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Category Archives: Motorcycling
Riding with Strangers 2022 – Trails to Rails Scavenger Hunt Part 1
For the last several years, each summer I do a national-scale motorcycle scavenger hunt run by a motorcycle club out of Minnesota known as Team Strange. Each year it has a theme. This year’s Grand Tour is called Trails to … Continue reading
Posted in Motorcycling
Tagged 2022 Motorcycle Trips, Team Strange, Team Strange 2022, travel
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Riding with Team Strange – Fun with Motorcycles
For the last six or seven years, every summer I do a national-scale motorcycle scavenger hunt run by a motorcycle club out of Minnesota known as Team Strange. Each year it has a theme. One of my favorites was “On … Continue reading
Posted in Motorcycling
Tagged 2021 motorcycle trips, motorcycle, Team Strange
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Memories from 9/11 – Musicals, Movies and Motorcycles
It was 19 years ago this morning that I was teaching my freshman media literacy course at West Virginia University. I had a class with close to 350 students in it.C-SPAN’s Washington Journal morning show was playing on the big screen as … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 8, Diabetes, Health Issues, Motorcycling
Tagged 9/11, motorcycles, movies
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Motorcycling in the Time of COVID19: Riding with Bass Reeves and the Watchmen
This is one of a series of posts about going motorcycling during the COVID19 pandemic. Spoiler Alert – Discusses a few plot points from HBO series Watchmen. Have you watched the limited series Watchmen on HBO? Damon Lindelof (of LOST and The … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 2, Chapter 9, Motorcycling
Tagged 2020 motorcycle trips, Bass Reeves, HBO, motorcycle, race, Team Strange, Watchmen
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Travels With Putt Putt: Finishing out the season with a ride to the Ozarks.
Last week was fall break at UNK, and so it was one last chance for a multi-day ride before cold weather settles in for the season. First things first – get the bike ready to go complete with saddlebags, tank … Continue reading
Posted in Motorcycling
Tagged 2019 motorcycle trips, motorcycles, Putt Putt
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Remembering 9/11 – In the movies and on the road
Today is the 18th anniversary of the attacks of September 11th. In memory, here are a couple of posts I’ve put up in the past. The first is a look at cameos the Twin Towers made in numerous Hollywood films: … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 8, Diabetes, Motorcycling
Tagged 9/11, motorcycle, movies, National Parks, Twin Towers, United 93
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Travels with Putt Putt: Mountain High, Valley Low
I don’t generally name my cars, and I don’t really set out to name my motorcycles, but it seems like over the past decade most of the motorcycles I’ve owned have somehow let me know what they wanted to be called. This … Continue reading
Posted in Motorcycling, Travel
Tagged 2019 motorcycle trips, motorcycles, National Parks, Putt Putt, Utah
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Travels with Putt Putt: ‘Oh thou that tellest good tidings to Zion’
I don’t generally name my cars, and I don’t really set out to name my motorcycles, but it seems like over the past decade most of the motorcycles I’ve owned have somehow let me know what they wanted to be called. This … Continue reading
Posted in Motorcycling, Travel
Tagged 2019 motorcycle trips, motorcycles, National Parks, Putt Putt, Utah
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Travels with Putt Putt: A Visit to Abbey Country
I don’t generally name my cars, and I don’t really set out to name my motorcycles, but it seems like over the past decade most of the motorcycles I’ve owned have somehow let me know what they wanted to be called. This … Continue reading
Posted in Motorcycling, Travel
Tagged 2019 motorcycle trips, Edward Abbey, motorcycles, National Parks, Putt Putt, Utah
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Travels with Putt Putt: Would you ride 1,500 miles for lunch?
I don’t generally name my cars, and I don’t really set out to name my motorcycles, but it seems like over the past decade most of the motorcycles I’ve owned have somehow let me know what they wanted to be called. So … Continue reading
Posted in Motorcycling
Tagged 2019 motorcycle trips, motorcycle, Putt Putt, Ride To Eat, RTE, Sehnert's
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