From left: Lloyd Hill, Me, my wife Laura, Carolyn Shaw, Dr. Charles Shaw, and Andy Faust. I AM NOW BACK HOME IN OHIO: On the afternoon of Monday, July 29th, I flew home from Flagstaff, Arizona, arriving home around 1:30 am on Tuesday. Willie Fernandez, my driver (and, as it worked out, my indispensable support Read more »
Blog
Below you will find what amounts to a historical diary of key events during my journey with respect to researching C.K. Shepherd and restoring my own 1919 Henderson. Many of the posts have been “backdated” to give a true indication as to just how long I have been at this. This blog, and even the whole web site, employs an RSS feed function that allows you to “subscribe” to updates that will automatically appear as menu choices on your web browser. Look for the little thing that looks like a WiFi signal indicator and click on that.
How I Found C.K. Shepherd’s Son
My attempts to research and discover any archival details (original manuscript, photos, etc.) from C.K. Shepherd’s 1922 book, Across America by Motor-Cycle, were stymied for years because I could not discover his full name. Ultimately, I resorted to a “brute force” approach. I logged into the WWI military records section of The National Archives in Read more »
Map and Timetable Update
Here is a quick Memorial Day weekend update to let you know the web site and YouTube channel has some new content related to my route and schedule this summer. The Route page on the web site has a link to the narrated moving map YouTube video, 4:52). A high-resolution image of the map is Read more »
The Red One at the Blessing of the Bikes
On Sunday, May 19, 2019, thousands of other bikers and I attended the 19th Annual Blessing of the Bikes in Xenia, Ohio. While there, thanks to help from Marshall Foiles at Buckminn’s D&D, a Harley-Davidson dealer in Xenia, I got a prime piece of corner real estate in the thick of it where I met Read more »
Newsletter No. 4 is out! Oley, Events, The Book, Route & Stops, Mechanical, and Magazine
Early this afternoon, I transmitted Newsletter No. 4. Check here if you did not receive it or would like to subscribe to get future editions. In the newsletter, I reported on a few things: (a) my visit to the AMCA Perkiomen Chapter National Meet in Oley, Pennsylvania this year. (b) two upcoming events I will Read more »
Newsletter No. 3, new Web Site Up, Oley Next
I just transmitted Newsletter No. 3 to the fans. Check here if you did not receive it or would like to subscribe to get future editions. There is plenty of other news to report as well. For example, the new web site is live today. Just after it went live, I did my first podcast Read more »
Email from How I Found C.K. Shepherd’s Son
Below is the complete text of one of the emails in the blog post How I Found C.K. Shepherd’s Son Subject: Re: Grandson of CK Shaw Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2017 08:17:02 -0400 From: Mark Hunnibell Tim Well this was a bit of a needle in the haystack. I do not quite know where to Read more »