The Little Kriega Bags That Could
Though I’ve written about them in the past, I just have to give another shout out to these Kriega bags – a Drypack US-20 and US-30 . Year after year they continue to make...
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Full tank. Wandering heart.
Though I’ve written about them in the past, I just have to give another shout out to these Kriega bags – a Drypack US-20 and US-30 . Year after year they continue to make...
While riding in Arizona, there were several times in which I had to stop myself from looking too closely on Google Maps street view at any area I would be passing through. There is...
During any road trip there are bound to be moments which are… boring. Looking out towards the horizon on a pin straight road which looks like it might deliver you to the edge of...
When you set off on a trip, do you take pictures of your motorcycle (or car) as if they are a travel companion? Looking back over the years, I have dozen of “start” photos...
Back in 2016, I made a stop on Route 6 in Towanda, Pennsylvania to enjoy lunch at the counter of the Red Rose Diner. As I was leaving, the owner took my picture as...
When you don’t live in or routinely travel through a place you aren’t able to witness the incremental changes that occur there day in and day out. As a casual traveler who may only...
When I pulled in to the town of Honesdale, Pennsylvania, my eyes were immediately drawn to this beautiful Welcome to Honesdale mural painted on the back of a building. I didn’t spot a date...
“Mom, can we get a giant roller skate?”“No, we have a giant roller skate at home.” Giant roller skate at home… In the realm of giant roadside roller skates, the rooftop roller that crowns...
With decades of photos tucked away for someday, as I previously mentioned, on occasion I have a little difficulty remembering where I might have snapped a photo of something. Generally speaking, I have fairly...
Sometimes in life you find yourself in a place where you don’t have enough in the tank to move forward so your only chance of making it is turning back. This is true both...
Kenny Scharf is a dynamic artist who emerged in the 1980s as a prominent figure in the vibrant East Village art scene. With his bold use of colors and imaginative style, Scharf quickly gained...
When I stood in the whipping wind off of the Salton Sea, I had no idea what I would find on the streets of Bombay Beach. From the vantage point of the welcome sign,...
What is a Whispering Giant? The Whispering Giants are a collection of sculptures created by artist Peter Wolf Toth. Toth, who was born in Hungary, began his mission to create a statue honoring indigenous...
Mail Pouch Tobacco barns and ghost signs stay firmly in my top 10 must-see or favorite sights while I’m out bumming around. Because part of their enduring appeal is directly correlated to familiarity and...
Traveling through central Pennsylvania towns, I felt a sense of anemoia wash over me. Anemoia, a term coined by John Koenig in his Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, is defined as “a pang of nostalgia...
Well? Now you know. Bigfoot has some junk in the trunk. He got them Applebottom jeans, the boots with the furrrrrr… To be honest, I’m not sure why wondering about the goings on of...
This restored Mail Pouch Tobacco wall ad in Ford City, Pennsylvania sure is a looker. It is clear that love and care went in to making it vibrant once again. There is so much...
When I am road tripping, I typically have the best intentions about writing something down nightly to memorialize the things that I see each day while they are fresh in my mind. Before I...
Over the last 5 or 6 years there have been several occasions when I’d been traveling and thought, “oh, well, while I’m in the neighborhood I’ll just swing by,” in reference to the American...
Sometimes when I scroll through my camera roll, it surprises me how many interesting things I’ve seen over the years. Though I no longer really participate in social media, there was a time when...