Highways

Magnificence of Solitude

January 3, 2012 Sojourn Chronicles

The highway disappears over the horizon in the desert.Someone built this highway, but there are no houses along its path.No other vehicles are visible, nor have been for some time. Mountains in the distance. Sagebrush and cactus along the road.A summer thunderstorm refreshes the earth to the west.The rains wash off the dust and release [...]

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Stop light racing

December 2, 2011 Highways

The stop light at the top of the hill holds back the two lanes of cars and trucks ready to race forward. The street below the light is empty when the light turns green. Dozens of cars speed forward, each trying to get ahead or out maneuver the others. Down they come, changing lanes and [...]

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Motorcycling on a beautiful November day

November 12, 2011 Highways

“The weather looks good. So are we on?” “Yes. I’ll meet you in Brookville about noon. We’ll find some lunch and enjoy a ride.” “See you then.” And with that brief conversation with my brother, Brian, the meet-up and motorcycling adventure was about to begin. Well, what’s an adventure? Any successful ride that ends safely [...]

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The highway next to the Interstate

October 23, 2011 Highways

Fifty-five years ago, as the Cold War escalated and the nation needed a faster highway system for commerce and defense, President Eisenhower enacted the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, and the Interstate system was born. Interstate highways have allowed faster travel and created opportunities for businesses at or near those exits. But, there have been [...]

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Triumph Demo Ride?

August 27, 2011 Motorcycling

About two months ago, I looked at the Triumph web site for the Demo Truck schedule, and noticed that it would be closest to me on August 26th in Lexington, KY. So, I put it on my schedule and asked my friends if they wanted to ride down to Lexington, KY, to test ride a [...]

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The road north

August 8, 2011 Landscapes

The landscape of the road northchanges as leafy trees are replacedby conifers and pine. Flat lands give way to rolling hillscreated by glaciers and ice flowsthousands of years ago. Fishing and hunting resorts,and river rafting outfittersline the highway at river crossings. The road north servesthe many who call the area home,and the tens of thousands [...]

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Home delivery of the weekly free newspaper

May 6, 2011 Highways

The dually-wheeled pickup truck pulled out of the side road with plenty of safe distance, but then failed to accelerate to highway speeds. Following at a safe distance on the motorcycle, I soon realized why it was going slow and would continue to go slow. At every driveway, he was flipping a rolled up newspaper [...]

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