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Best Marketed Signs On The Back Roads of America
/2 Comments/in North America, Travelogue, USA /by allanI’m fascinated, if not obsessed with the stuff that litters the backroads of America. Dotted with the small business endeavors of the “every” man or woman hoping to realize the American dream, I found an amazing array of visible roadside tactics intended to attract customers and differentiate. From banners to balloons to barns as billboards […]
Crossing Kansas – Birds, Wheat, Sunflowers & A Toilet Seat.
/0 Comments/in North America, Travelogue, USA /by allanPerhaps ever since Judy Garland, in her most memorable role, confided in her dog, Toto, her revelation that she was no longer in Kansas, the state has been the brunt of many jokes. Most, I’m sure, in good taste. Yet those off-color likely often mouthed by people who either whipped through the state across the […]
It’s The People Along the Way – Graceland to Kansas.
/0 Comments/in North America, Travelogue, USA /by allanAs the end this part of my journey looms with each mile I ride, I find myself thinking back at the many people who I’ve met, who’ve helped me, who I’ve helped and who just for one reason or another have made an indelible impression in my memory which I know will never fade. There […]
Nashville: Chrome Cow Girl Meets WorldRider.
/0 Comments/in North America, Travelogue, USA /by allanStrolling the side streets of the Music Row district of Nashville makes my mind wander and wonder. In the studios, offices and hallway of these buildings many of the biggest hits of American country and early rock n’ roll were born. Time for a haircut, I cruise the neighborhoods of the city and am immediately […]
Back Roads of Tennessee – Riding My Way Through America
/0 Comments/in Travelogue, USA /by allanSlightly parched, tired and disappointed that I was stuck in a dry county for a couple days due to the bearing problem, I was ready for a beer. With this as a requirement, I’d hoped to walk somewhere for dinner. But in the adjacent vicinity, Sweetwater’s dining options were the usual fast food fair or, […]
I Think That I Shall Never See A Poem Lovely As A Tree.
/2 Comments/in Travelogue, USA /by allanIt took John and I the better part of the day to locate the bearings and fabricate what we needed to bring Doc together again. By the time we waved goodbye, I only had a couple hours to ride across the border into Tennessee. My route? The Cherohal Skyway – a twisty, sometimes steep scenic […]
Seized & Shafted In Robbinsville
/2 Comments/in Travelogue, USA /by allanAfter another night of camping on the Blue Ridge Parkway, I made my way down the final stretch of the 469 mile run that goes from Northern Virginia to Western North Carolina. It’s hard to ride this parkway without stopping at every pull off to gaze at the limitless vistas deep into the Shenandoah Valley, […]