Roadside Americana

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 road? I love love 🙂 ...

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 know what to do. To recap: I wanted to download the Roadside America Attractions and Oddities ...

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 looking for something specific like gas or a hotel. It is a rare occasion that I ...

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 a few weeks ago on what was probably the hottest day in the history ...

In a strange moment of serendipity I was riding in a conga line of traffic going 30mph behind the Top Dog Lunch Wagon on Route 68 near Portland, Ct. I only wish that I had a camera mounted on my handlebars. It isn't everyday you're trailing a giant hotdog on ...

Muffler Men are a funny bunch. Clearly they need looking after and checking in on now and then. The last time I was in the neighborhood in 2009, I stopped in to take a peek at the Bunyan-style Muffler Man that hangs out at the House of Doors. He was ...

Riding your motorcycle instead of your office chair feels a little extra sweet, doesn't it? On this particular Wednesday after hopping off the ferry and heading north I found myself heading up route 8 north from the Connecticut/Massachusetts border. While the tires of my bike began to eat up the ...

Some road signs have a way of making a motorcyclist's heart go pitter-patter. Narrow Road - Sharp Curves - Next 14 Miles. Yes, please! ...

When the shadows start getting long, that's when I start missing home. I continuously walk the line of having the curiosity of a person who likes to wander and one whose heartstrings reel them back home. Those two facets of a life can be hard to manage. I'd wound my ...

Rolling in through the town of Marlinton on route 39, I was disheartened to see that the lovely little train depot that had burned in 2008, was in the same state. I was hoping to round the corner to find that it had been rebuilt. I suppose money for such ...

... I was pretty excited about it anyway. After riding around West Virginia all day, we made our way to Chambersburg, Pa. and got rooms for the night. It was there that a full rainbow stretched across the sky. On one end of the bow, Denny's. On the other, a ...

Do you like your motorcycle rides with a side of history-buff nerdiness? Well, then - locating and photographing historical markers might be right up your alley. TOWN OF RIVERHEAD A part of Southold prior to its organization 1792. First settlement 1690. Suffolk County Seat since 1725. -State Education Department 1933 ...

For the past few weeks, I've kind of lost my footing. I've been riding and taking tons of pictures but not doing a lot of posting on the blog. Have you missed me? 🙂 It could be that I've succumbed to the instant gratification of noncommittal chit-chat places like Twitter ...

On the Long Island north shore's far eastern end is the town of Orient. From there you can catch a ferry to New London, Connecticut. Or - exit the ferry from New London as it were, here on the Island. When you roll off of the Long Island bound ferry, ...

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Last weekend I had the opportunity to meet the gentleman that owns this this Captain America trike. He was eccentric, chatty and friendly - which is just the way I like people. This wonderfully kooky DIY-dream is powered by a 1988 Toyota MR2 motor in the rear. Love it! ...

I pass this church often. Whoever puts the quotes on their signs really comes up with some good ones. This weekend was a two-fer. "Life is too short to waste time hating anyone." "Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful." It may be that I'm just a ...

Everyone that has ever passed through Long Island's easternmost town of Montauk seems to know of the Memory Motel. The name is also special to many Rolling Stones fans. In 1975, while staying in Montauk at Andy Warhol's Eothen compound, Mick Jagger began penning a song called Memory Motel. It ...

This pretty much sums up my Sunday: Here on Long Island it was a sunny, nearly spring day. Though the winds were blowing all day, the temperatures danced around the 50 degree mark. I put the daylight savings to good use by floating around for 200 miles on the Speed ...

It is impossible for me not to stop whenever I pass the Big Duck. I just love it ...

This landlocked lighthouse is a re-purposed grain silo, sitting on Kernsville Rd. in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Needless to say Kenny and I were pretty surprised to see it in the middle of the rolling, green hills. If ships are running aground in Allentown, I'm thinking a twirly light isn't really going ...

I saw this photo theme on To Cold To Hold Photo Theme: Muffler Men Long Island has one Muffler Man on it's shores. It is an indian-style man that stands outside of the Riverhead Raceway oval where he's been waving to the traffic since the 1970's. He's always visible. Why ...

Parking is a little tight around New York City. Scooter riders have to squeeze in wherever they can. You know, like wedged in behind a car that is wearing a crocheted yarn cozy. This awesome car was actually a non-working model that was part of Olek's "Knitting is for Pus****" ...

The Stony Brook Village Center works very hard at keeping a small town, community feel alive. During the winter season they hold an event called the Promenade of Trees where the walkway is lined with small Christmas trees that are decorated by families, scout troops and organizations. It's fun to ...

Aside from riding around in a Gumby suit, I was busy nerding it up in other ways on Sunday.  I was messing around with Foursquare trying to see if I could unlock the Great Outdoors badge during my ride. I rode down Old Field Road to it's very tip to ...