One Summer Night Doo Wop
The day started out with a jet ski ride up the lake followed by a motorcycle ride to search for a geocache whose location had stymied me for the last few attempts. I had not read carefully enough that the latitude and longitude in the geocache description were for the parking area at the the […]
Recycling
Most of us have old computers or electronic devices in our basements. Among my “collection” was a huge CRT computer display. Not a flat panel — a huge old-fashioned monitor. My back hurt for days from lifting it. Not only did it weigh 100 pounds or so but it cost a small fortune in electricity […]
Adirondacks
The total Trike ride was just short of 500 miles. The first day got us to Cassville (near Utica) where my brother lives. Utica is situated in the Mohawk Valley and is the seat of Oneida County. Like many industrial towns and cities in the northeastern Rust Belt, Utica has seen continuous reduction in manufacturing […]
Shazam
The crab cakes at Barbara Jean’s at the European Village in Palm Coast, Florida were really good and so was the background music — (note: closed as of August 2010). When my wife and I heard "You Really Got A Hold On Me", we immediately recognized the song but could not remember who had recorded […]
Route 7
Someday I will ride the entire 308 miles of U.S. Route 7 but this Tuesday it was just 120 miles of it. The day was perfect for a motorcycle ride — not too hot, not too cold. The north-south highway runs from Norwalk, Connecticut to northern Vermont near the Canadian border. As I was riding […]
