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Adventures
Posted on 02. Feb, 2012 by admin.
by Robert “Puppy” DeGroat I think in one of my earlier missives, I might have mentioned that I like adventures, and as such, my wanderings on motorcycles became just that, a ride to another adventure, or even the bridge from adventure to adventure. One of my many faults is that I became a creature of [...]
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Sunset At the Open Road Bar & Grill
Posted on 29. Jan, 2012 by admin.
by James “Jimi Dean” Bagwell Along the road every once in a while you meet some people that are just amazing. I have been extremely lucky to have met some of these awesome people. The owners of The Open Road Bar and Grill in Arcadia are just that. I kept seeing bikes riding in the [...]
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Riding With the Gypsies
Posted on 15. Jan, 2012 by admin.
By Coach, sprinkled with comments from Scooter Tramp Scotty, Michelle Hope, and James (Jimi Dean) Bagwell The morning sun warmed the back of his neck as he rode slowly along the small and mostly forgotten highway of some barely known town. Enjoying the wind and the scenery around him, the Gypsy cared not where the [...]
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A Lot Like Making Love
Posted on 29. Dec, 2011 by admin.
by Zeke Wedgewood I finally made it to Austin. It’s been lightly drizzling, but my need to stay moving is outweighing my need for comfort at the moment. I decided to explore downtown and search out an urban camping spot while I still had plenty of daylight to work with, but after a very minor [...]
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Broke and In Need of Making a Decision
Posted on 23. Dec, 2011 by admin.
by James (Jimi Dean) Bagwell I was recently in Denton Texas visiting my brother and his wife. Living this nomadic, gypsy lifestyle still requires me to work on occasion. The bills are not near as much as a stationary home yet they are still there. I was down to my last few dollars so I [...]
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The Working Motorcycle
Posted on 09. Dec, 2011 by admin.
by Scooter Tramp Scotty Kerekes Palm Springs, California. October of 2003 It was late fall in the Southern California desert as the three motorcycles sat parked in a semi-circle. Beside each lay a bedroll particular to the rider of that bike and, on each bed, a man sat beside, or leaned against, his bike to [...]
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Drifting About the Kern
Posted on 05. Dec, 2011 by admin.
by Robert “Puppy” DeGroat, Jr. Sitting in one of the most beautiful, most serene little parks I’ve ever had the pleasure to enjoy, the river rapids broiling by in front of me, I keep trying to feel down. The 1937 Harley Davidson motorcycle that I’ve been riding for better than thirty years is broken again. [...]
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My Second Failure at Gypsy Camping
Posted on 05. Dec, 2011 by admin.
by Zeke Wedgewood My second failure at gypsy camping was more of a blessing, really. I pulled off the highway a little late again, so now I have less than an hour of light to find a campground. After a lot of riding up and down country roads, I found the best spot ever and [...]
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