Necessities of Life

“Watch carefully because everything happens really, really fast. The chase. The desert. The shack. The girl! The roadblock. The end.” – From the movie Vanishing Point about a car driver named Kowalski who delivers hot rods in record time but, always manages to run into trouble with the highway cops. I wonder why? And then […]

My 1970’s Era Road Trip

“In a letter back home to his mother Twain wrote, “I have just heard five pistol shots down the street. …The pistol did its work well … two of my friends were shot. Both died within three minutes.” In the late summer of 1974, with the blessings of our parents, my friend Hank and I, […]

Road Warriors/Baja Whales

2/10/2017 Earlier, I dubbed us, the Baja Road Warriors after the 4RUNNERs trip odometer passed the 1,000 mile mark. This road trip began in Ensenada with our final destination of LaPaz. Sights encountered on this road trip include, the hot springs in Ensenada, the cave drawings, just off the road, petting of grey whales in […]

Damn Dirty Ape/Trona/ Planet Of

Imagine your self, traveling to one of our National parks and stumbling upon three astronauts, from over 50 years ago, just like in the 1968 film titled, Planet of the Apes. It’s now February of 2021. Before everything gets back to normal, let me point out that during the past six months I’ve been lucky […]

Riding On Any Sunday/PWC/Motorcycles

Cherish your yesterdays, dream your tomorrows but, live your todays. ~ Anonymous PART I – written on January 1, 2008 PART II – written on January 31, 2021 Part 1 – They say that adventure, comes to the adventurous, and perhaps we were. For me, our Sunday rides lasted close to nearly four years. About as […]

Hanks Cobra/Ralph’s Corvette

Hank Williams became an early Shelby customer when he forked over $6380.00, for a 1965 Cobra, powered by a 289 cubic inch, Ford V-8; a car he still owns today. His story brought back memories of my ’65, only back then I hated Fords with a passion, so I bought a Chevrolet Corvette. Hank was […]

The Story Teller/Explore

“And In the end, we’ll all become stories.” – Margaret Atwood If you own a decade or more of digitized photography memories then maybe it’s time to review the last decade. And while reviewing those digitized memories Pause once in a while to stop and experience deep down, the brevity of your own life. Moments […]

#47 of #52 Taco Challenge/Whitewater/Yucca Valley Ride

This morning at 0900 a.m. I rode my 2020 BMW GSA 1250 to the Riverside BMW dealership to pick up a free t-shirt and ride shop riding book from Dan Shoo, the owner. The Route Book is their first published. It includes some of their favorite local rides that you can now also find on […]

MotoCamping to Grand Canyon Caverns/Route 66/Custers Scouts

“I did nothing great.” words uttered by Curly, who served as a scout for Custer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.” General Custers expedition started at Fort Lincoln on July 2, 1874, taking a southwesterly course and covering a distance of 292 miles, they averaged 18 miles of travel per day. Our Day […]