By Gary V. Vaughan under Bikes & Cars, Travel
Here are a selection of photographs from our first full day at Daytona Beach. Nursing Wild Turkey induced hangovers, we all missed breakfast and started the day late with a ride around Daytona Beach in convoy. Then across the road from our hotel around the Nascar International Speedway, we spent the an afternoon admiring the [...]
By Gary V. Vaughan under Travel
So, we’ve passed the 3 year point of owning the Harleys we bought for Route 66, and probably won’t be back to the US for an extended stay for another 3 or 4 years. Sniff. Our buddy, Stoney, came over a couple of weeks ago to help us enjoy our farewell, final roadtrip before we [...]
By Gary V. Vaughan under Travel
On the spur of the moment, to break up the 12 hour days I’ve been working back to back for the last couple of weeks, Octavia took me for a nice bike ride just past Bahama Shores a few miles to the south of our house in SE St Petersburg. We found a nice park [...]
By Gary V. Vaughan under Martial Arts, Travel
Having been practically chained to my computer for the past week, I’d been looking forward to getting outside to soak up some of that glorious Florida sunshine this morning. Doubly so, because I’d booked the first of my private training sessions in Pekiti Tirsia of the year with my buddy Dino Martinez for first thing. [...]
By Gary V. Vaughan under Travel
Glamorous though it sounds, being an internationalist can be just as ordinary as working 9-5! I’ve spent the entire week trying to make some headway against the backlog of work I didn’t get done while we were preparing to relocate to Florida, and while we were chasing back and forth between Orando and Saint Pete’s [...]