Category Archives: Motorcycling

Riding with Strangers 2022 – Trails to Rails Scavenger Hunt Part 1

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Ralph Hanson

For the last several years, each summer I do a national-scale motorcycle scavenger hunt run by a  motorcycle club out of Minnesota known as Team Strange. Each year it has a theme. This year’s Grand Tour is called Trails to … Continue reading →

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Riding with Team Strange – Fun with Motorcycles

Posted on June 9, 2021 by Ralph Hanson

For the last six or seven years, every summer I do a national-scale motorcycle scavenger hunt run by a  motorcycle club out of Minnesota known as Team Strange. Each year it has a theme. One of my favorites was “On … Continue reading →

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Memories from 9/11 – Musicals, Movies and Motorcycles

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Ralph Hanson

It was 19 years ago this morning that I was teaching my freshman media literacy course at West Virginia University.  I had a class with close to 350 students in it.C-SPAN’s Washington Journal morning show was playing on the big screen as … Continue reading →

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Motorcycling in the Time of COVID19: Riding with Bass Reeves and the Watchmen

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Ralph Hanson

This is one of a series of posts about going motorcycling during the COVID19 pandemic. Spoiler Alert – Discusses a few plot points from HBO series Watchmen.  Have you watched the limited series Watchmen on HBO? Damon Lindelof (of LOST and The … Continue reading →

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Travels With Putt Putt: Finishing out the season with a ride to the Ozarks.

Posted on October 27, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

Last week was fall break at UNK, and so it was one last chance for a multi-day ride before cold weather settles in for the season. First things first – get the bike ready to go complete with saddlebags, tank … Continue reading →

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Remembering 9/11 – In the movies and on the road

Posted on September 11, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

Today is the 18th anniversary of the attacks of September 11th. In memory, here are a couple of posts I’ve put up in the past.  The first is a look at cameos the Twin Towers made in numerous Hollywood films: … Continue reading →

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Travels with Putt Putt: Mountain High, Valley Low

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

I don’t generally name my cars, and I don’t really set out to name my motorcycles, but it seems like over the past decade most of the motorcycles I’ve owned have somehow let me know what they wanted to be called. This … Continue reading →

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Travels with Putt Putt: ‘Oh thou that tellest good tidings to Zion’

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

I don’t generally name my cars, and I don’t really set out to name my motorcycles, but it seems like over the past decade most of the motorcycles I’ve owned have somehow let me know what they wanted to be called. This … Continue reading →

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Travels with Putt Putt: A Visit to Abbey Country

Posted on July 6, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

I don’t generally name my cars, and I don’t really set out to name my motorcycles, but it seems like over the past decade most of the motorcycles I’ve owned have somehow let me know what they wanted to be called. This … Continue reading →

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Travels with Putt Putt: Would you ride 1,500 miles for lunch?

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Ralph Hanson

I don’t generally name my cars, and I don’t really set out to name my motorcycles, but it seems like over the past decade most of the motorcycles I’ve owned have somehow let me know what they wanted to be called. So … Continue reading →

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