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[Coolhand]

We went "dualsporting" on our cruiser down Acker rd. just north of San Antonio. We ended up hand escorting the Roadstar over the slick crossing but one part proved to be about 8 inches deep. Im amazed at the volume of water still flowing in these hills considering a month or so now of drought...

Excellent! I'll bet that was a respectable bow wave!

 

[Mudclod]

Has anyone topped that hill Coolhand? Let's see some footage!

 

[Gravel Guy]

Got back from two weeks vacation in East Texas, Arkansas and Missouri. My kitchen pass was to get up early and ride as much as possible and then home to the campgrounds by 10 or so......so I took many day rides and will post them in sequence here....
pic1, two boards, one KLR....isn't that how everyone does it?
pic2, rode from Karmack to Marshall and back, found 2116 "haunted stagecoach road" and had a bunch of fun riding up and down it....it is pretty but to be fair I wasn't there at midnight.....the road is also kinda trashy and the locals have spray painted some of the walls....which was a bit of a drag....
pic3, more Stagecoach.....I also road 2107, 8, 9, 1793 and others around Marshall and Baldwin. In the future I wish to ride around Caddo and into La....

 

[Gravel Guy]

Arkansas 2012 vacation:

synopsis:, left Sylamore Creek, which is about 6 miles north of Mountain View, and headed west NW on 14 to Push Mountain/341 and then back to Norfolk, and finally back down 5 through Old Joe and Calico Rock back to Sylamore Creek. A couple of miles south of Calico Rock, I decided to climb the road to SugarLoaf Mountain Tower.....which was so steep I didn't really get any pictures going up or down, but a couple shots of the tower and a view towards Calico Rock....the road was gravel, washed out, and a class 1 or 2 with a few washouts and baby heads.....but very steep....
pic1, view from Push Mountain
pic2, view of SugarLoaf Tower
pic3, view from SLtower, towards Calico Rock

a fine day riding..indeed....

 

[SwampFox]

Hey Gravel Guy:
Karnack is my hometown from ages 2-10. Maybe you can come back up for the sidecar rally in Uncertain in October and help BeemerBob flush out the haints.

Did you stay at the Sylamore Creek Camp? I plan to pass thru there next weekend taking a look for potential as the host campground for USCA national sidecar rally in June 2013.

 

[Gravel Guy]

Missouri vacation 2012:
synopsis: We stayed in Kimberling City on Table Rock Lake, so I rode in and around Table Rock and between KC and Eureka Springs Ark.....I messed around in the Mark Twain Nat'l Forest and just looked for fun!!
pic1, "H" road dead ends on TR Lake at this dock, so I thought what the heck!!!
pic2, found some jeep trails on some land for sale, almost got in a pickle trying to get BACK uphill in the wet leaves and mud.....ran a shinko 705 on the back and was kinda wishing for a 606 just then!!!
pic3, This one's for Fred (RB)....I found your road!!

 

[Gravel Guy]

Missouri vacation take 2:
synopsis: rode down to Seligman Mo and poked around a bit.....after exploring Indian Ridge in Branson West, a failed subdivision with lake views....saw about 10 nearly finished houses that would run in the 400-500k range around Austin on a 500 acre plat of land with finished gravel roads, underground utilities and transformers...had a blast zooming around this place and dropped the KLR once in a big unseen uphill hole.....stuff happens and no harm done.

pic1, tunnel on CR2195 near Seligman
pic3, fancy houses in Indian Ridge
pic2, "pinnacle view" prettiest homesight with the best view of Indian Cove, fed by Indian Creek of course....

 

[Gravel Guy]

Swampfox, I'll get back to you on Uncertain...I will be in Lindale for a MotoGuzzi Rally in Oct......and we like Sylamore Creek but the bathrooms are cleaner at KOA's.....just saying....

