Road Tripping: Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens
A few weeks ago, my friend Rosie and I took a ride to Revzilla in Philadelphia. Though I hadn’t planned on buying anything, I accidentally came away with 2 new pairs of gloves. Oopsie!...
Tagged: Sights from the Road
Road Tripping: Roadside Goodies from Western New York
After deciding to hang a left at the decision point, I set off to see the Whispering Giant in Dunkirk, New York. Since I was just ’round the way, I also decided to see...
Throwback Thursday: Be Still My Heart, It’s a Burgermobile
Yeah, there’s a giant hamburgermobile filling up on pump one. No big whoop. Are you kidding me? My head almost exploded with the total greatness of serendipitously running into the hamburgermobile a few years back....
Sights from the Road: Super-Duper Patriotic House in Connecticut
Sometimes I don’t know what I’m thinking. I rode past this house last weekend and it took me about 1/4 of a mile to decide to swing back to get a better look and...
Is There a Registry of Air Mail Boxes?
If there isn’t, maybe there should be. I know of 3 such Air Mail boxes, all of which I stumbled across in the wild. Was there a time when these things were all the...
Scenes from a Fairy Tale – A Massachusetts Gingerbread House
During this year’s Berkshire Big Adventure ride, like Hansel and Gretel we followed the crumbs on a route sheet in and around the forrest. Through trees and ruts, mud and rocks we traversed the trail....
Road Tripping: West Virginia Mail Pouch Barns
While we were in West Virginia, you can bet your boots that I had jotted down a few Mail Pouch barns that were in the general vicinity. West Virginia is the home of Mail Pouch...
New Jersey’s Cowtown Rodeo Muffler Man
Well, this is embarrassing. The Cowtown Rodeo cowboy and I showed up to the party wearing the same shoes. For its petite size, New Jersey is really full to the brim with silly roadside...
A Day in the Life – Will Ride For Nonsense
What is it about a giant, fiberglass peg-legged pirate that will make me ride 170 miles out of my way? Is that the dumbest sentence you’ve ever read? Sometimes my ‘reasons’ for riding must...
Visiting The Queen of the Roadside – Nitro Girl
For all of the cliche popular images of the scary, hardened bikers – I feel like I must exist on the opposite end of the spectrum. When I’m out and about on my bike...
Roadside Americana: The Scary Pie Lady of Frackville PA.
I may have to start rethinking my penchant for visiting roadside statues. Exhibit A: Just check out the cold, dead eyes on these two. And that poor kid… I’m not sure what’s more tragic; the...
Fading Americana: Ceresota Flour Barn – Lehigh County, PA
Fifty years from now, what will my generation have left behind that tugs at the heartstrings of people who like to play the “Remember when…” game? What will our contribution to fading Americana be?...
Sights from the Road: License Plate House – Hinsdale, NH
Set back from the road in Hinsdale, New Hampshire is a fabulous house that is covered in license plates. When I say covered… I mean covered. Isn’t it wonderful? The house is no longer...
Roadside Nirvana for the Motorcyclist: A Giant Suzuki, A Ural and A Dragon
I’ll give you a minute to soak it all in. A giant Suzuki TL1000R, the Ural and…. a dragon. *Runs away squealing* 😀
American Gothic, A Big Banana Split and Tiger Troubles
On Saturday I meant to just duck out for a few hours before the rest of the family got up. I figured I could buzz out to New Jersey, see the giant tooth and...
Sometimes It’s Like He Doesn’t Know Me At All – The Toothy Edition
Though I’m not much of a telephone caller, I must admit that I really appreciate the ability to make and receive phone calls from my helmet with my Sena headset. Sometimes I’ll be standing on...
Two Resolutions and a Mystery Machine
When the new year rolled in there were two things that I resolved to do for myself. One: When I’m out in the world and I see something interesting, I need to stop saying...
The Ural Yamal Has Nothin’ On These Jaws!
Om nom nom. What is the Ural Yamal? It is the 2012 limited edition sidecar rig, named after a formidable Russian Icebreaker. The Ural Yamal bares its teeth and well, has a boat oar....
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...
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...
