Findlay’s Road Ride Starts Today!
Today is the day! On June 8, 1916 Charles K. Findlay had his picture take RIGHT here at Huntingdon...
Why Findlay’s Story Captured Me
Tomorrow I start the ride, 100 years to the day after Charles k. Findlay did. Today, let...
Lake Hartwell Crossing
Lake Hartwell Crossing On June 9th I’ll be crossing the Savanah River exactly where Charles did 100-years ago...
Meeting Up with Friends
George Brownlee Clinkscales and his daughter Nellie. (circa 1918) George Clinkscales was a professor at Converse College in...
Meet Us on The Road!
Join Me! I wish to invite friends, fellow riders and supporters to join us for dinner in the...
Bus to Wytheville
Bus to Wytheville Special note about why I’m take a bus to Wytheville in the middle of this...
Findlay’s Notes
Notes from Findlay’s Diary Here how Day 1 of the ride looks like. I will eat where he...
2016 Route Itinerary
The Route 100 Years Later START Wednesday June 8th, 2016 (Jun. 8th 1916) Day 1 Montgomery, AL to...
Flying High in the Army
Flying High in the Army Charles K. Findlay not only loved music and riding motorcycles, he developed a...
How Did it Start?
How did you hear about the story of Charles K. Findlay? It’s complex but it started in 2008...
Insight
Insight into Recreating the Route Here’s a peek inside my brain and the mental contortions I struggle thru...
2016 Indian Scout
Wow. I’m now the proud owner of a 2016 Indian Scout 60 and the dealer GAVE me my...
The Captive God Movie
The Captive God Showing I heard back from the George Eastman Museum about the cost to digitize a...
More Maps
More Maps I’ve used OVER 918 maps to re-recreate the route so far with over 100 miles to...
Mountain Moxie Speaker
Gwen was honored to speak at the Mountain Moxie Women’s Motorcycling Conference! May 6-8th, 2016 Have you ever wanted...
A Journey Through Time
A Journey Through Time Here is a little reminder of why I took on this an adventure of...
Falling into Place
Ferry Crossing in Place! It took 3 trips to the region shown in the screenshot below (400 miles...
Point A to Point B
One of the more difficult things about the Findlay’s Road project is “un-learning” what I think I...
100 year old Roads
People also often say to me that they have a hard time believing that roads that existed 100...
Findlay’s Road T-Shirts Now Available!
Want to show your support for this amazing adventure! Purchase a Findlay’s Road t-shirt and help make this ride a...
Persistence pays off!
An excerpt from Motor Cycle Illustrated November 4, 1915 MUSICIANS TAKE A LONG TRIP ON THEIR INDIAN...
Authenticity is Paramount!
Authenticity is Paramount! It was brought to my attention that “You also need to highlight the roads are...
Road Research
Road Research. The 65 miles between Bristol and Morristown via Kingsport has given more difficulty than ALL of...
Solo with Support
Solo with Support. This purpose and end result of doing this ride is to write a book by...
The Beginning of Findlay’s Ride
The Beginning of Findlay’s Ride. A hundred years ago, on a cold summer’s morning in 1916, Charles K....