Duke
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- Joined
- Oct 7, 2005
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- Location
- Saint Johns, FL (Woden, TX)
- First Name
- Duke
I hit the wrong button again... sorry!
Ok back to the story!
Day 2... I ended up staying bed much later than I thought I would. Guess I was more tired that I thought... or is it lazy??? Any way, I get the bike packed up again (have I mentioned that I LOVE THIS BIKE) and head out.
OH.. By The Way... this is an ugly butt pad, but IT WORKS and I highly recommend it to anyone not ready to pull the trigger on a custom saddle.
Now where was I.... Oh yeah leaving the Best Western in Childress. I hit the road at a bright and early time of 10:30..., and start to make it up to Amarillo for lunch. Drove through a couple more nice older towns that time seems to move slower in.
Hall County Courthouse - Memphis, TX
This is the towns square on a Saturday... can only imagine what rush hour must be like!
Kept on 287 north...
Then came to the town of Clarendon.
Donely County Courthouse..
In Clarendon there is also this HUGE Methodist Church, which is larger than the courthouse. I actually thought this was the court house when I saw it in the distance and started to navigate my way to it...
Then on to Claude in Armstrong County... where there was a gathering at the county square, arts and crafts stuff it looked like, I just kept riding.
I stop for lunch and then make my out to the buried Caddy's!
I get back off of the interstate at the town of Vega and point the bike towards Dalhart...
Oldham County Courthouse
While in Vega though I saw this nice little bit of history preserved from Historic Route 66.
I quit playing tourist in Vega and get back on the hard stuff and I wish that I could say that it was an interesting ride up to Dalhart... but... judge for your self...
What I can say that was interesting or at least entertaining was that the clouds were starting to get closer together and when I looked the the GPS... it was clear that I was going to get wet this day... But little did I know (more on that later).
I make it to Dalhart! First time I have ever been here...
XIT Ranch Memorial / Historical marker for the open range Cowboys... 3,000,000 Acres... geez this ranch was big!
And then on to ....
Where it appears that my GPS is going to be correct.. I am going to get wet!
Y'all it was nasty out.. the temp fell QUICKLY and the wind was gusting terribly but there was no where to go, and then the hail started to fall...and the lighting flashing in the distance (well not that far away) and the thunder so loud that your heart skipped a beat when it clapped, that was fun! I know I should have just stopped but I was in a way having fun doing something that I knew I shouldn't have been doing! I eventually make it to Raton Pass, NM where I take shelter and meet up with a bunch of riders from Corpus Christi... a real nice bunch of riders at that!
The weather lets up to just a steady / medium rain and I continue on to Walsenburg, CO where I found this quaint little motel.
Where I park the bike for the day and take a much needed WARM shower and a HEATER! Going from 90+ degree weather to being in the 40's and soaking wet makes this guy pretty cold. I love my heated grips but I needed a heated body suit after being soaked to the core! Man I am Having Fun!
Route for this day.... So far, just under a thousand miles since I left home.
Ok back to the story!
Day 2... I ended up staying bed much later than I thought I would. Guess I was more tired that I thought... or is it lazy??? Any way, I get the bike packed up again (have I mentioned that I LOVE THIS BIKE) and head out.
OH.. By The Way... this is an ugly butt pad, but IT WORKS and I highly recommend it to anyone not ready to pull the trigger on a custom saddle.
Now where was I.... Oh yeah leaving the Best Western in Childress. I hit the road at a bright and early time of 10:30..., and start to make it up to Amarillo for lunch. Drove through a couple more nice older towns that time seems to move slower in.
Hall County Courthouse - Memphis, TX
This is the towns square on a Saturday... can only imagine what rush hour must be like!
Kept on 287 north...
Then came to the town of Clarendon.
Donely County Courthouse..
In Clarendon there is also this HUGE Methodist Church, which is larger than the courthouse. I actually thought this was the court house when I saw it in the distance and started to navigate my way to it...
Then on to Claude in Armstrong County... where there was a gathering at the county square, arts and crafts stuff it looked like, I just kept riding.
I stop for lunch and then make my out to the buried Caddy's!
I get back off of the interstate at the town of Vega and point the bike towards Dalhart...
Oldham County Courthouse
While in Vega though I saw this nice little bit of history preserved from Historic Route 66.
I quit playing tourist in Vega and get back on the hard stuff and I wish that I could say that it was an interesting ride up to Dalhart... but... judge for your self...
What I can say that was interesting or at least entertaining was that the clouds were starting to get closer together and when I looked the the GPS... it was clear that I was going to get wet this day... But little did I know (more on that later).
I make it to Dalhart! First time I have ever been here...
XIT Ranch Memorial / Historical marker for the open range Cowboys... 3,000,000 Acres... geez this ranch was big!
And then on to ....
Where it appears that my GPS is going to be correct.. I am going to get wet!
Y'all it was nasty out.. the temp fell QUICKLY and the wind was gusting terribly but there was no where to go, and then the hail started to fall...and the lighting flashing in the distance (well not that far away) and the thunder so loud that your heart skipped a beat when it clapped, that was fun! I know I should have just stopped but I was in a way having fun doing something that I knew I shouldn't have been doing! I eventually make it to Raton Pass, NM where I take shelter and meet up with a bunch of riders from Corpus Christi... a real nice bunch of riders at that!
The weather lets up to just a steady / medium rain and I continue on to Walsenburg, CO where I found this quaint little motel.
Where I park the bike for the day and take a much needed WARM shower and a HEATER! Going from 90+ degree weather to being in the 40's and soaking wet makes this guy pretty cold. I love my heated grips but I needed a heated body suit after being soaked to the core! Man I am Having Fun!
Route for this day.... So far, just under a thousand miles since I left home.