Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Click on the link below for my Christmas videos and songs.

Merry Christmas Baby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvy5HRgjJpQ

Run Run Rudolph

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNXpLWe_MAI

"The Grill" #8

Click on the picture above to enlarge and read it.

A good friend of mine (Mike Milo, http://www.milowerx.com/) is an artist in LA. He just wrote and drew a new comic strip. It's called "The Grill." The Grill just so happens to be a local watering hole that we used to visit on occasion....or often....ok, like daily maybe.... I've just seen 10 of the comics and I think they're awesome! Very funny with a bunch of different characters. One of the character's name is Frank and he is loosely based on me and my likeness. Can you guess which one?...lol. I wonder if I have any input to his appearance?

This is a link to "The Grill" website; www.thepeanutgrill.com

More video from The Brady's Fox Hunt Inn Show, 11/21/09

This is a montage of video from Nov. 21, 2009 taken by people watching the show.

Click on this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj5eft6TH_U

"The Ride," Live at Brady's Fox Hunt Inn, 11/21/09

I want to thank everyone for coming out and seeing our band "The Ride" on Sat. Nov. 21, 2009. We Played at Brady's Fox Hunt Inn, in Northvale to a packed house and a standing room only crowd. I'm on guitar, vocals and harmonica, Glenn Pagano on Drums and Andrea Bruno on vocals.

Click on this link to see live video from the show of "Feel It In Your Soul." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48i_J4xST7I

It was some party and everyone has said they had a great time. As you can see by the pictures, the crowd turned it into a dance party.

***Click on the link below and check out a live version of our song, Feel It In Your Soul.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48i_J4xST7I

There will be more pictures and video from the show to come if you check back in a week. We would love for you to make a comment below. Thanks, The Ride

Palisades Interstate Park, Henry Hudson Drive

A very interesting ride in North East New Jersey is on the Henry Hudson Dr. This rode is built along the Hudson River in the Palisades Interstate Park. It goes from Alpine, under the George Washington Bridge to Historic Fort Lee . It is very scenic and a fun rode but be careful. It’s a two way road that is very narrow and bumpy. You can stop at the Alpine Boat Basin or the Englewood Boat Basin along the way and check out the views.

At the southern end of the road you can visit Historic Fort Lee where the Continental Army placed its batteries over the Hudson.

For directions and information about the road and park click on their link; http://www.njpalisades.org/

Battle Of Monmouth, 2009

This June 27, 2009 we rode to Monmouth, N.J. to see a reenactment of the battle of Monmouth.

The Battle of Monmouth was fought on June 28, 1778. The Continental Army commanded by George Washington attacked the rear of the British Army commanded by Henry Clinton as they left Monmouth Court House. After a lengthy battle Washington drove the British from the field. The battle showed that the continental arm was becoming more effective after 6 months of constant training at valley Forge. This was a very important battle in the American Revolution.

After the battle I gave an interview to the N.J. Star ledger. See a video about the reenactment and my interview on the battle of Monmouth at this link; http://videos.nj.com/star-ledger/2009/06/thousands_attend_reenactment_a.html

Read more about the battle on the Monmouth battlefield Stat Park website at;
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/monbat.html

Mishap

Well you may have noticed that I haven’t blogged much about riding this summer. I meant to, believe me. I had planned “The Ride 2009.” But I had a little mishap with the bike in July and it took Harley 9 weeks to get it back to me. To be honest it is still not 100% complete. (Not to mention it was one of the worst riding season in recent memory weather wise with the rain and all).

I was, however, able to get a couple interesting rides in so I will be posting them over the next week or so. I have another SCUBA trip coming up soon. We’ll be diving on a new ship wreck. I will get some pictures and perhaps another video up from that. Also my band “The Ride” will be playing some acoustic shows starting next month. Check here for dates and locations as well as bloggs from the shows.

There will be plenty to share with you until next riding season so keep checking in and thanks for visiting.

Asbury Park to Sandy Hook to Atlantic Highlands (9/11 Memorial)

Now that the weather has been clearing out a bit I want to share with you a nice jersey Shore ride. This is a ride John and me did last season.

On a beautiful August day we took a trip down the shore. We took the Garden state parkway South to the Asbury Park Exit. Headed east to Asbury Park. Passed the Stone Pony (a N.J. landmark where Springsteen, Southside Johnny among others started out), and road along the ocean North, through Long Branch, Sea Bright, up to Sandy Hook. In Sea Bright we stopped at Donavan’s Reef. Donavan’s has a Tiki Bar right on the beach. If you didn’t know better you would think you were at an island bar in the Caribbean. In Sandy Hook we had lunch out on the water at Bahr’s. Bahr’s has been there a long time and is famous for their lobster bisque. From Sandy Hook you follow highway 36 North over Highlands Bridge to Navesink Ave/Scenic Road, Stay right and follow signs for Mount Mitchill Scenic Overlook. This is the highest natural elevation on the Atlantic coastal plain. It has incredible views of Sandy Hook, Raritan Bay and the New York City skyline. This park is awesome home to the very moving Monmouth County 9/11 Memorial. On 9/11 many people came to this spot to see what was happening in N.Y.C. It is an Eagle sculpture clutching a beam from one of the fallen towers. The memorial honors both the lives lost and the fearless display of heroism by rescue teams and citizens who responded to the tragedy.

On the road from Asbury to Sea Bright.

On the deck at Bahr's and over bridge to Atlantic Highlands.

Mount Mitchill.

The 9/11 Memorial.

Adirondacks, Whiteface Mountain 6/09

After checking out the Americade tents in Lake George we headed up to Inlet, N.Y.

The next day after breakfast we headed for Whiteface Mountain.

Whiteface Mountain is where the downhill skiing was held at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics. Whiteface is 4,867 feet high. You can take the bikes up most of the way on Veterans Memorial Highway.

Once on top you can go through a tunnel that is carved into solid rock and runs over 400 feet long into the mountain and take and elevator to the summit.. Or you can hike it. I hiked it but the pictures below are in the tunnel.

You can see Lake Champlain, Lake Placid, Vermont and into Canada on a clear day. For more information on Whiteface you can click on this link http://www.whiteface.com/newsite/summer/highway.php

Lake Placid

BBQ time.