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DAY ONE OF TWENTY EIGHT
Due to family obligations, I have not been on an extended ride for nearly 3 years. Now that the opportunity is available, I decided to make extensive use of it. Mainly camping, mainly in free areas, but every 2 to 3 days I will stay in a pay camp just for the shower. I may even stay in a motel every once in a while. I hate paying to sleep, but I do like a nice bed. As I write this, I am in a cheap tent in the middle of a forest. It’s raining. I have 3 good tents at home, but chose the cheap tent for ease of pitching. I don't have the knowledge or equipment to post away from my home computer, but most of this report was written as it happened and copied to my computer after I got home.
With no set agenda except go to Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks, I headed west.
Along the Devils Backbone by Canyon Lake.
Hill Country river and dam
Something the hill country is famous for.
The plan was to ride the Twisted Sisters, but it was nearly 1:00 PM when I left College Station so I went straight to camp at Garner State Park. Another reason for an abbreviated day was the 5 dead deer I saw beside the road and the many live deer that looked liked they would like to join their fellow dead deer if an unlucky motorcycle rider happened to pass by close to sunset.
I also write a journal of most of my trips. On day one, I wrote my mileage in my notes. As much as I wanted to copy other posters with daily mileage, it was not to happen. Day one was 313 miles. Most days will not have that information as I eventually gave up trying to remember to write down mileage.
DAY TWO OF TWENTY EIGHT
The next morning, I did a little back tracking just so I could say I was a bonafide Two Wheeled Texan. I rode 2 of the sisters.
Highest road bridge in Texas, according to the sign at the bridge. Pecos River West of Del Rio.
This is the first time I have ever seen this sign used on an access road to a roadside picnic area.
Judge Humanrace Bean, law west of the Pecos
The Park Ranger said this building is nearly all original except for the roof.
Even this little stove left very little room for customers.
The bar area. I'm sure the mood lighting has been added.
Saguaro cactus planted in the 1950s. Not native to area, but it seems to be doing fairly well.
I rode on to Big Bend. I've been there recently and posted threads on TWT so I won't be redundant too much. The same goes for the entire post. I've posted about Arizona, Utah and Colorado in the near past. If I went to the same place and had pretty much the same view, I will leave it out of this post.
Due to family obligations, I have not been on an extended ride for nearly 3 years. Now that the opportunity is available, I decided to make extensive use of it. Mainly camping, mainly in free areas, but every 2 to 3 days I will stay in a pay camp just for the shower. I may even stay in a motel every once in a while. I hate paying to sleep, but I do like a nice bed. As I write this, I am in a cheap tent in the middle of a forest. It’s raining. I have 3 good tents at home, but chose the cheap tent for ease of pitching. I don't have the knowledge or equipment to post away from my home computer, but most of this report was written as it happened and copied to my computer after I got home.
With no set agenda except go to Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks, I headed west.
Along the Devils Backbone by Canyon Lake.
Hill Country river and dam
Something the hill country is famous for.
The plan was to ride the Twisted Sisters, but it was nearly 1:00 PM when I left College Station so I went straight to camp at Garner State Park. Another reason for an abbreviated day was the 5 dead deer I saw beside the road and the many live deer that looked liked they would like to join their fellow dead deer if an unlucky motorcycle rider happened to pass by close to sunset.
I also write a journal of most of my trips. On day one, I wrote my mileage in my notes. As much as I wanted to copy other posters with daily mileage, it was not to happen. Day one was 313 miles. Most days will not have that information as I eventually gave up trying to remember to write down mileage.
DAY TWO OF TWENTY EIGHT
The next morning, I did a little back tracking just so I could say I was a bonafide Two Wheeled Texan. I rode 2 of the sisters.
Highest road bridge in Texas, according to the sign at the bridge. Pecos River West of Del Rio.
This is the first time I have ever seen this sign used on an access road to a roadside picnic area.
Judge Humanrace Bean, law west of the Pecos
The Park Ranger said this building is nearly all original except for the roof.
Even this little stove left very little room for customers.
The bar area. I'm sure the mood lighting has been added.
Saguaro cactus planted in the 1950s. Not native to area, but it seems to be doing fairly well.
I rode on to Big Bend. I've been there recently and posted threads on TWT so I won't be redundant too much. The same goes for the entire post. I've posted about Arizona, Utah and Colorado in the near past. If I went to the same place and had pretty much the same view, I will leave it out of this post.
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