If you already ride, this is the kind of view that makes you smile. If you’ve got riding somewhere in your DNA, a scene like this will give you a subtle but compelling urge to go buy a motorcycle.
Springtime!
Doesn’t this just make you want to ride?
The Shoe Tree
I was riding my Road King east on US 50 quite a few years back, when I came across a tall cottonwood tree decorated with hundreds of pairs of shoes that had been thrown up into the branches. I stopped and spent a pleasant couple of hours in the shade, contemplating that unusual tree. Nobody […]
Last Tango Ten
A good friend of mine died a while back. I was sad to see him go for a lot of reasons. One was his infectious love of music. That guy had more CDs and records than a lot of music stores and his collection spanned a wide range – both in years and genre. His…
Gettysburg
Roman Keane, the protagonist in the Road King Chronicles, visits Civil War battlefields whenever he can. In fact, part of the action in RKC: Blue Ridge Run takes place on the Manassas battlefield. In RKC: South Dakota Dead, Roman talks about his visit to the part of the Gettysburg battlefield where the north and south […]
Second Hand Snake
Last year I was driving south along I-5 in Washington state when I saw this Cobra on display at the Veterans’ Memorial Museum in Chehalis. It looked so much like the scene I imagined for Road King Chronicles: Second Hand Snake that I had to pull over for a visit. It’s nice to see memorials…
