Well, just got back early this morning from the second, annual Arkansas 500 dual sport ride. Big thanks to Scotty, his lovely wife, Tanya, and all the other great folks that chipped in to make this such a great event.
The trip started Thursday morning early with Joe(JFink) and Chris(Cas442) coming by to pick me up for our ride to Eureka Springs. We picked up Rick(Trailace) on the way up, and made it there without incidence.
Jeff(JMN) joined us as well, and the two Dallas guys, Ron(Arlo) and Phil(Toejam) came in just after us. We stayed at the Comfort Inn, and would recommend this hotel to anyone staying there; clean, comfortable rooms at a good rate. Pretty good breakfast too! The main topic of discussion was of course the weather, as all week long, rain had been predicted for the entire weekend.
We drove over to the starting point, the Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge which is just around seven miles south of Eureka Springs. Our ride hosts, Scotty and his wife, Tanya were there waiting to greet us, and after a few hellos to all the riders we knew, a brief rider meeting, and a photo op., we broke into groups, and were off.
Three other Texans, Joe(Dr.Z), Larry(Buelligan), and Brian completed our group of ten, and we became known as "group 3" according to the starting sequence.
It was just a short trip down Hwy. 23 before we hit dirt, and what a great start to the ride! Here's a video showing the twisty start through the trees:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqOoJHczHbM"]2012AR500.1a.wmv - YouTube[/ame]
The trip started Thursday morning early with Joe(JFink) and Chris(Cas442) coming by to pick me up for our ride to Eureka Springs. We picked up Rick(Trailace) on the way up, and made it there without incidence.
Jeff(JMN) joined us as well, and the two Dallas guys, Ron(Arlo) and Phil(Toejam) came in just after us. We stayed at the Comfort Inn, and would recommend this hotel to anyone staying there; clean, comfortable rooms at a good rate. Pretty good breakfast too! The main topic of discussion was of course the weather, as all week long, rain had been predicted for the entire weekend.
We drove over to the starting point, the Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge which is just around seven miles south of Eureka Springs. Our ride hosts, Scotty and his wife, Tanya were there waiting to greet us, and after a few hellos to all the riders we knew, a brief rider meeting, and a photo op., we broke into groups, and were off.
Three other Texans, Joe(Dr.Z), Larry(Buelligan), and Brian completed our group of ten, and we became known as "group 3" according to the starting sequence.
It was just a short trip down Hwy. 23 before we hit dirt, and what a great start to the ride! Here's a video showing the twisty start through the trees:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqOoJHczHbM"]2012AR500.1a.wmv - YouTube[/ame]