shadman, i can't get a pm to you for some reason. ive tried to send two and then my outbox shows nothing sent.
i'm interested in riding down w you if you still have room in your pickup. could you pm me a phone number or email so i could discuss it with you. thanks chad
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....My thought is to leave Houston on Wednesday at noon, cross the border at 6 or 7 after saying hi to the group, and picking up extra luggage in McAllen, hit the aduana (border station??) with the TWTEX group, and go straight to Galeana that night. I figure it's about 12 hours including the border crossing, so I'd plan for a midnight arrival. I did the reverse route, half on a bike, with a 1 hour border cross, and it took 11 hours. FYI, This part of Mexico is pretty safe, I have no worries.
Day two we could sleep in a bit in Galeana, do some class 3/4 short loop, eat lunch, and take the easy 10 mile class one to Reyones, meet up with the rest of the group there (they do McAllen to Reyones in a pack and then split into groups for 3 or 4 routes to Galeana), and ride the northern route with Richard around to the dual sport double dragon. This is a 5 hour ride that cannot be missed. It's phenomenal scenery and fun as heck.
Friday and Saturday we would do a couple of longer southern loops, maybe explore a bit. Sunday split up so on bikes you can ride a bit if you want, or ride in the truck. Get to Houston at 9 o'clock or so.
.....I ride hard, make quick decisions about routes, don't use GPS, and could care less if we get lost, so we make really good time in the saddle. The riding is so nice you can pass 200 miles on a dirtbike, not feel sore, every minute adrenaline filled. There are no people to speak of, no cops, no traffic, and double track gravel and dirt roads for literally hundreds of miles with elevation changes, water crossings, jumps, hillclimbs...crazy **** like you can only dream about here in the US. If you plan one trip in the next 10 years, plan to go to Mextrek.
Peter