posts From This Trip:
I Spy: Life is Good on a Scooter
Now there is somebody who knows what’s up. Sunshine? Check. Scooter? Check. Still on the green side of the grass? Check. Life is good.
Pashnit.com: California’s Greatest Motorcycle Roads
If you are sitting at a desk far, far away and trying to plan a motorcycle trip through California – Pashnit.com (pronounced: passionate) MUST be one of the websites that you consult. The brainchild...
Finding Your Way: America’s Byways – National Scenic Byways Online
Planning a riding trip from afar has it’s challenges. Without local knowledge of a place you can only estimate what a place will be like. The internet really helps to make the universe a...
Blast From The Past: Emblem, Wyoming
My parents were vagabonds in the early 70’s, crisscrossing the States in my mom’s ’68 Firebird. I wrote of it a few years ago. This past week on the heels of my photographic trip...
Puddle Jumping After Hurricane Irene
Hey, did you hear? The east coast experienced apocalyptic Armageddon this week. Earthquake, hurricane Irene, flood, pestilence – you know, typical mushroom-cloud layin’ MFer stuff. As the winds and rain of the hurricane decided...
Sights from the Road: Love Road
Located on the northern end of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia are Love Gap and Love Road. I just couldn’t pass by without taking a photo! Is there any better name for a...
Trip Planning: Northern California – Can You Help?
Kenny decided he wanted to go back to northern California to do some motorcycle riding. As a good girlfriend, I obliged him and agreed to go along. My arm was killing me from all...
The Post-Road Trip Hangover
When setting off on a road trip your imagination is full of best laid plans and wonder. There is an excitement that takes over your thoughts as you watch your shadow riding along with...
How I Survived My Zumo 450 GPS
The Battle of the Zumo 450 was hard fought… and won! I am posting this in case there are other new Mac/Zumo 450 users who may have run into the same issue and didn’t...
I Spy: What? Oil Leak? No Way…
Don’t be ridiculous! That bucket is there to catch any of the awesomeness that can no longer be contained within the confines of mere metal. ::mutters under breath::: Oil leak… pfft.
The GPS Blues: My Zumo 450 is Trying to Kill Me
Preface: I generally do not use my GPS to navigate on my motorcycle. For the most part I use it to just log my ride and be there as a backup if I am...
Summer Reading: Motorcycle Bloggers I’ve Been Enjoying
All summer long I have been green with envy reading so many good ride reports around the web. Here are 2 that I’ve been enjoying recently. I hope you do too: BMWGSGirl – Oregon...
Muffler Man: Plantation Man from Chicopee, Mass.
A few weeks back a commenter named Bill left me a note on my Muffler Man Photo Gallery asking where the big man from Chicopee, Massachusetts was. Well, Bill – here he is: I snagged him...
That’s An Unusual KLR Headlight Mod
Sometimes in life you find yourself doing what you gotta do, just to get by. Looks like this KLR owner I spotted the other day was doing just that. I’m not exactly sure a...