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Walkabout…two daughters celebrating a Dad’s Life
My sister and I decided we needed some calm after our father’s death. A space somewhere to celebrate the life our father had shared with us. He always loved the outdoors, the Sierras, ghost towns, and good food. We jumped in the Subaru and went for a “ride” into the mountains. We had nothing in…
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My Grandmother’s 1922 Moto trip–Ongoing discovery
After posting my grandmother’s photo album on my blog, I have been approached by a few people with some great advice to assist with identifying the other riders in the album and the route they possibly took crossing the Sierra Nevada Range out of Yosemite. So here’s some additional information that I recently received. My…
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Photographs of my Grandmother’s 1922 motorcycle trip in California astride a Harley Davidson with a sidecar
I began a post a day ago regarding the history of women in motorcycling, and ended it with a couple of photographs that my mother and I had found of my grandmother. She was in moto-garb and astride an old Harley Davidson. Amazed when we found these, it was a total surprise to both my…
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Goin’ South–A female tale from the desert of the Southwest USA Pt.1
Another great adventure began…one of “what comes next”, as I stood helpless watching the State of NV take my father to be evaluated. Well, I guess not helpless, as I could have gone and gathered him up and brought him to live with Gary and me, only life as we know and enjoy it would…