 

[Gravel Guy]

East Texas vacation take 3:
synopsis:
stayed at the KOA in Rusk, got up early (this morning) and rode west and south in Cherokee and Anderson counties, rode dead end 2108 (pretty) and 84 to 2107 to 2120 to Anderson CR1225, 1226, 1220 to Denson Springs, 294 E to 23 to Cherokee CR2313 to 294 to 2325 to 752 to 2406 to 2405, to 1104 and 1101 to ATOY and back....what a perfect foggy red dirt creeks running and deer moving kind of day!!! I got one decent picture of Gat creek on CR1226....before my camera failed me....
pic1 and only, if you look close you can see the rapids on the creek past the dirt on my front 606......whispering sweet nothings in my ear......

 

[RT_Slim]

Thanks for sharing the vaction Mark. Very purdy avatar ya got thar.

 

[Mudclod]

Mark, you're such a globetrotter! Wish I could've been ridin' with ya man! From now until Fall I'm gonna be riding a lot more of East Tex.

 

[Mudclod]

With all the recent rain, the adventuresome McDaniels and I headed east, as in East Texas searching for cool and damp riding opportunities. We weren't dissapointed after locating several little used roads around the Kosse area.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyH3PrwaRmE"]Kosse Texas backroads - YouTube[/ame] Clark gifted me a set of X-ray vision glasses that worked great! Unfortunatley it wasn't reflected on the video. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Yo5UexRuE"]Near Kosse, TX - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Mudclod]

We continued east into the "Twilight zone" and Stranger, Texas. Oddly there wasn't a stranger to be found?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gFCaTslBI0"]Strange, Texas - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAYvKR9QFmE"]CR 666 near Kosse, Texas - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Mudclod]

When afternoon thunderstorms appeared we cut through the corn fields and made a beeline for home.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6Vb5JMbEoY"]Unnamed road near Garrett Cemetary - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuv7sK4_ReA"]Cornfield Shortcut! - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlSR5Y9Bjx0"]Glenda rides the ruts! - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Gravel Guy]

Y'all ain't NEVER had TOO much FUN!!!

 

[Gravel Guy]

Had to travel to Llano for an important sales meeting today.
Sold two new machines!!! and enjoyed 442 miles today on the KLR:
I will start by saying that I used to LOVE 1431 but anymore is just stinks coming from HUTTO and heading that way.....when I got to the good part I got behind a old fogey in a minivan doing 40....oh well...
pic1-Stopped at SmithWick Community Center, nice place to get a drink of water and rest!
Headed to Llano, closed the deal, then headed out to Castel and North to San Saba County...The small granite gravel in this neck of the woods can be VERY slick...I detoured east of 16 and took the Babyhead Mountain road up to Cherokee.....behind Threadgill's ranch someone is building a new house on Babyhead?! I have to admit--- very strategic and defensible location.
pic2- Found this old (maybe burned) homebuilt fire watch tower on a hilltop west of Babyhead mountain. I was on CR214.
pic3-If you folks haven't ridden near Llano, GO THERE NOW if you like the smell of whitebrush blooming! The perfume started west of Horseshoe Bay and lasted most of the rest of today....don't know how long it will last??
pic4- I've always wanted to drive near the San Saba River and drive by Deep Creek Ranch..it is supposed to be beautiful, well this is as close as you can get on the south side..8-(
pic5- Found this Peace Treaty Marker near Sloan, placed in 1936 by the SOT, how many treaties with the Indians have never been broken? Any historians out there to shed some light on this?
More to follow....

 

[Gravel Guy]

Ride to DeepCreek Ranch/ San Saba part II:
pic1-Pretty Pond behind the Sloan Treaty Marker, nice place to rest!
pic2-Crossed the San Saba near Sloan, to try to get to the DCR from the north, running good here, fish and minnows present!
pic3-Brady Creek water crossing, about 6 inches deep, near a house on DCR from the north, this water crossing is as close as you can get from the north, best guess is they are prohibiting travel on about 5 miles of previously used county road...8-(
pic4-headed down CR further west from DCR to head to Billy Gibbon's Camp (11 miles one way), I was in the groove and jumping cattle guards and then.....
pic5- Dern it was hot, mesquite shade will have to do for this repair...
More to follow....

