Month: May 2015

5/30 – Archway Anxiety

Remember Chris, from riding around the Ozarks? He picked up a bike in Wisconsin, and was riding home, conveniently via St Louis. Due to rain, Brittany, Myke, Chris and I piled into their car to go to the Arch, and then had some amazing BBQ at Bogart’s Smokehouse. A...

5/28 – Picnicking Pros

Apparently I spelled ‘picnicking’ wrong. 98 miles. I managed to catch Elli and Rob on their scoot out to Edwardsville, IL to have her Stella looked at. In the meantime, the cool guys at Moto Italia let me test ride a sweet 1982 Moto Guzzi V50III. It was great...

5/27 – Post-Meeting Rides

49 miles. Working today, and a quick stroll through the Zoo (free in St Louis!) I sat in on 30 Days Scooter Gang’s rally planning meeting. Afterwards, I got to try Anna’s 4-stroke Stella…why hasn’t this scoot been on my radar before? After some Plain & Fancy nitrogen-frozen ice...

5/26 – Late Night at Myke’s Garage

Getting caught up at MoKaBe’s, and stuffing my face with Mama Toscano’s Ravioli. Greg of the Memphis Kings introduced me to his friends in St Louis, Pat and Diane. They took me out to an excellent dinner at the Shaved Duck (oh, cheese fries with Provel…I’m taking two lactose...

Scooter Interloper in SoCal. Feb 18-25, 2015.

For once, I had a decent night’s sleep in anticipation of the road. Pete and I knew this day would come, but there were still tears. I was in high-anxiety mode for an on-time departure that was never going to happen, but I managed to depart only a couple...

5/25 – Splash Zone

308 miles. I got bored on Rt-67, and took some side roads. I should have guessed that after the pavement ended and a couple “Road impassable during high water” signs appeared, I’d have to turn around. Of course, this meant backtracking over the two smaller water crossings I’d already...

5/24 – Accidental Scooter Storm Chasers

A bit of work at Republic Coffee, followed by the highly recommended Central BBQ (some of the best I’ve ever had!). And then we got caught in a thunderstorm. The clouds were low and black, rain came in sheets, and wind was blowing me sideways across intersections – I can’t imagine how...

5/23 – The Whole Gang’s Here

38 miles. It seems like there’s always something to do in Memphis. I met up with scooter folks for the Roundhouse Revival at the Coliseum. There were food trucks, vendors, and wrasslin‘ with Jerry “The King” Lawler! To complete our Memphis As Fuck tour, the MKSC was headed to...

5/22 – Steak Night with Memphis Kings Scooter Club

220 miles. Around 5pm I rolled into Memphis and met up with Cassi, my host. We immediately accomplished several things: watching the ducks at the Peabody (with a drink and snack at Huey’s while waiting), walking to Beale St (the Bourbon St of Memphis, so I’m told) and A...