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- Bruce
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- Taylor
With Fall closing in and the Texas Heat wave not letting up, we decided we needed to head out of state for some good riding. After several plans discussed and schedules with work and family worked out we settled on Plan C; a run to The Grand Canyon and Zion National Park.
The trip would start on October 2, 2011 at the end of my shift with the FD. We met up at my station; Austin Fire Department, Station 44.
A few words of encouragement from the Battalion Chief that relieves me.
Chief Bearden is an avid motorcyclist who is the proud owner of a 2012 Tenere' and is currently planning trip to Alaska next summer. I have been tempted. But he said he would never use foam grips on any of his motorcycles.
At 1030 we were on the road heading northwest to our destination for the first night; Palo Duro Canyon State Park. Bright sunshine and clear skies. Time for the serious business of having a great ride.
The Bruce rides again.
My office for the next six days.
Evidence of the many wild fires along the way.
Familiar roads as we make the trek out of Texas we have made so many times before.
In Lubbock we stopped for dinner at Abuelo's Mexican. Very good food and excellent service. It's in the GPS database just south of the loop on the south side of town.
The shadows grew long as we pressed on toward Palo Duro Canyon.
We arrived at the park gate just after sunset, 7:40 pm. We were greeted by a locked entrance gate. Not happy campers. I posted that story from my tent in the late arrival parking lot and primitive camping area.
Mile for the day; 481.
Tomorrow: Northern NM
The trip would start on October 2, 2011 at the end of my shift with the FD. We met up at my station; Austin Fire Department, Station 44.
A few words of encouragement from the Battalion Chief that relieves me.
Chief Bearden is an avid motorcyclist who is the proud owner of a 2012 Tenere' and is currently planning trip to Alaska next summer. I have been tempted. But he said he would never use foam grips on any of his motorcycles.
At 1030 we were on the road heading northwest to our destination for the first night; Palo Duro Canyon State Park. Bright sunshine and clear skies. Time for the serious business of having a great ride.
The Bruce rides again.
My office for the next six days.
Evidence of the many wild fires along the way.
Familiar roads as we make the trek out of Texas we have made so many times before.
In Lubbock we stopped for dinner at Abuelo's Mexican. Very good food and excellent service. It's in the GPS database just south of the loop on the south side of town.
The shadows grew long as we pressed on toward Palo Duro Canyon.
We arrived at the park gate just after sunset, 7:40 pm. We were greeted by a locked entrance gate. Not happy campers. I posted that story from my tent in the late arrival parking lot and primitive camping area.
Mile for the day; 481.
Tomorrow: Northern NM
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