With state budgets shrinking, tourism departments across the nation are seeking novel ways to lure travelers this summer. Arkansas is leading the charge by combining history and motorcycling with a tie in to the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. They’re hoping a new Heritage Trail created to make battle sites easily accessible by motorcycle will give [...]
What You Will See On This Trip: Civil War Prisoner of War site, Railroad museums, authentic 1850’s village, canyon views, hometown of a former President and the airport where Lindbergh made his first solo flight. Excerpted from the book, Motorcycle Journey’s Through The American South by Scott Cochran We’ll start this journey in the town of [...]
John Stone, Valdosta GA Two of us went on the ride, John Stone and Robert (C-DAD) Resta from Valdosta and Adel Ga. Our first stop was Cairo, we set up the camera on a mini tripod so we could both get into the pics. I set the timer and before the first picture snapped a [...]
Harry had been wanting to go to the Jack Daniels Distillery in Lynchburg, Tn, for a long time. So, a few years ago, a group of ten or more had everything arranged to ride up on an overnight trip, but a hurricane blew through and the ride was canceled. Undaunted, Harry persisted and this August [...]
Hey, scooter trash, it’s time to saddle up! Summer is coming at us fast and it’s time to start thinking about a long sweet ride. I have a great story to tell you about a journey from South Carolina to the great Wild West that lasted 21 days! It all started way back in 2004, [...]
By: Bob “Steel Cowboy” Lawson I had arrived at LAX Airport Friday November 28th at around 4:30 pm. By the time I got my luggage and caught the shuttle to La Quinta Inn, it was 5:45. After checking in, I got the phone book and started calling bike shops for a rental bike. The [...]
The rain pelted the ballistic nylon outer shell on my 2 year old Victory Platinum jacket as I eased off the throttle of the Harley-Davidson Electra Glide loaner bike and swiveled my head backwards so my eyes could confirm what I thought I’d just seen. There, in a field surrounded by sugar maples, elm and [...]
By John Turner April 2010 marked the 150th anniversary of the start of the historic Pony Express. Few episodes in American history and early U.S. settlement are as widely known about as The Pony Express. Perhaps that knowledge is not detailed, but certainly the heritage of delivering the mail across vast expanses of uninhabited land [...]
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