nature Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa, Royal Enfield Himalayan, Honda Trail 125, and a Kawasaki W650 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 23:00:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 Discovering New Places https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/08/discovering-new-places/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/08/discovering-new-places/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=11978 Overlooked Places Just a mile or so to the right in this photograph is a road I’ve ridden or driven a hundred times or more. Somehow I never realized another world existed just over the hill. Sitting in my living room the previous evening with my good friend Google Maps I discovered some roads I […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/08/discovering-new-places/feed/ 10 11978 Riding in Pennsylvania’s Magnificent Forests https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/05/riding-in-pennsylvanias-magnificent-forests/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/05/riding-in-pennsylvanias-magnificent-forests/#comments Fri, 29 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=11563 Surrounded by Trees Every rider finds themselves blessed (or cursed) by where they live. Long ago I knew living in the middle of the vast forest lands of central Pennsylvania was a gift. In 1681, when King Charles II gave a nearly 29-million-acre expanse of old-growth trees to William Penn, clearing a Royal debt and […]

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