Semi-Wild Hogs Road Trip

Where are we anyway-Atlanta, Detroit, Philadelphia-around America, All cities are the same: there is a Circuit City, an Applebees, a TGI Fridays, etc. To really savor (no pun intended) we avoid the chain restaurants and visit the diners. The locals gather here-solving political and economic problems; critiquing the football team, and just plain socializing. Old men are eating oatmeal; mature ladies are having soft poached eggs on white toast; the young and bold are devouring plates of eggs, sausage and mounds of ketchup covered home fries.

Some watch us ride in and they seem enviable either recalling days of yore or longing for the freedom of the open road. Others look at us like we are totally nuts-riding motorcycles-especially when it is cold and raining. The diners are the last of Americana.