Travel

Ten Thousand Demons

Dunker Church, Antietam Battlefield, January 19, 2026 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday - January 19, 2026. The Itty Fit is rolling west to Sharpsburg, MD and Antietam National Battlefield. What better way to celebrate the holiday than the Civil War battle that sparked the Emancipation Proclamation? This year our nation celebrates the 250 th anniversary of July 4, 1776 issuance of the Declaration of Independence. At Antietam on September 17, 1862 (86 years later - 4 score a

Jan 19

Ransom Wear

The covered bridge burned. Lieutenant Davis and troops escaped across this railroad bridge. Baby BlueS felt sluggish – acceleration slow,...

Jan 24, 2025

Early Warren

Brigadier General Warren's view from the most famous little hill in America It is not often that an engineer determines the fate of a...

Nov 28, 2024

The Double Triple

Even birds of prey follow the twisties... This past July I rode the iconic motorcycle road, “Triple Nickel” - State Road 555 in Ohio. In...

Sep 7, 2024

We Shall Miss Him

In the aftermath of the Civil War, John William Grout was a household name. Today he is all but forgotten though he lives on in song. It is a cool 70-degrees at 6:00 a.m. as Big Red glides west toward Leesburg, VA toward a 90-degree Saturday. I am focused on the ride and not the upcoming day of Civil War and musical history. Fortunately, at this early hour cagers with their cell phones have not emerged to terrify pedestrians, motorcyclists, and other wild and domestic anim

Jun 23, 2024