What's Your Road?

"What's your road, man? --holyboy road, madman road, rainbow road, guppy road, any road. It's an anywhere road for anybody anyhow." -Jack Kerouac, On the Road

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Sturgis 75th - And So It Begins

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Early projections said 500,000 were expected to attend this year's 75th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Then it went to 750,000. Now so...

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Room With A View (Back To The Poet's Table)

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After six weeks I am finally inspired to write again. And it's no surprise that the source of my inspiration is that lovely place high u...

Sunday, May 3, 2015

East River

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I've heard it said that South Dakota should be split into two separate states - East River and West River. On a recent trip from the Bla...

Sunday, March 29, 2015

Alice's Garden (A True Story)

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WITH APOLOGIES TO ARLO GUTHRIE This is a story called Alice's Garden, and it's about me and my friend Alice. But Alice is not th...

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Gravel Roads

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Nearly every day I have off in the summer is a day you will find me in the Black Hills. Hiking, mountain biking or cruising on my classic Va...

Saturday, January 24, 2015

(Not) Just Another Day - Part II

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It was like a lot of days I have off work. Started out kind of lazy and uneventful, but ended up being a pretty good day. I actually slept i...

Sunday, December 28, 2014

On The Road At 60

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Traveled by car to Denver, Spirit Airlines to Phoenix, I-17 north to Arizona 179, which took me into Sedona, Arizona - a place like no other...

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Roger O'Dea: I like going places where I've never been before, taking photographs, telling stories, and discovering new things. One short paragraph in a favorite book inspired me to create this blog: "It's time to be courageous, and maybe a bit rebellious. It's time to regain our naturalness and freedom. Mostly it's time to start having fun and quit whining. Indulge me on this ride...we journey together." -Tao of the Ride, Garri Garripoli.

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