Posted by Brad Osborne on June 1, 2020 · 22 Comments
Tinted windows block the sun,
Scenery killed for comfort won…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on April 8, 2020 · 32 Comments
It’s been a long, cold winter away,
And spring love brings an urgency…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on July 7, 2019 · 5 Comments
As a rider, I am very aware of this evasive quarry that is sufficient explanation. As a writer, even more so struck by the lack of qualitative words that I can hobble together to provide any insight.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 22, 2019 · 4 Comments
The Devils Triangle, just north of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in the mountains of the Cumberland Plateau, is made up of some of the most unusual two-lane twisty roads in eastern Tennessee.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 18, 2019 · 5 Comments
US 129 runs right through Robbinsville, though the Dragon is some 30 minutes south of town. If it didn’t, Robbinsville may well not exist at all.
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