Dad is on the road for a few days, so I'm moping around the Casa looking for someone else to harass. Gary called me yesterday to express his condolences and also to let me know that 147 new followers had joined the page this weekend; do what? 147? Where did they come from, out of the clear blue sky? Well, I am just a dog, but even I know that that's where special gifts tend…

Yesterday was a big day for the inmates; it seems like every ADV bike in the area showed up to at the Casa. The air was thick with springtime pollen and talk of travel, as the guys began prepping their steeds; some for a trip around the globe, some for trips across the country, some for trips around town, but all of them adventures in their own right. I love occasions like this; after the…

With the siren song of the road beginning to sound in our ears, I found this old post in dad's notes. I'm not sure if he ever published it, but this story gives you an idea of how we travel; cheap and under the radar, so to speak... enjoi. Dad here; even under the best conditions, Charlie is what you would consider a "violently passive aggressive" sleeper, but when you move the battlefield from a…

Dad here; we put a few hundred miles on the bike yesterday. My buddies Fletch and Kyle are fully aware of what always transpires when I get wound up, but for some reason, decide to go along anyway. I say that this exhibits certain masochistic tendencies on their part, they think it's narcissistic compulsion on mine, but it's obvious that we all need psychiatric intervention. As you know, Charlie has the tendeny to be just…

Since my metamorphosis from the crate two years ago, much has been said about my previous "owners"; do I resent them? Do I wonder if they are aware of how far I have progressed? The  gospel truth is, I don't give it a moment's consideration. I say this not out of bitterness, but based on the fact that he who angers you controls you, and I am the Charles; if even dad can't control me,…