Re: Nueces Canyon Adventure ride 3, "New Bill BBR" January 29 & 30, 2011 ride report
I had so much fun on Nueces 2 how could I miss Nueces Canyon Adventure ride 3.
A few of my DS riding partners were going to trailer over Friday night or early Saturday morning from Houston. I decided to take off Friday and ride over its only 200 miles and the GX was in need of a nice long ride.
I camped Friday night at the Castroville Regional Park it's more like a city park than a campground but I had to stay somewhere and this beats a hotel.
Dinner at the DQ
Day 2
I was up early since I went to bed at around eight o'clock the night before. I should have gone to town and picked up a book or something to do but hindsight is 2020. Although I spent a lot of time in the tent it was hard to sleep because of all the streetlights. The other riders would be meetings at Taqueria San Juan for breakfast in Castroville at 9 AM so I did a little scouting before I headed over.
Found this up a dirt road south of town.
Castroville's cross
Nice view of Castroville.
There were 23 bikes parked at the restaurant that,s to many for one group. The five of us eating together decided to ride together.
David volunteered to lead the group and he did a great job.
Joe
Larry
Bob
and me.
We filled half the restaurant and parking lot.
The route took us to the cross here is the group at the top.
On the road.
A few other riders joined our group.
Calvin, unknown (Sorry) and Mike
Mike after few miles
Unknown park his KLR into a tree, he was OK but will have a sore foot for a while last we heard.
There is a little dust in the back of the group.
Lot of this but if it's a County road you're allowed to use it.
Lunchtime
Cool place to stop.
Old willys truck
Everyone would be staying at the Fort Clark hotel but I would be at the Fort Clark RV and campground. There's only about 10 sites and is about 1/4 mile from the RV section.
Ready for a fire later.
We met for dinner at Daddy's Grill across from the hotel and park in Brackettville(Sorry bad photo) Great food!
After dinner the group came by to watch caveman TV.
They all left so I hit the tent
Day 3
I woke to a crisp cool morning after a wonderful night of sleeping. Packed and loaded up the GX for one more day of riding. I don't know about you guys but every time I get ready to ride I'm excited as a kid at Christmas. Hope I never lose that feeling but after 30 years it's still there.
Packed and ready to go.
Our group was going to eat breakfast at Daddy's Grill so on the way I stopped to say hello to some of the other riders eating in town. The name escapes me but here are a few photos on the inside.
We had to wait for Daddy's to open but it was worth the wait. (Again great food)
Leaving town
Off to my right I saw this cloud being blown over the mountain/Hill. I did not know it at the time but we would be riding through that cloud.
Doesn't look so bad in the photo but we had to slow down because of the fog.
30 minutes later the sun burned through and it was a beautiful day.
What do you think a few nails and a coat of paint to make her new again?
Here is one of the many water crossings.
David lost his balance and dropped his bike of course I had to get a picture. LOL
What a group effort
This is a bump gate their not really designed for motorcycles. I think we had to go through about 15 of them. But our fearless leader David held most of them open for us.
Nice road
Stopped here for an afternoon break.
Tried an underwater shot.
One more water crossing.
Even the last road was dusty
When we finished our last section of dirt we stopped and said our goodbyes. David would be heading towards Austin from here. Joe, Larry and Bob would take pavement back to Castroville where their trucks were waiting. Mike and I rode the bikes home.
Somewhere headed east on I 10 as the sun set behind me.
Thanks so much to Sander for putting together a great event I had a great time. Also big thanks to David who led us around for the whole weekend. Sorry I could not meet and talk to everyone but there's always next time.
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