MotoAdventureGal Riding for a Cause

A few months ago I met Alisa (MotoAdventureGal) when her and a friend stayed with me as they were traveling from Connecticut to North Carolina where they would start their ride across the United States on the Trans America Trail. Alisa is an inspiration. She quit her day job to live outside the box and get out of the “comfort zone”. Now she gets paid to do what she truly loves, ride motorcycles and write about her experiences.

Alisa is now on her way through Mexico as she heads for South America. She is currently riding for cancer awareness and raising money to try to beat this dreadful disease that strikes so many people we may know. I’d like to ask my readers to follow Alisa on her site as she updates us on her travels. And if you can, please donate to this cause. Every dollar goes straight to research as she is paying for her own travel expenses.

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2009
12/10
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Trans America Trail Visitors

Back in June I was kind enough to host Questor and Motoadventuregal as the travelled from Connecticut to Tennessee where they would start their journey on the Trans America Trail. I just recently received a post card from them thanking me for the accommodations. Here’s the entire post from Questor with photos detailing their entire journey.

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2009
11/01
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Jackass eh?

Text message conversation today.

her: “Don’t you like mike doughty? He’s playing the free at noon at xpn here on fri”
me: “Im going to see him at harrisburg arts center next month with some friends”
her: “Sorry. Just thought you’d want to know.”
her: “Was just trying to be helpful. Sorry.”
her: “I’m sorry I mentioned anything. Geesh.”
her: “Why are you always so rude to me?”
me: “Not being rude. You’re just taking it the wrong way. Lighten up.”
her: “No, you’re always a jackass to me for no reason at all. I don’t have time to deal with this BS when all I do is try to be nice to you. Screw that.”

Good grief. Take your meds please. Maybe now that I blogged this crazy conversation you can call me a jackass. I can live with that.

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2009
10/26
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Shermans Valley Railroad

The Newport and Shermans Valley Railroad once ran from the edge of the Juniata River to the small town of New Germantown at the west end of Perry County, Pennsylvania. Perry County is a rural county located north-west of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Even though it is relatively close to the state capitol, it is sheltered by mountains and rivers making getting in and out of the county somewhat difficult. There are only a few roads that cross into this county.

But about 100 years ago, the Newport and Shermans Valley Railroad provided commuter service as far west as Blain, Pennsylvania. After logging slowed down, the railroad came to and end. Now all that remains are a few of the original train stations and remnants of the concrete pillars where the tracks once crossed streams and ravines. Now that cars crowd the roads, especially during rush hour, travel in and out of this rural county can be a nightmare. I’m going to research and document the remnants of this rail system and show how if this was put back in place, it could offer the residents of Perry County an excellent way of public transportation.

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2009
10/14
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Published in DP – Arte Fotográfica

Published in DP – Arte Fotográfica

Jorge Pinto Guedes, Editor-in-chief of the Portuguese photo magazine DP – Arte Fotográfica asked for my permission to publish this snowboard photo in their latest issue.

Snowboard Back Flip

It’s rather flattering to have a magazine show up in the mail with my photo printed on an entire page by itself. And even more interesting that it’s in Portuguese!

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2009
09/22
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