Bill Dragoo and I were on a week-long motorcycle ride in Arkansas for a magazine story. It was early April on a cold rainy late afternoon as we wound along lonesome Highway 16 in the Boston Mountains. Our heated vests were barely keeping us warm, especially as the rain tried to seep through our gear […]
Lynn Blankenship – Making a difference without posting Selfies
As the saying goes, “talk is cheap” and “actions speak louder than words.” While some people like to tell everyone ELSE how THEY should do better, Lynn Blankenship simply puts her head down and does the work necessary to make the world better. She is busy making improvements rather than talking about it. And she […]
Hillbilly Dual Sport story for Thunder Roads Magazine
I wrote and photographed this feature story for June 2016 issue of Thunder Roads Magazine of Oklahoma about a dual sport motorcycle ride I took in north central Arkansas near the Buffalo River.
Mount Ida Little Rascals
My good friend Bill Dragoo and I were recently riding our BMW motorcycles through north central Arkansas while on assignment for a motorcycle travel story. Our goal was to find the “twistiest” roads in Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas. Highway 123 near Mount Ida certainly qualifies. As we rolled out of the switchbacks and into Mount […]