The Professional Wanderer

A couple of weeks ago, I said adieu to Sonoma, California wine country and headed east to North Carolina. Being in North Carolina.  Pros:...

If I could go back and change a few turns in my life, this is how (at least on the surface) I would have done it.  In 1993, after receivin...

Instead of flying home for a quick turnaround, Darlene came to see me, arriving Wednesday night.  Years since she had once lived on Travis A...

Last weekend, I figured on going down to San Francisco and spend the day taking a few artsy pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge from places...

With all the horrid weather in sweeping across much of the country, I feel just a little guilty as I find myself wintering in northern Cali...

In the motorcycle world, there are those who are fair weather riders.  Some won't ride when it's too hot, too cold, raining or the w...

While I've spent quite a bit of time in the Los Angeles area and extreme northern California, my visits to the central part of the state...

Having the week off between Christmas and New Years was one thing but the fact that the company had no place to send me for another week wa...

A light breeze blew across the parking lot and birds chirped as I stepped out at the grocery store here at home. The air was thick, humid a...

It was 27°F and freezing here in south Louisiana this morning and thought I'd ride just for the heck of it. I'm on vacation this ...