Ten Thousand Demons
Dunker Church, Antietam Battlefield, January 19, 2026 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday - January 19, 2026. The Itty Fit is rolling west to Sharpsburg, MD and Antietam National Battlefield. What better way to celebrate the holiday than the Civil War battle that sparked the Emancipation Proclamation? This year our nation celebrates the 250 th anniversary of July 4, 1776 issuance of the Declaration of Independence. At Antietam on September 17, 1862 (86 years later - 4 score a
Jan 19
Ransom Wear
The covered bridge burned. Lieutenant Davis and troops escaped across this railroad bridge. Baby BlueS felt sluggish – acceleration slow,...
Jan 24, 2025
Christmas with Malcolm
The Sun sets but the light still shines. It is said that the dead have not left us if their name is still spoken. Malcolm Smith passed...
Dec 27, 2024
Early Warren
Brigadier General Warren's view from the most famous little hill in America It is not often that an engineer determines the fate of a...
Nov 28, 2024
Jenny Being Coy
A recent news column was titled “je ne sais quio.” For those that do not know French, “je ne sais quio” is derived from the Latin, “Jenny...
Oct 6, 2024
The Double Triple
Even birds of prey follow the twisties... This past July I rode the iconic motorcycle road, “Triple Nickel” - State Road 555 in Ohio. In...
Sep 7, 2024
Why I Ride
My father getting air at age 84. He never forgot the feeling of being tossed and tossing me. I finally figured it out - how to explain...
Aug 4, 2024
Quit Crashing your Coffee
At NJMP during YCRS - the sun sets on a Ducati Monster. It was my first time riding a motorcycle to school - the commute was 4-hours. ...
Jul 14, 2024
We Shall Miss Him
In the aftermath of the Civil War, John William Grout was a household name. Today he is all but forgotten though he lives on in song. It is a cool 70-degrees at 6:00 a.m. as Big Red glides west toward Leesburg, VA toward a 90-degree Saturday. I am focused on the ride and not the upcoming day of Civil War and musical history. Fortunately, at this early hour cagers with their cell phones have not emerged to terrify pedestrians, motorcyclists, and other wild and domestic anim
Jun 23, 2024
Border Crossing
Walking across the bridge, I crossed the border without incident. No border checkpoint, no border guard looking for contraband corn or...
May 18, 2024
