There are three iconic motorcycle rally's in the USA - Laconia Bike Week Rally in New Hampshire, Daytona Beach Bike Week Rally in Florida, and the King Daddy of them All - The Black Hills Rally in Sturgis, South Dakota probably better known as just 'Sturgis'. In 2009 we attended Sturgis so a visit to the other two Rallys has been on our bucket list since. When planning our current holiday itinerary to the USA we discovered the dates coincided with Laconia Bike ...

Once upon a time in 1976, three American teachers arrived in Warren, New South Wales, Australia on a two year teaching contract. One was an Art teacher named Howard Michaels and later nicknamed 'The Swank Yank' who came from Paterson, New Jersey. Americans numbers two and three were husband and wife team of Bob and Sally Konowicz. Bob was a Phys Ed teacher who also came from New Jersey as did Howard, while wife Sally taught Special Education and was originally ...