Post your Day Rides Here! - Page 17

**Gravel Guy** · 08-22-2012, 06:25 PM

Had business in Llano and Marble falls today, after that made the James River crossing and a few surrounding roads as time permitted. Day started off rainy in Round Rock at 7:00 a.m., ended up nice!
From Marble Falls, 281 to 1885 to CR120 to 1431 to 2900 south to CR309 to 71 to 308 through Click to Oxford (the long way) CR113 to 112 to 2323 north to CR106, 105, Mason County Post Oak to Keyserville to 87 to Simonsville across 783 to 1783, south on 2389 and James River Road, west on Salt Branch to Mill Creek north to 1871 to Mason, 29 to Art, south on Art Hedwig Hill Rd. to 87 to Lower Willow Creek to 29 and east back home through G-town, Circleville, Hare and T'orndale!
Pic1- Sunset Deck this morning in Balcones Canyonlands Wildlife Refuge.
Pic2-Cool old house on Llano 105.
Pic3-Feeder Creek before James River crossing on James River Rd.
Pic4-North side of James River crossing.
pic5-South side of James River crossing.
Made 425 miles today....slabbing it back was not fun.....

dasminkar · 08-27-2012, 12:41 AM

Did a 179 mile ride from Durham,NC up to Clarksville,VA, over to Kerr-Scott Dam and then back to Durham. Camera phone pics just don't do the scenery justice.

**Gravel Guy** · 08-27-2012, 03:52 PM

Had to work in Rockdale, Giddings, Lexington. Rode about 220 miles doing this and a few gravel roads......imagine that??

Pic1-CR302 in far NW Burleson cty.....red, shady and pretty!
Pic2-Irrigated Cotton near Snook, Brazos Valley, notice the real moneymaker in the background! This pic is for David H.
pic3-Lake Gibbons Creek, clear and lots of Lilly pads, only 1 foot low (power plant lake, powered by lignite coal)

dasminkar · 08-27-2012, 07:39 PM

Nice pics gravel guy. How do you post thumbnails instead of whole pics(linked images)?

**Gravel Guy** · 08-27-2012, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dasminkar

Nice pics gravel guy. How do you post thumbnails instead of whole pics(linked images)?

Thanks for the compliment! I just save them to the correct size as a jpeg file using Arcsoft Photo Impression, and load them through the file manager from a saved picture file on my C drive. This thread has become my moto-diary of sorts...

Mudclod · 08-27-2012, 08:09 PM

Leave 'em like they are dasminker, they look great!

**Gravel Guy** · 08-28-2012, 08:38 PM

175 miles today, Thorndale to Austin to Lockhart to Bastrop to Elgin to home.....mostly work, no play......well except for Phelan Road and Old Sayers....and I found this cool new steel bridge in western Bastrop county.

Pic-Cedar Creek Bridge, old and NEW steel, CR250/Watts Rd.

achesley · 08-29-2012, 02:36 AM

I like the full sized photos also.

**Gravel Guy** · 08-31-2012, 01:47 PM

Got up early, sick of the dern computer after a few hours....so I took a break and hit about 80 miles of gravel in Milam county....ahhhh that's better!

pic1- my buddy's chopper at the meat shop, 117 inches of S&S badness, we called this shot "the bad and the ugly"....

pic2- water crossing on the San Gabriel, full of DEEP GRAVEL, went over and back.....gotta wash it sometime!

**Gravel Guy** · 08-31-2012, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by achesley

I like the full sized photos also.

I like 'em too but don't know how? I don't use a photo host like you folks....everything is local for me.

Mudclod · 08-31-2012, 09:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravel Guy

Got up early, sick of the dern computer after a few hours....so I took a break and hit about 80 miles of gravel in Milam county....ahhhh that's better!

pic1- my buddy's chopper at the meat shop, 117 inches of S&S badness, we called this shot "the bad and the ugly"....

pic2- water crossing on the San Gabriel, full of DEEP GRAVEL, went over and back.....gotta wash it sometime!

Mark, are ya'll hiring? ha! If I could make my deliveries on my bike you can bet I would!

