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Remembering A Motorcycle Ride to the United 93 9/11 Memorial on a Rainy Summer Day
It was 22 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 … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, motorcycles, National Parks, United 93
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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
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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
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Tagged 2019 motorcycle trips, Edward Abbey, motorcycles, National Parks, Putt Putt, Utah
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A Motorcycle Ride to the United 93 Memorial on a Rainy Summer Day
This has nothing to do with the media. It’s a brief story about a ride I took on my motorcycle to the United 93 Memorial on a rainy June day back in 2004. It was written shortly after I had … Continue reading
A Motorcycle Ride to the United 93 Memorial on a Rainy Summer Day
This has nothing to do with the media. It’s a brief story about a ride I took on my motorcycle to the United 93 Memorial on a rainy June day back in 2004. It was written shortly after I had … Continue reading
Posted in Motorcycling, Travel
Tagged 9/11, motorcycle, National Parks, United 93
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