Walking Down Camera Roll Memory Lane
For the past week, I’ve spent a fair amount of time scrolling, scrolling, and re-scrolling through the camera roll on my phone. Thousands of photos live there serving as memory touchstones. Yesterday while I...
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That Time I Rode My Way Into a Live Sex Show
Riding along in the scrubby desert of eastern California making my way to the Arizona border, the light was just beautiful. The sun cast a warm romantic glow over everything, the way it tends...
Big Josh – The Joshua Tree Muffler Man
As of 2018, there is a new guy in town, the Joshua Tree Muffler Man – Big Josh. In December of 2016, I traveled south along Route 111 on my way towards Salvation Mountain...
World Famous Crochet Museum – Joshua Tree, California
In the town of Joshua Tree, California at the gateway of the National Park, sits another glorious American institution – the World Famous Crochet Museum. While on a riding trip in January of 2020,...
Palm Springs Window Reflections
Having my picture taken isn’t fun. I hate the way I look. Sometimes I go through the process of taking selfies to try to work through these feelings. At this point, it seems like...
Giant Chicken Army: San Bernardino Original McDonald’s Edition
Wouldn’t you know it? I had myself another run-in with a member of the Giant Chicken Army. At the end of January, I flew to California to do a little ride about. While cruising...
Metal Gear Garden – York, Pennsylvania
While navigating my way around York, Pennsylvania to look for murals and ghost signs, I rode passed a metal garden which had giant flowers made out of gears and things. Something about the Gear...
Will Ride for Donuts
My love of donuts is known far and wide amongst my friends. Perhaps you’ve even noticed the pink donut sticker on the BonBon. I don’t know when the love affair began, really. But I...
Roadside Giants Along the Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s leg of the Lincoln Highway has some interesting sights peppered along the route. For reasons unknown to even me, I especially love riding along it’s western half. The Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor established...
A Gorgeous Coca-Cola Ghost Sign in York, Pennsylvania
I’m pretty sure I became aware of this ghost sign in York, Pennsylvania from reading Wendyvee’s great blog, Roadside Wonders. It’s been pinned on my Google Map for years. When I pulled up to...
The Harley-Davidson Tradition Mural – York, Pennsylvania
A Beautiful Harley-Davidson Mural York, Pennsylvania is home to many wonderful murals scattered around the city. One, in particular, caught my eye. The mural is called The Harley-Davidson Tradition and was painted by Michael...
Pennsylvania: Double Mail Pouch Barn Goodness
Just a hop, skip and a jump up the road from Pennsylvania’s great welcome sign, I serendipitously saw a double Mail Pouch barn. Aside from the two visible sides in the picture, the small...
A Yeti, an Art Gallery, a Kickass Road – This must be Ranchita, California
In December of 2016, I was in California taking a week-long riding trip. I flew to LA, rented a bike and wandered about. While heading towards Borrego Spring on Montezuma-Borrego Highway, I passed a Yeti in...
The View from Bark Road – Sideling Hill Summit
When riding along Route 30 in Pennsylvania, there is an easily missed road called Bark Rd. at the Sideling Hill Summit. The reason I know it’s easily missed is because I’ve passed it a...
George’s Coney Island – Worcester, Massachusetts
On the way home from Lynn, Massachusetts, where I visited the greatest mural ever, I made a pit stop in Worcester to “eat here and get gas,” as it were. After filling up my...
Get Ready to See the Greatest Mural Ever!
Hands down, the most incredible mural I saw while visiting Lynn, Massachusetts, and perhaps that I’ve ever seen is this collab between JPO and Miss Zukie. “Zukies are a fluffy and chubby character that don’t...
Beyond Walls – Lynn, Massachusetts Murals and Vintage Neon
The town of Lynn, Massachusetts has been incredible-ized by a program called Beyond Walls, which features neighborhood beautification with vintage neon, sculpture and gorgeous murals. We activate spaces that foster more livable, economically viable, and...
Would You Like to See My Sweet Caboose?
Sleeping in a caboose is one of the items that has been on my life’s To Do list for many years. How it ended up there, at this point I can’t say. It’s not...
Party of One – Wednesday Night in Breezewood
In the past couple of years, I’ve cruised through the town of Breezewood, Pennsylvania a handful of times. Not because I was seeking it out, but just… because. If you’re riding along Route 30,...
Tales of a Second Grade Nothing
In September while heading east on the Lincoln Highway in the Chambersburg area, I stopped to snap photos of two gas pumps that were part of the Pump Parade. The first was at Shatzer Fruit...