**Tourmeister** · 09-04-2012, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravel Guy

I like 'em too but don't know how? I don't use a photo host like you folks....everything is local for me.

Since you are a forum supporter, click on the Photo Gallery link on the main Navbar at the top of the page. Just below the Navbar you should now see a second menu bar, which has an "upload photos" option on the far right. You can also make albums and upload images to specific albums. When you are viewing any image, look below the image and you will see the embed code that you can just cut/paste right into your post. Once uploaded, your images stay there forever unless you choose to delete them.

**Gravel Guy** · 09-04-2012, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tourmeister

Since you are a forum supporter, click on the Photo Gallery link on the main Navbar at the top of the page. Just below the Navbar you should now see a second menu bar, which has an "upload photos" option on the far right. You can also make albums and upload images to specific albums. When you are viewing any image, look below the image and you will see the embed code that you can just cut/paste right into your post. Once uploaded, your images stay there forever unless you choose to delete them.

Thanks TM....tell me, does this use more server space? Does this matter?

**Tourmeister** · 09-04-2012, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravel Guy

Thanks TM....tell me, does this use more server space? Does this matter?

Yes, it uses server space on my server. I currently have two high speed boot drives for the OS (mirrored) and three 750 GB data drives (mirrored) for the forum. Right now the entire photo gallery stands at 850 MB. All the rest of the forum data, including attached images totals up to about 3.5 GB. There is another forum hosted on the server (ST-Owners.com) of about the same size of TWT, and I also host my personal photos on the server, which adds up to maybe another 10-15 GB total. So we are no where even remotely close to maxing out the storage capacity. Eventually we might get there, and if that happens, I will likely upgrade the drives or even the entire server.

The current server was originally purchased back in 2007 (IIRC) because the leased server we were on then was just not getting the job done. I bought a dedicated server that would have room to grow. I have not had to update it since. Computers have obviously changed a LOT since then, and even then the one I bought was a mid level server. So the next upgrade will likely be to a MUCH faster server with MUCH more storage space. The reality is that the forum software is not super server intensive.

dasminkar · 09-05-2012, 12:22 AM

I put another 150ish miles on the Bandit today. Didn't really feel like riding a long ride but the more I rode, the more I wanted to just keep on ridin'. Hit a little shower 20 minutes into the ride but only lasted a couple of minutes. Nothing but clear blue skies after that!

Here's a few pics from B.Everett Jordan Lake/Dam.(NC)

These were also there at the Lake/Dam but not sure what they were for. The little building with the antenna made me curious.

And finally, I stopped to get some Bo'Berry Biscuits on the way home and look who parks right behind me. "It wasn't me, I didn't do anything!"

Coolhand · 09-08-2012, 10:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravel Guy

"the bad and the ugly"....:lol2

That's funny right there!

Looks like a good ride Dasminkar, sure is green down there.

MotoTex · 09-09-2012, 05:26 AM

Got up this morning to find a flat tire on the big dirt bike and some carb problems on the little one. Washed both, did some carb work on the little one and need parts to finish the job.

Patched the tube on the big one and was done about 3:00.

Got on the bike with no clear destination. Had the Zumo playing random songs to me and after Lyle Lovett's If I had a Boat, and a few Jimmy Buffet tunes inspiration struck with a hankerin' for a shrimp taco. I figured it was also time to do some work on my sand skillz with the KTM 950, so I headed South via Gonzales, Yoakum, Cuero, Goliad, Refugio, Rockport and Aransas Pass.

Took a ferry ride out to Port A and rode a few miles of beach, and caught the sunset from the island. Then rode the ferry back to the mainland to locate that taco.

Found the taco of my dreams between Aransas Pass and Rockport, then headed home, coming back through Shiner instead of Gonzales. Looking at all the lit up drilling rigs dotting the landscape as I crested the hills was kinda pretty.

Hit the back door around midnight-thirty with about four hundred miles behind me.

