Recent Entries

• The Slickiness

  by roadtrip December 20, 2012
      The other day I pulled into a convenience store to meet someone, and look at a car they had for sale. As I turned into the parking lot, looking for the car  was on my mind, and without paying much attention, I just wheeled into a spot in front of the store – an oil spot that is!...
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• Mississippi Backroads

  by roadtrip August 2, 2012
  I grew up in the wooded rolling hills of South Central Mississippi, and know my way around a lot of backroads from Jackson to the Gulf Coast. From the time I was a small child, all the way up through my teen years, I traveled the stretch of Hwy 13 that connects Hwy 98 in Columbia, to Hwy 49 between ...
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• Ride Safe Tip #2 - "Too Close For Comfort"

  by roadtrip April 1, 2012
  It’s so un-nerving to see some jerk-wad yoyo tailgating a biker. I can barely handle it when I look into my rear view mirror and see nothing but grill! It’s bad enough when I’m caging, but 100 times worse when I’m on my bike. I know that you know the feeling. I’ve hear...
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• Ride Safe Tip #1 - "Suicide Lane" -

  by roadtrip November 21, 2011
  You’ve seen them, texters barreling down the highway, someone talking on their cellphone with their arm propped up in the window, yelling and swatting at kids, eating a sausage biscuit while trying to drink hot coffee without burning their tongue, putting on eye make-up, etc. . . These drivers...
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