The Giant Spider of St. George, Utah
Now, I know that spiders aren’t everyone’s favorite critter, but you have to admit that this 17-foot metal beast is pretty awesome. There are lights lining it’s eight spindly legs. Utah license plates cover...
Yearly Archive: 2023
Memories That Shape Our Futures
A few weeks ago, I published a post called This Must Be The Place. In it, I mentioned a photograph of my dad shaving in a roadside rest stop while my parents vagabonded around...
How Do You Get Started When You Can’t Get Started?
You know, as someone who identifies as a blogger, I sure don’t do a whole lot of blogging. And it isn’t because I lack inspiration, or that I don’t have pictures or thoughts to...
Happy Thanksgiving, Friends
If you’re celebrating today, I hope your holiday is filled with love and delicious pie. Happy Thanksgiving!
Sometimes Your Day Ends with Unexpected Dinosaurs – Clayton, New Mexico
While standing in a gas station, I picked the town of Clayton as a place to stop for the night while looking at my phone. My town choice criteria mostly centered around: what was...
Route 66: Leaning Water Tower – Groom, Texas
It wasn’t until I pulled up to the leaning water tower in Groom, Texas that I really understood that the lean is really pronounced from certain angles. Depending on how you approach it, your...
Farmington to Cimarron, New Mexico on Route 64
On the coldest day of my trip, I followed Route 64 in New Mexico about 260 miles from Farmington (where I’d met Sunny) to Cimarron. With no knowledge of the road or areas I’d...
Farmington, New Mexico: Large Letter Postcard Mural
Not unlike Sunny the Muffler Man, I spotted this large letter postcard style mural in Farmington, New Mexico out of the corner of my eye while riding down main street. It’s in an alleyway...
This Must be the Place – A Texas Roadside Rest Stop Arrow
When I woke up in Clayton, New Mexico, my plan for the day was to head southeast to pick up Route 66 along the Oklahoma and Texas border. From there, I’d get to pass...
Giganticus Headicus – Route 66 Arizona
There were many times when road tripping through the southwest that I tried to find the balance between knowing too much and knowing too little about a place I’d be passing through. On one...
The Daily Review Building – Towanda, Pennsylvania
In the late summer of 2023, I found myself passing through the Pennsylvania town of Towanda on Route 6. On the north end of town, not far from the lovely former Red Rose Diner...
Diving Lady Vintage Neon Starlite Motel Sign – Mesa, Arizona
If you grew up in the 70’s and 80’s you are probably part of the last generation to remember first hand what it was like to commonly see chasing bulb signs, rotating Kentucky Fried...
Route 66: Welcome to Shamrock Texas Mural
When you think about Route 66 and Shamrock, Texas, the first thing that springs to mind is likely the gorgeous vintage Tower Conoco Station and the U Drop Inn Cafe. It is an incredible...
Giant Chicken Army: Red Rooster Bar – Moapa Valley, Nevada
The American Southwest is home to many a giant fiberglass rooster. It’s not entirely unexpected when as I’ve posited before that these feathered beasts are clearly amassing a Giant Chicken Army. This handsome gent...
The Little Kriega Bags That Could
Though I’ve written about them in the past, I just have to give another shout out to these Kriega bags – a Drypack US-20 and US-30 . Year after year they continue to make...
Motorcycle Blogger: My Camera Equipment
Ostensibly, blogging is in large part about writing things down. But you can’t overlook the impact that photos have on supplementing those writings. Images fill in the gaps where words fall short. Maybe you’ve...
If This is Tonalea, Those Must Be Elephant’s Feet
While riding in Arizona, there were several times in which I had to stop myself from looking too closely on Google Maps street view at any area I would be passing through. There is...
Crossing the Plains in New Mexico
During any road trip there are bound to be moments which are… boring. Looking out towards the horizon on a pin straight road which looks like it might deliver you to the edge of...
Muffler Man: Sunny the Big Man – Farmington, New Mexico
My personal experience with Muffler Men over the last decade+ has been largely intentional. When I am passing through or close by a town where there is a big guy, I’ll make it a...
Greetings from the American Southwest
This year, I had the opportunity to spend a couple of weeks bumming around the American Southwest. The idea of taking this trip was something that I’d been noodling on abstractly for a while....
