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What does one do with 5 days and no work to get in the way? A road trip to Big Bend is always a good plan. We left at the end of the shift around noon on 10/14. Myself, Perry and Chris with his barely broke in '09 Street Glide in Black Pearl finish. It's a beautiful machine and that pearl paint really looks good in the sun.
I caught a breif rain shower on the way to Chris's house where we met up to start the trip. We caught a couple more sprinkles on the way out west before the skies parted to give us a nice blue sky. First stop for a little mid-day snack was Burnet for a kolaches. Gude's is good!
Perry and Chris
Westward bound.
We've been to Big Bend several times and we are always looking for new routes to get us there. This time we opted to ride out 29 to Mason and head southwest on 377 all the way to Del Rio where we would go west on 90. We try to avoid I 10 if possible and tend to cruise on the back roads. Here is the track for the first day on the road.
Since it was after noon when we left we would arrive at Del Rio just before sunset. This is the first crossing of Amistad Res.
We ran into town for food and fuel and pointed NW toward our destination for the night; Seminole Canyon State Park. It was already past sunset. I wanted to play with the Zumo some and caught this screen shot.
The screen automatically switches to night mode at sunset, pretty cool. Just after the Border Patrol check point we were treated to this sunset for the rest of the ride to the park.
It was dark arriving in the park but we were blessed with a full moon which was bright enough that we could pitch tents without much help from lights. Bright enough that we had to use rain flies for a little shade.
Well, at least two of us did. Chris opted for the open air feel and stargazing through the roof of his tent. Around 0230 he was up deploying his rain fly in the rain. We caught a couple of showers through the night with temps dropping into a nice cool range for good sleeping.
The second day we would ride to Study Butte. That should wet your appetite. Next post may be delayed a bit. I'll post more when I get a chance.
I caught a breif rain shower on the way to Chris's house where we met up to start the trip. We caught a couple more sprinkles on the way out west before the skies parted to give us a nice blue sky. First stop for a little mid-day snack was Burnet for a kolaches. Gude's is good!
Perry and Chris
Westward bound.
We've been to Big Bend several times and we are always looking for new routes to get us there. This time we opted to ride out 29 to Mason and head southwest on 377 all the way to Del Rio where we would go west on 90. We try to avoid I 10 if possible and tend to cruise on the back roads. Here is the track for the first day on the road.
Since it was after noon when we left we would arrive at Del Rio just before sunset. This is the first crossing of Amistad Res.
We ran into town for food and fuel and pointed NW toward our destination for the night; Seminole Canyon State Park. It was already past sunset. I wanted to play with the Zumo some and caught this screen shot.
The screen automatically switches to night mode at sunset, pretty cool. Just after the Border Patrol check point we were treated to this sunset for the rest of the ride to the park.
It was dark arriving in the park but we were blessed with a full moon which was bright enough that we could pitch tents without much help from lights. Bright enough that we had to use rain flies for a little shade.
Well, at least two of us did. Chris opted for the open air feel and stargazing through the roof of his tent. Around 0230 he was up deploying his rain fly in the rain. We caught a couple of showers through the night with temps dropping into a nice cool range for good sleeping.
The second day we would ride to Study Butte. That should wet your appetite. Next post may be delayed a bit. I'll post more when I get a chance.
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