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Decided to start a separate thread, didn't want any hate mail about adding to the existing HC500 thread with my silly muse. Here is my day 1 out there, deviating from the provided tracks.
I know we are supposed to be doing the HC500 this weekend….but @rlejr and I modified things a bit….did the Junction 250 today. We hung out at his place on the Llano River Thursday night and struck out this morning and headed north. Conditions were good, cool temps, damp ground.
Had to tip toe through some areas.
But overall what a beautiful morning!!
We were riding along and enjoying some dirt. Ross let me know he was doing some part time work for the county testing the slime on the rural road crossings and he had developed a numbering system. He explained this was a level 1.
I was jealous of his side gig, but shook it off and enjoyed the morning. This next one was apparently a level 2 slime crossing he said.
We were able to keep pushing on and enjoying the morning.
The next crossing was complex. He had to break it down into sections for me to be able to comprehend his scientific dissection of the classification. I tried to follow along. Here is the approach, level 1 he said.
As he progressed through the crossing, he explained to me this was quickly becoming a level 3. I acknowledged his obvious astute assessment.
And here he stated we were in full on level 5 double black diamond.
He said he was cleaning it so other riders wouldn’t fall prey to it. Makes sense and I had to admire his work ethic doing this for the county. I can’t be sure, but I think this is where he was studying the slime levels up close and took samples for later.
We moved on and out of his home base county, so he stopped going above and beyond and just rode for pleasure. This was the South San Saba River crossing. Pretty cool.
Part of our objective for the day besides checking Ross’s county river crossing slime levels, was to check out Ft McKavett.
It is one of the more preserved forts in the chain of “settlement” forts that went up in the 1850s. I beelined for these ruins, turned out to be the commanders quarters.
The stone work was really cool and obviously has stood up well. I took this picture from below ground level in what was probably the house cellar.
You can see the notches for the floor joist in another section of the same house, this was a really nice house in its day.
Several officer quarters have been restored.
And enlisted barracks. Some restored and some really cool ruins.
We meandered on out of there on Toe Nail Trail? Would like to know more about that name.
So we are cruising along some dirt and I see some elk in pens but they are kind of far off. Then I see a bunch of deer, but they are hopping on their back feet. Australia looking deer.
We took a really obscure county road, but it played out, no longer a county road I guess. You kiss some frogs sometimes.
And here we are doing the gas dance. Ross’s bike holds like a pint of gas. But he brought a couple supplemental containers. All good.
Not sure what is going on here, some kind of he-man pose.
Not sure what is going on here, some kind of Betty Boop pose.
The yellow flowers were certainly popping today. We grabbed some lunch in El Dorado and kept on riding, threading the needle on the rain.
Dear Abby….can you do something about the deer?
We were really having a good ride. The temps were great and the dust pretty tame all day.
We worked our way back towards Junction and found ourselves back in Ross’s home county again. He explained he was back on the clock and looking for some overtime. Understood. He said this was a level 3 out rigger crossing and that we needed to be really careful. Copy that.
This one, he warned me upon approach, said he had a feeling. Easy does it. Copy that big buddy.
Ross proceeded stating this one had the potential for exponential slime saturation and that he should go first to confirm for safety’s sake. I already knew his expert assessment from earlier in the day, please proceed sir.
He almost cleared it, then spotted some slime and took aggressive measures to eradicate the hazard for the next riders. Commendable.
He can be seen here riding with one hand and cleaning the slime off with the other. I heard him yell, it’s another level 5 double black diamond dadgumit. Dude was passionate about his work, second to none I tell you.
More petri dish samples were gathered at this location as well I believe, for future studying.
Our work complete in his county, we kicked it on to the house. We are regrouping for tomorrow and I’m staging in Ingram tonight. Smell y’all tomorrow. You might let us go first in the morning!
I know we are supposed to be doing the HC500 this weekend….but @rlejr and I modified things a bit….did the Junction 250 today. We hung out at his place on the Llano River Thursday night and struck out this morning and headed north. Conditions were good, cool temps, damp ground.
Had to tip toe through some areas.
But overall what a beautiful morning!!
We were riding along and enjoying some dirt. Ross let me know he was doing some part time work for the county testing the slime on the rural road crossings and he had developed a numbering system. He explained this was a level 1.
I was jealous of his side gig, but shook it off and enjoyed the morning. This next one was apparently a level 2 slime crossing he said.
We were able to keep pushing on and enjoying the morning.
The next crossing was complex. He had to break it down into sections for me to be able to comprehend his scientific dissection of the classification. I tried to follow along. Here is the approach, level 1 he said.
As he progressed through the crossing, he explained to me this was quickly becoming a level 3. I acknowledged his obvious astute assessment.
And here he stated we were in full on level 5 double black diamond.
He said he was cleaning it so other riders wouldn’t fall prey to it. Makes sense and I had to admire his work ethic doing this for the county. I can’t be sure, but I think this is where he was studying the slime levels up close and took samples for later.
We moved on and out of his home base county, so he stopped going above and beyond and just rode for pleasure. This was the South San Saba River crossing. Pretty cool.
Part of our objective for the day besides checking Ross’s county river crossing slime levels, was to check out Ft McKavett.
It is one of the more preserved forts in the chain of “settlement” forts that went up in the 1850s. I beelined for these ruins, turned out to be the commanders quarters.
The stone work was really cool and obviously has stood up well. I took this picture from below ground level in what was probably the house cellar.
You can see the notches for the floor joist in another section of the same house, this was a really nice house in its day.
Several officer quarters have been restored.
And enlisted barracks. Some restored and some really cool ruins.
We meandered on out of there on Toe Nail Trail? Would like to know more about that name.
So we are cruising along some dirt and I see some elk in pens but they are kind of far off. Then I see a bunch of deer, but they are hopping on their back feet. Australia looking deer.
We took a really obscure county road, but it played out, no longer a county road I guess. You kiss some frogs sometimes.
And here we are doing the gas dance. Ross’s bike holds like a pint of gas. But he brought a couple supplemental containers. All good.
Not sure what is going on here, some kind of he-man pose.
Not sure what is going on here, some kind of Betty Boop pose.
The yellow flowers were certainly popping today. We grabbed some lunch in El Dorado and kept on riding, threading the needle on the rain.
Dear Abby….can you do something about the deer?
We were really having a good ride. The temps were great and the dust pretty tame all day.
We worked our way back towards Junction and found ourselves back in Ross’s home county again. He explained he was back on the clock and looking for some overtime. Understood. He said this was a level 3 out rigger crossing and that we needed to be really careful. Copy that.
This one, he warned me upon approach, said he had a feeling. Easy does it. Copy that big buddy.
Ross proceeded stating this one had the potential for exponential slime saturation and that he should go first to confirm for safety’s sake. I already knew his expert assessment from earlier in the day, please proceed sir.
He almost cleared it, then spotted some slime and took aggressive measures to eradicate the hazard for the next riders. Commendable.
He can be seen here riding with one hand and cleaning the slime off with the other. I heard him yell, it’s another level 5 double black diamond dadgumit. Dude was passionate about his work, second to none I tell you.
More petri dish samples were gathered at this location as well I believe, for future studying.
Our work complete in his county, we kicked it on to the house. We are regrouping for tomorrow and I’m staging in Ingram tonight. Smell y’all tomorrow. You might let us go first in the morning!
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