By Gary V. Vaughan under Bikes & Cars, Travel
Today’s schedule would have been to ride far enough to cross the border into North Carolina, around 200 miles away. But, the weather forecast warned us to expect storms and heavy rain in the afternoon, so we set off good and early again hoping to make it past Columbia (about 100 miles) before the storms [...]
By Gary V. Vaughan under Bikes & Cars, Travel
Jetlag is still on our side, so we woke up easily around 6am and had showered, eaten breakfast, checked out and were loaded up and on the road soon after 8am. Long before lunch we had crossed from Florida into Georgia on I-95! Call me crazy, but I’ve really missed IHOP‘s Eggs Benedict for the [...]
By Gary V. Vaughan under Bikes & Cars, Travel
Wow, if it wasn’t already crazy enough posting from the past, it looks like I’m jumping around randomly in time to fill in on my earlier adventures. I hope you guys are following me in Twitter so that you don’t lose track… ~Al Torigo I’ve really missed the freedom of the road, and sad as [...]
By Gary V. Vaughan under Martial Arts
As soon as Octavia and I moved out of our hotel in Pasay City last month, I began looking in earnest for a Pekiti-Tirsia Kali instructor. I was very lucky that a friend-of-a-friend used to be involved in the URCC (more or less the Filipino UFC), and that he very kindly introduced me to his [...]
By Gary V. Vaughan under Ramblings
Due to the wonders of time travel, I’m currently living simultaneously in two separate times from your point of view. One of me is in the here and now, and will continue to make posts two or three times every week for your delight and amusement. The other me is working diligently to reduce size [...]