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Beach ride! High Island to Sabine Pass Sunday the 18th

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ThIs beach ride was as good as I've ever been on. Perfect timing with the tides and few people. No over ambitious constabulary in sight, which was unusual. Nothing against Leo's but they get bored out there by themselves sometimes on the beach. No mechanicals and great company. Grabbed some cold drinks, nachos and air conditioning at the end and talked about future DS rides. I had a great time. I'll let the others speak for themselves. ;-)
 
Freaking awesome...
First time in the sand for this fella. Loved it.

Thanks emmed1 for the after ride refreshments. [emoji482]
Kyle - Good luck with that beard, Brother. [emoji869]
Owtcast - We live around the corner from one another. Looking forward to many rides together in the future.

Can't wait till next time.



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We rode on past Sea Rim as far as we could. Maybe two or three miles at the most.
There's a road there that leads to the blacktop. Only problem is there's a gate at the end of the road. Had to double back.
Not sure if we could have ridden the beach any farther than this point because from what I saw the beach pretty much stopped there.


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triton220lts said:
Freaking awesome...
First time in the sand for this fella. Loved it.

Thanks emmed1 for the after ride refreshments. [emoji482]
Kyle - Good luck with that beard, Brother. [emoji869]
Owtcast - We live around the corner from one another. Looking forward to many rides together in the future.

Can't wait till next time.



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Don't get on here much, but had a blast. Owtcast and triton220lts, nice meeting both of you guys. Made it home safely Mile total for us was right around 340 miles for the day. I have never ridden on the beach and always wanted to. The sand was packed nicely. Can't wait to see the videos of all those wheelies you were doing behind me emmed1? Thanks for including me...
 
Just wanted to say thank you for the invite. I'm sorry i couldn't make it. Looking forward to future rides with y'all though. Sounds like it was a blast.

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triton220lts said:
We rode on past Sea Rim as far as we could. Maybe two or three miles at the most.
There's a road there that leads to the blacktop. Only problem is there's a gate at the end of the road. Had to double back...
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There has always been a go around for that gate if the ground is not too swampy.

Just so you're aware riding through Sea Rim Park on the beach is not allowed and can be a citation/fine. Done it myself many times but been stopped also. Got lucky and Park Ranger rode a KLR650 and let us pay for day use permit and verbal warning instead of a ticket.

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Quick ride report.
Stubs rode down to Crystal Beach with me and we made it to Stingaree at 1105 am. Triton220 was already there, and, as we had to wait for the tide to go out we had a nice lunch and a beer.

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We then headed towards High Island with a post from Owtcast saying he may be able to meet us up. We were gassing up in High Island, unable to reach him by phone and were making a decision to start the ride without him as we had no idea where he was or if he was really coming when we saw a motorcycle coming down 124. He made it and we all headed out together.

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We eventually stopped for a break, turns out about halfway.

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Headed out once again, we ended up covering everything from firm packed sand to loose sand to thick clay to ruts.

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We eventually got to the end of the beach. It was great riding with Owtcast as he actually knew what he was doing and had done this ride before; he was a great guide. We got lucky he was able to join us at the last minute.

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By the time we made it into Nederland we were overheated and needed a break, so Owtcast took us to a place called Sombreros and we had some cold drinks and food. The ride was great and we couldn't have asked for nicer company. Triton did great for his first time ever riding on sand.

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And some video of the ride, 13 minutes worth, sorry no background music.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yNd0h4phJ8"]High Island to Sabine Pass September 2016 - YouTube[/ame]
 
Nederland? What prompted that? Great report and photos! Hope to make one of these when it a little cooler.
 
It's Owtcast's fault! He wanted to take us to Sombreros. He is a local so we trusted him. And it was worth it, the margaritas hit the spot after a quite hot day on the beach.
Hope you can join next time. Was a ton of fun.
 
Weather's looking nice for this weekend. Hint Hint...


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Had an 88 year old parent emergency , sorry I missed it. Nice video.Also live north side ( pine Hurst)
 
Well another thread from the past I just re-discovered. If any of you have ridden the beach from Crystal to High Island you have seen the terrible change/damage the storms have caused. Sad.
 
I haven't attempted this ride in many years, but with all the erosion evident at high island, I doubt the ride is doable all the way to Sabine pass without riding into the dune line or national Park land. Which the law likes to award citations for.
 
Justifiably, the dunes are critical for protection. I hope to check out that section in a couple weeks starting on the SP end.
 
I tried this last year from High Island to Sabine Pass and several miles east of HI they were pumping sand up to beach from offshore barges. We were zipping down the (very wide) beach for a few miles before we came across some workers. We were warned to stop and sternly turned around.
I have heard this beach reclamation project is way past its projected deadline. I don’t think it’s completed yet.
If y’all do it, and it’s open- post up so I can do it!
 
There is surprisingly very little info available from the NWR.
I found a vid showing resto construction work that closed a section of the beach from thru traffic back in May. I suspect it is not re-opened.


Calling the NWR HQ might yield an answer.
www.fws.gov

McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge

McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge is a 58,861-acre refuge that includes the largest remaining freshwater marsh on the Texas Coast, as well as thousands of acres of intermediate to brackish marsh.
www.fws.gov www.fws.gov
 
dukey33 said:
There is surprisingly very little info available from the NWR.
I found a vid showing resto construction work that closed a section of the beach from thru traffic back in May. I suspect it is not re-opened.


Calling the NWR HQ might yield an answer.
www.fws.gov

McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge

McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge is a 58,861-acre refuge that includes the largest remaining freshwater marsh on the Texas Coast, as well as thousands of acres of intermediate to brackish marsh.
www.fws.gov www.fws.gov
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Thanks. We live in the area and have not seen anything about the gates. Won't waste the time. :thumb:
 
Rode that stretch of beach in the mid 70's with my friends on the weekends and never saw no other people any wear, the beach was 100 to 150 yd wide from High Island east and most of the hwy was still there. Brings back fun memory's and faces of people I have not seen in decades and a few that are just memory's anyway.
 
Retiredtosoon said:
Rode that stretch of beach in the mid 70's with my friends on the weekends and never saw no other people any wear, the beach was 100 to 150 yd wide from High Island east and most of the hwy was still there. Brings back fun memory's and faces of people I have not seen in decades and a few that are just memory's anyway.
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Yep, the "beach" is non existent compared to back then. Same all the way to the jetty at Bolivar. Many feel Rollover Pass caused the beach erosion.
 
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