One would never expect to find cool shade trees under a hot Yuma afternoon in the downtown section of the city, but it exists at quaint little cafe on Madison Street. The Garden Cafe & Spice Co. is located on a piece of property that’s been in the family for four generations. Open only...
For much of my life, Yuma, AZ seemed like a town struggling to define itself. Rich with history and tales of the Old West, it seemed unable to leverage its past to commercial success in the way Tombstone, Dodge City, and Virginia City have done. Yet, Yuma had always attracted me. Why I had kept...
As part of Yuma, AZ’s on-going redevelopment of downtown, The Pint House opened up in 2012 to breathe new life into the city’s historical downtown district. It just so happens to offer motorcycle travelers one of the city’s best destinations for great food and great beer. Amy Biallas, the owner of Pint House, described her bar and...
Much is written about the saga of the Old West. From Deadwood, SD to Dodge City, KS, to Tombstone, AZ, scores of books, movies, and television shows detail the legends of such likes as Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Buffalo Bill Cody, Wild Bill Hickok, and Calamity Jane. But you rarely hear about the prisons...
View Larger Map With 13 million people eating its fried chicken each week at over 17,000 locations in 115 countries, it’s hard to think that Kentucky Fried Chicken wouldn’t be what it is today if it weren’t for the folks in Salt Lake City, UT. It was in 1951 that Colonel Harlan Sanders met...
View Larger Map It seems like whenever someone puts together a list of best barbecue joints in Denver, Moe’s Original Bar-B-Que always makes the list. It was my brother who initially turned me on to Moe’s, particularly the location in Englewood along Broadway, which is actually a combination barbecue restaurant, concert venue, and bowling...
About 16.5 miles south west of Mt. Rushmore, deep in the Black Hills of South Dakota, is the Crazy Horse Monument. The memorial was commissioned by Lakota Indian elder, Henry Standing Bear, who wanted a monument similar to Mt. Rushmore to honor what he felt was the greatest American Indian. Henry Standing Bear offered...
Mount Rushmore National Memorial is perhaps the most famous landmarks in the United States. Located in the Black Hills of South Dakota, there are myriad of roads you can take to get there. Many motorcyclists we’ve met, however, don’t seemed interested in paying the $11.00 per vehicle parking fee to get inside. In fact,...
When corn is your life, when it’s supports your community, provides your sustenance, and is why your mom and dad ever found a reason to get together and give birth to you, it makes sense to erect a palace made of corn. Mitchell Corn Palace is not exactly made of corn, it’s just layered...
When one stops in for a drink at St. Elmo Bar in Bisbee, AZ, one joins a unique brotherhood (and sisterhood) of patrons that stretches back 150 years or more in the famous, “Brewery Gulch”. One can’t walk the streets of Bisbee and not feel goosebumps on their arms. Perhaps it’s knowing that my...