Places – Page 6 – The Travelin' Gringo

Shake, Rumble, and Roll — World’s Largest V-8 Motorcycle Parade

Daytona Beach, FL — An old beer commercial featured the tagline, “Why ask why?” When it comes to mounting a[…]

Daytona Beach, FL — Whether you ride a Honda or Harley, Victory or Valkyrie, Yamaha or Ural, you’ve probably done[…]

Daytona Beach, FL — Sometimes, just chatting with the person next to you can lead to an interesting story. I[…]

Daytona Beach, FL — Thousands of bikers rumbled into Daytona today (Friday 3/4/11) for the official start of Daytona Bike[…]

Atlanta, GA — It’s not every day you can visit a 10-million gallon aquarium. In fact, this is the only[…]

Knoxville, TN — Often the best part of travel is the people you meet. When I’m on the road, in[…]

DeLand, FL — “Beer Festival” — there’s no happier combination of words in the English language. I realize that beer[…]

Devils Tower, WY — If you’re of a certain age — that is to say, “old,” like me — you[…]

Sulphur, Louisiana — Sometimes you just know a place is gonna be good. When I’m on the road, I love[…]

Silver Springs, FL — As part of my never-ending search for high-calorie, low nutritional-value snack foods, on a recent road[…]

Caryville, TN — Each morning, Hack Ayers greets breakfast guests at the Hampton Inn hotel in this tranquil Tennessee town[…]

Thorn Hill, TN — There’s something extremely comforting about stopping at a roadside restaurant for a cup of coffee and[…]

Key West, FL — Thanks, Henry Flagler. Maybe I’m 100 years too late, give or take a few, but if[…]

Crazy Horse, SD — On any given day — weather permitting — the sounds of heavy machinery echo through the Black[…]

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia — The ranger station at Rockfish Gap near Waynesboro, Virginia, is unattended as I glide past[…]