I sent off my money to sign up and began plotting murals in Basecamp. I knew going in that I lived in a target rich environment. I'm 15 minutes north of York, PA and 15 minutes south of Harrisburg, PA and 30 minutes west of Lancaster, PA. I already knew York had a series of murals about the city's history and there were quite a few public art installations in Harrisburg, being the state capitol. Google research taught me that Philadelphia is considered the mural capitol of the US with over 4,000 murals. Philadelphia is not a fun city to ride a motorcycle in and many of it's neighborhoods are places I have no desire to ride in. My rider placard came in an email on January 2 so I printed and laminated a few copies and off I went.
My first mural, a cool burrito spot about 5 minutes from home.
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Often I just go for a ride on nice days and have stumbled across other murals, sometimes in small towns or in unexpected places. Like this one.
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York, PA is the home of Harley Davidson's final assembly plant so of course Harley signage is all around the city. This one is at least 20 years old.
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Moving on to Harrisburg. This is in a parking lot.
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Colombia, PA. There are several murals here and this is just one part of a block long mural timeline of the city's changes through the passage of time
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Moving on to Lancaster, PA. This is a favorite of mine. 2 Dudes painting and this mural showing their company vehicles they use today. There were 3 or 4 of these in their lot and a couple more waiting restoration and paint as spares I guess.
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Side of a church in Carlisle, PA
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Brewpub in Lebanon, PA
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This one is on the side of an interstate exit near me. The only reason I got this one safely was by doing it on a dreary Sunday. Any other time or day this would have been hazardous stopping at best.
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Less than one month in to the event I had finisher's status and earned my t-shirt. As I continued finding murals through Google I began to think a top 3 finish was possible for me. Let's go for it. More to come.