While getting fuel in Flatonia around 11:30 I met a fellow rider returning from Houston to San Antonio fueling at the next pump. Liz, a seventeen year old "Army brat," as she called herself, on a Honda 750 V-Twin headed home after a long days ride.

Reminded me of my younger days when I would do crazy stuff like that.

Oh, I guess I still do.

A very productive day I would say.

**Gravel Guy** · 09-09-2012, 05:39 AM

Sunsets on the Island are always good

...was there seaweed on the beach?

**SwampFox** · 09-09-2012, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MotoTex

.... Hit the back door around midnight-thirty with about four hundred miles behind me....
Reminded me of my younger days when I would do crazy stuff like that.
Oh, I guess I still do.

A very productive day I would say.

Well, I done got too old for midnight thirty, but we take the dogs out for a ride yesterday after the clouds passed thru. The cotton patch in the Red River Valley is ripe for picking:

**The Bruce** · 09-09-2012, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by SwampFox

Very nice

08-22-2012, 06:25 PM	#321
Gravel Guy Forum Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: T'orndale! Posts: 5,070	Re: Post your Day Rides Here! Had business in Llano and Marble falls today, after that made the James River crossing and a few surrounding roads as time permitted. Day started off rainy in Round Rock at 7:00 a.m., ended up nice! From Marble Falls, 281 to 1885 to CR120 to 1431 to 2900 south to CR309 to 71 to 308 through Click to Oxford (the long way) CR113 to 112 to 2323 north to CR106, 105, Mason County Post Oak to Keyserville to 87 to Simonsville across 783 to 1783, south on 2389 and James River Road, west on Salt Branch to Mill Creek north to 1871 to Mason, 29 to Art, south on Art Hedwig Hill Rd. to 87 to Lower Willow Creek to 29 and east back home through G-town, Circleville, Hare and T'orndale! Pic1- Sunset Deck this morning in Balcones Canyonlands Wildlife Refuge. Pic2-Cool old house on Llano 105. Pic3-Feeder Creek before James River crossing on James River Rd. Pic4-North side of James River crossing. pic5-South side of James River crossing. Made 425 miles today....slabbing it back was not fun..... Attached Thumbnails __________________ "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian!" ~ Henry Ford ~ ----------------------------------------------- Mark East of Wierd, Texas

08-27-2012, 12:41 AM	#322
dasminkar Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: North Carolina Posts: 177	Re: Post your Day Rides Here! Did a 179 mile ride from Durham,NC up to Clarksville,VA, over to Kerr-Scott Dam and then back to Durham. Camera phone pics just don't do the scenery justice. __________________ Durham, NC 2007 Bandit 1250S

08-27-2012, 03:52 PM	#323
Gravel Guy Forum Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: T'orndale! Posts: 5,070	Re: Post your Day Rides Here! Had to work in Rockdale, Giddings, Lexington. Rode about 220 miles doing this and a few gravel roads......imagine that?? Pic1-CR302 in far NW Burleson cty.....red, shady and pretty! Pic2-Irrigated Cotton near Snook, Brazos Valley, notice the real moneymaker in the background! This pic is for David H. pic3-Lake Gibbons Creek, clear and lots of Lilly pads, only 1 foot low (power plant lake, powered by lignite coal) Attached Thumbnails __________________ "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian!" ~ Henry Ford ~ ----------------------------------------------- Mark East of Wierd, Texas

08-27-2012, 07:39 PM	#324
dasminkar Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: North Carolina Posts: 177	Re: Post your Day Rides Here! Nice pics gravel guy. How do you post thumbnails instead of whole pics(linked images)? __________________ Durham, NC 2007 Bandit 1250S

08-27-2012, 08:09 PM	#326
Mudclod Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Killeen, Texas Posts: 863	Re: Post your Day Rides Here! Leave 'em like they are dasminker, they look great! __________________ '74 TY250 '89 GB500 '06 DRZ400 '03 KDX220 '08 DL1000

