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Friday night about 10pm I texted Tricepilot to see if he wanted to ride Saturday. About 10:45pm I get a text back - "Where?". After trading some PM's into the evening and a few more texts starting about 6:10am, I pointed the Pig South to Casa Tricepilot as I affectionately like to call it.
Arriving at 9am, we talked about running to Mexico but nixed that idea. We thought about Corpus/Padre but with the Labor Day holly upon thought better of that direction. Bill (DFW_Warrior_ had an open invite for bbq), but that didn't play out for us, so Bob decided he wanted to pre-ride a bicycle route from Fredericksberg that was about 50 miles or so.
With that, we took off and skirted San Antonio and headed up I10 to get where we were headed fast. Arriving in F-Berg, the place was an absolute zoo. By 11:30, the streets were crowded with touristas, so we made our way to Hondo's, a cool eatery that Bob said had the best burger in the world.
Taking Bob's lead on the blue-cheese burger, we split an order of their Parmesan cheese fries which were also quite good.
About noon, we pulled out the map
Now, with our bellies full headed a bit West to Loudin Rd where we turned off Hwy 290. From there, I didn't really follow the exact roads, but I recognized a couple places such as the church in Cherry Spring where Woodbutcher (Rusty) had taken me a while back.
Along the way to Cherry Spring
We wound our way around some back roads and came pretty close to Enchanted Rock
Next,we found ourselves in Crabapple, Tejas
We were both getting a bit parched, so Trice led us to the Tin Star Ranch, a place where he recently attended a BBQ Cooking School held by the "Angry Pitmaster".
We poked around there a bit and the place was locked up tight, so no cold beverage. A couple in a cage pulled up also looking for the "Saloon" as they too were thirsty. Then, the ranch foreman comes down in an ATV and asks if he can help us. We get to talking and learn there's a LOT more to this place "....on the hill" than meets the eye. So we got the ranch tour! Still no beverage, but quite an enjoyable place to visit. Turns out a German fascinated with Texas history recreated Dodge City, built a bar/saloon and 14 room hotel for special events. Behind every building facade is an SAAS Cowboy Action Shooting range! And a replica of the Jersey Lilly and The Alamo!
After spending some time there, we were still thirsty and only 20 miles or so from Fredericksberg, so we decided to run over to Luckenbach to quench the thirst. The run through Fredericksberg was ugly as by now the tourists had only grown in size. Backing cars from every stall, people crossing the streets at all places..... just a zoo. We finally made it to Luckenbach after a quick fuel stop and that place too was crowded. Not a huge number of bikes, but certainly a bunch. Way more cagers/tourists than bikes......
We ordered up a couple root beers and found a place to sit and just relax/people-watch. I was about two sips on my drink and Trice was done with his. Next thing I know, he's back with two more! His second one went down quickly and I'm staring at my first half-empty and the new full one where I proclaim "I've never had TWO in a row.... this ought to be interesting". I was just waiting for either the sugar buzz or the sugar crash in an hour or so. lol.....
We finished up our drinks and people watching and it was time to depart. Trice was headed to Blanco to take 281 South and I just tagged along as that was the way I would also get home. We split at Blanco and I made my way through my favorite part of the ride home via Wimberley and Driftwood.
Overall impressions on the day? Trice is a hoot to ride with and I appreciate his leading me to places that were just beautiful on such a nice day to ride. Sure beats the heck out of sitting in front of the computer all day.
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Arriving at 9am, we talked about running to Mexico but nixed that idea. We thought about Corpus/Padre but with the Labor Day holly upon thought better of that direction. Bill (DFW_Warrior_ had an open invite for bbq), but that didn't play out for us, so Bob decided he wanted to pre-ride a bicycle route from Fredericksberg that was about 50 miles or so.
With that, we took off and skirted San Antonio and headed up I10 to get where we were headed fast. Arriving in F-Berg, the place was an absolute zoo. By 11:30, the streets were crowded with touristas, so we made our way to Hondo's, a cool eatery that Bob said had the best burger in the world.
Taking Bob's lead on the blue-cheese burger, we split an order of their Parmesan cheese fries which were also quite good.
About noon, we pulled out the map
Now, with our bellies full headed a bit West to Loudin Rd where we turned off Hwy 290. From there, I didn't really follow the exact roads, but I recognized a couple places such as the church in Cherry Spring where Woodbutcher (Rusty) had taken me a while back.
Along the way to Cherry Spring
We wound our way around some back roads and came pretty close to Enchanted Rock
Next,we found ourselves in Crabapple, Tejas
We were both getting a bit parched, so Trice led us to the Tin Star Ranch, a place where he recently attended a BBQ Cooking School held by the "Angry Pitmaster".
We poked around there a bit and the place was locked up tight, so no cold beverage. A couple in a cage pulled up also looking for the "Saloon" as they too were thirsty. Then, the ranch foreman comes down in an ATV and asks if he can help us. We get to talking and learn there's a LOT more to this place "....on the hill" than meets the eye. So we got the ranch tour! Still no beverage, but quite an enjoyable place to visit. Turns out a German fascinated with Texas history recreated Dodge City, built a bar/saloon and 14 room hotel for special events. Behind every building facade is an SAAS Cowboy Action Shooting range! And a replica of the Jersey Lilly and The Alamo!
After spending some time there, we were still thirsty and only 20 miles or so from Fredericksberg, so we decided to run over to Luckenbach to quench the thirst. The run through Fredericksberg was ugly as by now the tourists had only grown in size. Backing cars from every stall, people crossing the streets at all places..... just a zoo. We finally made it to Luckenbach after a quick fuel stop and that place too was crowded. Not a huge number of bikes, but certainly a bunch. Way more cagers/tourists than bikes......
We ordered up a couple root beers and found a place to sit and just relax/people-watch. I was about two sips on my drink and Trice was done with his. Next thing I know, he's back with two more! His second one went down quickly and I'm staring at my first half-empty and the new full one where I proclaim "I've never had TWO in a row.... this ought to be interesting". I was just waiting for either the sugar buzz or the sugar crash in an hour or so. lol.....
We finished up our drinks and people watching and it was time to depart. Trice was headed to Blanco to take 281 South and I just tagged along as that was the way I would also get home. We split at Blanco and I made my way through my favorite part of the ride home via Wimberley and Driftwood.
Overall impressions on the day? Trice is a hoot to ride with and I appreciate his leading me to places that were just beautiful on such a nice day to ride. Sure beats the heck out of sitting in front of the computer all day.
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