Motorcycle Review

I ride to the small West Texas town of Lamesa in search of one of the most iconic American roadside oddities of the 1960s. This particular style of advertising statue came in several iterations (both male and female) and is one of the icons of its time.

A trip to Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico offers some excellent HDR photography opportunities as we explore its vast cave system which descends almost 80 stories and contains miles of pathways. Enjoy a rare change of pace and an unforgettable experience.

One year after we initially discovered it, a return motorcycle trip to an old theatre in Crane, Texas finds the historic building destroyed by arson. A piece of history has burned to the ground in West Texas.

I visit world-famous Permian High School in Odessa, Texas, sharing my memories of 1988 and of being a high-schooler in West Texas during a time when high school football was a religion. Come ride along.

We ride to the sister Texas ghost towns of Silver and Sanco on a perfect late spring day. There we discover everything from an abandoned church infested with hoards of bats to a robotic-looking automaton sentinel guarding one of the towns. Join Britt, Matt, Bobby, and me and we explore one of the loneliest areas of Texas on yet another motorcycle adventure.

Some motorcycle trips are just perfect in every way. This was one of them.

In this episode there is no particular destination, no cinematics, and no sidekicks. I ride through the neighborhood where I used to live as a little kid and talk about some of the adversities I experienced in childhood. It's funny how things that happen to us early on can affect life and self-image well into adulthood. If we're lucky, we can overcome the bad experiences, but in any case we should never lead ourselves to believe our lives are meaningless or worthless. Enjoy a rare personal departure from my normal episodes with this traditional, straightforward vlog.