08-28-2012, 08:38 PM	#327
Gravel Guy Forum Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: T'orndale! Posts: 5,070	Re: Post your Day Rides Here! 175 miles today, Thorndale to Austin to Lockhart to Bastrop to Elgin to home.....mostly work, no play......well except for Phelan Road and Old Sayers....and I found this cool new steel bridge in western Bastrop county. Pic-Cedar Creek Bridge, old and NEW steel, CR250/Watts Rd. Attached Thumbnails __________________ "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian!" ~ Henry Ford ~ ----------------------------------------------- Mark East of Wierd, Texas

08-29-2012, 02:36 AM	#328
achesley Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Jennings,La. Posts: 3,603	Re: Post your Day Rides Here! I like the full sized photos also. __________________ an '00 KLR650, an '07 Bandit 1250S, an '03 5.3L Chevy truck and a '43 type Andrus Chesley Simper Fi

08-31-2012, 01:47 PM	#329
Gravel Guy Forum Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: T'orndale! Posts: 5,070	Re: Post your Day Rides Here! Got up early, sick of the dern computer after a few hours....so I took a break and hit about 80 miles of gravel in Milam county....ahhhh that's better! pic1- my buddy's chopper at the meat shop, 117 inches of S&S badness, we called this shot "the bad and the ugly".... pic2- water crossing on the San Gabriel, full of DEEP GRAVEL, went over and back.....gotta wash it sometime! Attached Thumbnails __________________ "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian!" ~ Henry Ford ~ ----------------------------------------------- Mark East of Wierd, Texas

09-05-2012, 12:22 AM	#335
dasminkar Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: North Carolina Posts: 177	Re: Post your Day Rides Here! I put another 150ish miles on the Bandit today. Didn't really feel like riding a long ride but the more I rode, the more I wanted to just keep on ridin'. Hit a little shower 20 minutes into the ride but only lasted a couple of minutes. Nothing but clear blue skies after that! Here's a few pics from B.Everett Jordan Lake/Dam.(NC) These were also there at the Lake/Dam but not sure what they were for. The little building with the antenna made me curious. And finally, I stopped to get some Bo'Berry Biscuits on the way home and look who parks right behind me. "It wasn't me, I didn't do anything!" __________________ Durham, NC 2007 Bandit 1250S

09-09-2012, 05:26 AM	#337
MotoTex Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Hangin' out at the "bars" Posts: 779	Re: Post your Day Rides Here! Got up this morning to find a flat tire on the big dirt bike and some carb problems on the little one. Washed both, did some carb work on the little one and need parts to finish the job. Patched the tube on the big one and was done about 3:00. Got on the bike with no clear destination. Had the Zumo playing random songs to me and after Lyle Lovett's If I had a Boat, and a few Jimmy Buffet tunes inspiration struck with a hankerin' for a shrimp taco. I figured it was also time to do some work on my sand skillz with the KTM 950, so I headed South via Gonzales, Yoakum, Cuero, Goliad, Refugio, Rockport and Aransas Pass. Took a ferry ride out to Port A and rode a few miles of beach, and caught the sunset from the island. Then rode the ferry back to the mainland to locate that taco. Found the taco of my dreams between Aransas Pass and Rockport, then headed home, coming back through Shiner instead of Gonzales. Looking at all the lit up drilling rigs dotting the landscape as I crested the hills was kinda pretty. Hit the back door around midnight-thirty with about four hundred miles behind me. While getting fuel in Flatonia around 11:30 I met a fellow rider returning from Houston to San Antonio fueling at the next pump. Liz, a seventeen year old "Army brat," as she called herself, on a Honda 750 V-Twin headed home after a long days ride. Reminded me of my younger days when I would do crazy stuff like that. Oh, I guess I still do. A very productive day I would say. __________________ CURRENT BIKES: '00 Suzuki DRZ400E-Plated; '04 KTM 950 Adventure; '13 Triumph Tiger 800XC

09-09-2012, 05:39 AM	#338
Gravel Guy Forum Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: T'orndale! Posts: 5,070	Re: Post your Day Rides Here! Sunsets on the Island are always good ...was there seaweed on the beach? __________________ "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian!" ~ Henry Ford ~ ----------------------------------------------- Mark East of Wierd, Texas

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