 

[Gravel Guy]

San Saba/Deep Creek Ranch visit part III,
pic1- One tore to heck HD Moose Tube, thanks to a 2 inch piece of rusty wire.....maybe I should slow down on gravel???? NAH!!!
pic2-Funny Looking horses near Richland Springs.
I was smoking hot from changing the tire, and found supper at Gage's BBQ in San Saba. It was expensive, about $15.00 for a two-meat plate and tea, but the brisket was good, and so was the potato salad (mustard style). Beans ans Pork loin were just so-so, but I think the bread was homeade. The only choice in town, besides fast-food and mexican...
pic3-Nix Store, pretty ole Ford car! Then headed south through Naruna and Lake Victor.....those roads had plenty of shade, goats,deer, juniper, and agarita...
pic4-On the way home, stopped at Oak Grove Church for a water break.
pic5-Silly picture I guess, l lay down in a stubbled cornfield and tried to get a picture of the pretty pink sunset cloud along with that good ole' 606 and my trusty, rusty, muddy dusty, pink fender that everyone kids me about....kind of feeling thankful for a nice day of riding and successful business, and just generally counting my blessings.......laugh if you must........

 

[The Bruce]

Recon one of those Chiefs be Ten Bears?

 

[The Bruce]

If a fella has to work for a living, you seem to have figured out a great way to get it done. Nice photos.

 

[Gravel Guy]

Recon one of those Chiefs be Ten Bears?

Bruce, I've read Wilbarger and a few others on the Comanche tribe and I'd like to see the list.....will do further research this weekend...

 

[Mudclod]

Recon one of those Chiefs be Ten Bears?

Probably none with the Germans! ha! Great read Mark, any water in the San Saba river?

 

[Liteitup]

Recon one of those Chiefs be Ten Bears?

Josey: You be Ten Bears?
Ten Bears: I am Ten Bears.
Josey: (spits tobacco) I'm Josey Wales.
Ten Bears: I have heard. You're the Gray Rider. You would not make peace with the Blue Coats. You may go in peace. Josey: I reckon not. Got nowhere to go.
Ten Bears: Then you will die.
Josey: I came here to die with you. Or live with you. Dying ain't so hard for men like you and me, it's living that's hard; when all you ever cared about has been butchered or raped. Governments don't live together, people live together. With governments you don't always get a fair word or a fair fight. Well I've come here to give you either one, or get either one from you. I came here like this so you'll know my word of death is true. And that my word of life is then true. The bear lives here, the wolf, the antelope, the Comanche. And so will we. Now, we'll only hunt what we need to live on, same as the Comanche does. And every spring when the grass turns green and the Comanche moves north, he can rest here in peace, butcher some of our cattle and jerk beef for the journey. The sign of the Comanche, that will be on our lodge. That's my word of life.
Ten Bears: And your word of death?
Josey: It's here in my pistols, there in your rifles. I'm here for either one.
Ten Bears: These things you say we will have, we already have.
Josey: That's true. I ain't promising you nothing extra. I'm just giving you life and you're giving me life. And I'm saying that men can live together without butchering one another.
Ten Bears: It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double-tongues. There is iron in your word of death for all Comanche to see. And so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron, it must come from men. The words of Ten Bears carries the same iron of life and death. It is good that warriors such as we meet in the struggle of life... or death. It shall be life. (he takes his knife and cuts his hand. Josey does the same and they grasp each others hand.) So shall it be.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4e3-YK3rVA"]The Outlaw Josey Wales - YouTube[/ame]

 

[specialkb83]

What is a good La. map ? I just ordered a mapsco texas map , and live 100 yards from La. . I would like do find a good map for them too ?

 

[Coolhand]

Josey: You be Ten Bears?
Ten Bears: I am Ten Bears.
Josey: (spits tobacco) I'm Josey Wales.
Ten Bears: I have heard. You're the Gray Rider. You would not make peace with the Blue Coats. You may go in peace. Josey: I reckon not. Got nowhere to go.
Ten Bears: Then you will die.
Josey: I came here to die with you. Or live with you. Dying ain't so hard for men like you and me, it's living that's hard; when all you ever cared about has been butchered or raped. Governments don't live together, people live together. ...[/url]

Love it.