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So the day started off cold...thank God I remembered my jacket liner!
We had 11 people start at Sonic in Waxahatchie, which is a really good turn out. Against my normal routine we waited until 8:15 to get on the road..because someone was running behind..including the cashier at the convenience store...**** she was slow.
We headed south on 876 and turned off on to Bee creek school road...WOW what a road to travel the trees were awesome...like driving to the batcave.
Driving the route we found our first challenge...peagravel mixed with dirt...yeah it's rutted..and it hold its place until you drive over it and then becomes a hole...it claimed its first victim...and then another..the story becomes hazy after that because I thought it claimed 1 more...but no one is talking..
The next challenge was the GPX file I loaded was the wrong one...so CR1145 at lake Whitney was confusing..but we managed to just read the signs(as I was passing them...so we did several U-Turns) and we came out just fine.
We stopped in Clifton for lunch only to find out that 2 more people were trying to catch us...they arrived just after we left....now we are 13.
Bosque County...it has to be the secret stash of good back roads. We came to the first water crossing on CR4250. The NC700X went across and made it look easy...the second person got about 30 feet into the crossing...and the bike came out from under him and he went down hard..then another...and another....that **** moss..
The next water crossing was at CR224..this was the long creek crossing..everyone was extra cautious..and we all made it fine..water was about 12 inches deep.
The last water crossing was small and appeared shallow...well that wasn't the case..it was deep where I crossed...although I didn't lay the bike down it did make me go to the side of the road and stop...all and all the water crossings were mild and good training..speaking of training..
We turned up 3310 and stopped on a long extra wide concrete bridge...took a break. Here we had Gary take out all of tools and explain what makes a good tool bag and some tools you should think about packing. A lot of good info he passed out.
The home stretch was uneventful except for the fact that I had to navigate by paper part of the way because the GPX file was not the right one...dammit!!!
The day ended well..the route had A LOT of travel back roads...which was awesome..better than had planned.
I will fix the GPX file...because this route is a keeper. There are so many back roads in this area, it begs to be explored.
I will upload photos as soon as I can get them resized.
Thanks to all of those who joined me. Until next month!
So the day started off cold...thank God I remembered my jacket liner!
We had 11 people start at Sonic in Waxahatchie, which is a really good turn out. Against my normal routine we waited until 8:15 to get on the road..because someone was running behind..including the cashier at the convenience store...**** she was slow.
We headed south on 876 and turned off on to Bee creek school road...WOW what a road to travel the trees were awesome...like driving to the batcave.
Driving the route we found our first challenge...peagravel mixed with dirt...yeah it's rutted..and it hold its place until you drive over it and then becomes a hole...it claimed its first victim...and then another..the story becomes hazy after that because I thought it claimed 1 more...but no one is talking..
The next challenge was the GPX file I loaded was the wrong one...so CR1145 at lake Whitney was confusing..but we managed to just read the signs(as I was passing them...so we did several U-Turns) and we came out just fine.
We stopped in Clifton for lunch only to find out that 2 more people were trying to catch us...they arrived just after we left....now we are 13.
Bosque County...it has to be the secret stash of good back roads. We came to the first water crossing on CR4250. The NC700X went across and made it look easy...the second person got about 30 feet into the crossing...and the bike came out from under him and he went down hard..then another...and another....that **** moss..
The next water crossing was at CR224..this was the long creek crossing..everyone was extra cautious..and we all made it fine..water was about 12 inches deep.
The last water crossing was small and appeared shallow...well that wasn't the case..it was deep where I crossed...although I didn't lay the bike down it did make me go to the side of the road and stop...all and all the water crossings were mild and good training..speaking of training..
We turned up 3310 and stopped on a long extra wide concrete bridge...took a break. Here we had Gary take out all of tools and explain what makes a good tool bag and some tools you should think about packing. A lot of good info he passed out.
The home stretch was uneventful except for the fact that I had to navigate by paper part of the way because the GPX file was not the right one...dammit!!!
The day ended well..the route had A LOT of travel back roads...which was awesome..better than had planned.
I will fix the GPX file...because this route is a keeper. There are so many back roads in this area, it begs to be explored.
I will upload photos as soon as I can get them resized.
Thanks to all of those who joined me. Until next month!
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That will teach me not to play "silly buggers" when on a concrete road, crossing water, it gets very slippery!!
