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JasonJ
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So today i got up early, did the chores and was left with nothing to do for the afternoon. its around 11,000 degrees outside but i am armed with my trusty $19.99 immitation camelbak from walmart and figure what the heck, its a good time for a ride.
a little while ago when i first got my bike Richard and CBAT came up with a fun loop to ride around elgin and bastrop and i end up there most weekends usually.
Old Sayers Rd starts in elgin and is a mix of tar, busted up tar, dirt and sand. its not too exciting and doesnt last that long, but it leads into Sayers Rd. Its not even remotely difficult but the countryside is very scenic and its makes for a nice relaxing ride, with just enough bends to provide grin inducing rear wheel slides when powering around corners..
starts out like this..
and turns into some of this...
Sayers Rd comes out in Bastrop where i make my way over to Gotier Trace Rd, which is pretty fun, dirt/sand/rocks and sometimes some water (not today though).
here's the start of Gotier Trace..
Now to get here, i usually have to pay $2 to drive through the state park, but a little ways down the road there is a right turn, having never gone down there to see whats there i try it out today, here's the road after the turn..
i followed it and it comes out eventually at 95, not too far past the entrance to the park. looks like ive just saved the princely sum of 2 bucks on future visits, i can scoot up this road and on to gotier (exciting stuff right?!
).
Further along i stopped at a in-the-middle-of-nowhere cemetery
with associated blurb
i found it pretty interesting actually and went in to look at the graves, some pics..
man it would be tough to be a parent back in the day, look at the dates..
the steed..
at the cemetery there is a crossroads, now this area has shown me one thing on more than one occassion, and that is that my sense of direction is pretty horrible, never, ever, let me lead you somewhere.
Gotier Trace is the road with the stop signs. i wasnt sure what the other road was, despite being in this area probably 6 times so far. i thought the road was potato rd, having never turned right, i....turned right. the dirt runs out after about 3 miles. so i turned around and went the other way, still thinking i am on potato rd.
my first visit to this area i remember thinking i was on Antioch Rd once and when the road ended it said Old Potato Rd. i'd never even heard of potato rd and had a complete "what the heck" moment. so here i am going down what i thought was the same road and i come to another crossroad. there wasnt a crossroad there last time (magic crossroads
).
so now i am not sure where i am, other than still knowing how to get back to the cemetery if need be. i turn right at the crossroad on to Unknown Rd. its much like the other roads in the area, and when it finally ended in a T i look up and what do i see....
so now i have been to both ends of old potato rd and been completely surprised each time.
i turned right, with the thinking that whatever road i was on would HAVE to hit gotier trace. i'm trundling along happily and go past a large wood pile with a "free firewood" sign on it. i think to myself, "hey, free firewood, just like that pile i always go past on Gotier Trace". exactly like that pile on Gotier Trace
. i was on the road i was looking for...i rock!
i goofed around for a bit longer and headed back, up sayers rd again where i came across the rarely seen, almost mythical 6 legged 2 headed cow. one head checked me out while the other head scouted around...
got back home and cracked open a cold beer. it was a super hot, but fun, few hours. just thought i'd share..
a little while ago when i first got my bike Richard and CBAT came up with a fun loop to ride around elgin and bastrop and i end up there most weekends usually.
Old Sayers Rd starts in elgin and is a mix of tar, busted up tar, dirt and sand. its not too exciting and doesnt last that long, but it leads into Sayers Rd. Its not even remotely difficult but the countryside is very scenic and its makes for a nice relaxing ride, with just enough bends to provide grin inducing rear wheel slides when powering around corners..
starts out like this..
and turns into some of this...
Sayers Rd comes out in Bastrop where i make my way over to Gotier Trace Rd, which is pretty fun, dirt/sand/rocks and sometimes some water (not today though).
here's the start of Gotier Trace..
Now to get here, i usually have to pay $2 to drive through the state park, but a little ways down the road there is a right turn, having never gone down there to see whats there i try it out today, here's the road after the turn..
i followed it and it comes out eventually at 95, not too far past the entrance to the park. looks like ive just saved the princely sum of 2 bucks on future visits, i can scoot up this road and on to gotier (exciting stuff right?!
).Further along i stopped at a in-the-middle-of-nowhere cemetery
with associated blurb
i found it pretty interesting actually and went in to look at the graves, some pics..
man it would be tough to be a parent back in the day, look at the dates..
the steed..
at the cemetery there is a crossroads, now this area has shown me one thing on more than one occassion, and that is that my sense of direction is pretty horrible, never, ever, let me lead you somewhere.
Gotier Trace is the road with the stop signs. i wasnt sure what the other road was, despite being in this area probably 6 times so far. i thought the road was potato rd, having never turned right, i....turned right. the dirt runs out after about 3 miles. so i turned around and went the other way, still thinking i am on potato rd.
my first visit to this area i remember thinking i was on Antioch Rd once and when the road ended it said Old Potato Rd. i'd never even heard of potato rd and had a complete "what the heck" moment. so here i am going down what i thought was the same road and i come to another crossroad. there wasnt a crossroad there last time (magic crossroads
).so now i am not sure where i am, other than still knowing how to get back to the cemetery if need be. i turn right at the crossroad on to Unknown Rd. its much like the other roads in the area, and when it finally ended in a T i look up and what do i see....
so now i have been to both ends of old potato rd and been completely surprised each time.
i turned right, with the thinking that whatever road i was on would HAVE to hit gotier trace. i'm trundling along happily and go past a large wood pile with a "free firewood" sign on it. i think to myself, "hey, free firewood, just like that pile i always go past on Gotier Trace". exactly like that pile on Gotier Trace
. i was on the road i was looking for...i rock! i goofed around for a bit longer and headed back, up sayers rd again where i came across the rarely seen, almost mythical 6 legged 2 headed cow. one head checked me out while the other head scouted around...
got back home and cracked open a cold beer. it was a super hot, but fun, few hours. just thought i'd share..
Great ride report man!!! 
Just kidding, way to go on making that bike into a complete drool fest.
Those are some fun roads, I like to stop in and have a burger at the Road House just outside of the park when I'm on that ride.