That's All, Folks!

This morning's USA Today features a story on the newest attraction at the Warner Bros Studio Tour. Stage 48: Script to Screen unearths some of the studio's best treasures, including Central Perk from "Friends," Christopher Reeves' cape from "Superman," and Jack Warner's address book (opened to Walt Disney's phone number).

Cece and I just happened to take the tour one day after the official opening of Stage 48. Here are my highlights (before my phone's battery died). Unfortunately, Blogger's features are really limited on an iPad, so I can't include captions for all the phones. So just enjoy the photos.

We attended the 4pm tour on Saturday. The backlot was quiet, but we also got to see and do more than if we went on a weekday.

America's Greatest Byways

If you read enough motorcycle magazines, you're bound to come across an article claiming to list the BEST rides in America, or BUCKET LIST rides from around the world. Dig a little deeper and you soon find out that the "best of" lists are based on some guy's experience or favorites from an editorial white boarding session rather than an objectively calculated list of rides that has a quantitative or qualitative formula.

So why can't I have my own Best Rides list?

Well I do, and here it is. Read 'em and weep.

TOTALLY AWESOME RANKING OF RIDES IN THE US*

1. U.S.-129 NC/TN. Known as "Tail of the Dragon"
2. US-14 WY. Passes through Big Horn National Forest
3. US-385 SD. Ride from Sturgis to Deadwood
4. US-719 VA to US-50 to US-17 to US-66. Purcellville to Upperville to Paris to Delaplane 
5. Skyline Drive/Blue Ridge Parkway
6. US-20 and US-15 VA. The Constitution Route (Charlottesville-Scottsville-Farmville)
7. George Washington Parkway. From Arlington to Alexandria
8. U.S-202 Redmond-Fall City Road. From Redmond to Snoqualmie

*Ranked by uniqueness, "wow" moments, and my mood at the time.

By the way, there is a source for objective-rated rides. It's called the Destination Highways guide.