Definitely a good time, but as they said, it got a bit toasty by the end of day. We completed 125 of the 200 mile planned route, but decided to cut it short as we were all a bit gassed by then. Big thanks to Dennis and his lovely crew for putting this together, to all who participated for making it so much fun, and to Craig for leading our group (I called us the Magnificent 7; original, huh?). Four amigos arrived on Friday to prepare for the grueling ride on Saturday, and what better way to prepare than with a delicious Mexican dinner?
@Rydah,
@Pedro 2.0,
@grumpy48,
@danco302
A good nights rest, quick hotel breakfast, and we were off for adventure the next morning. The event said start time of 0800, so of course we showed up at 0755. Bikes and riders were already lined up for departure, and so we were both hustling to unload and apologizing profusely, only to be told that that was the 50-150(?) group. Whew! Our 200cc and up was not scheduled to depart until 0900, so heartbeats slowed a bit, and were were able to visit a bit before taking off. Some random Boles Field pics:
Two members of the M7 group,
@danco302 (Yamaha XT225) and Jerome (Yamaha XT250)
Two other M7 members, Craig (the guy in blue demonstrating the proper Wal-Mart cart grip) and his grandson, Cur on the mighty Honda CL75. Craig was the leader of the M7 group and kept us at a steady pace all day while navigating the treatcherous route. Thank you Craig!
Some more random pics:
The event is held bi-annually and is organized by the man himself, Dennis (the bearded hombre on the right). The other distinguished gent is our own
@Pedro 2.0 !
Jerome and Mrs. Jerome with their cool Blue Healer pup.
@danco302 gives his approval
We arrived at our first check point, and were greeted by a most lovely hostess who distributed water to the thirsty hoard, just to ensure we were hydrated and refreshed before taking on the daunting task: a skills test of hitting a target using a BB gun.
Since my wife is a better shot than I am, I leave the protection to her, so I was lucky to hit the box at all, much less the target.
@danco302 however shot a score of 6, which I believe was top score for the group. We won't delve into other scores of the group; what happened at the checkpoint, stays at the checkpoint, y'know?
Our next stop was at a very small grave site for some interesting facts about a local gentleman who fought at the Alamo. So small in fact, that we actually overshot it and had to backtrack. Some pics at the site:
I present, the Magnificent 7! Yeah, I'm taking the pic.
We rode so far that our next stop was at an international boundary!
Your's truly (and no, that's not a photo edit of tape on
@danco302 mouth)!
Random stop along the way:
Our next stop brought us back to Center at the courthouse. I forgot to mention that these stops were all part of a quest for knowledge (and game) that we had to answer a series of questions on our directions sheet. Dennis is a master of injecting fun 'tiddlers' such as these
The last stop for knowledge we were able to complete was a historic marker, the First Battle:
After this, we ended up at our second (and for us, our last) checkpoint, where the lovely couple of (ugh, I'm so horrible with names!) greeted and treated us to cold drinks, snacks and a couple fun games of skill. Unfortunately, yours truly and most of the crew were so beat by then, we had some peanuts, some cold drinks and just sat for awhile. I know y'all put in the effort to make it a fun stop for us, and I feel so bad for not being able to participate, but that heat and long stretch of roads was a bit much for this old guy. Hopefully it will be a bit cooler next time. We ended up just heading back to Boles Field after that, loaded up, shook hands, gave our very grateful thanks to all who made this awesome event possible, and thus ended our Spring 2024 Texas Tiddler event. I couldn't have asked for a better bunch of guys to ride with, and am already looking forward to the next one in the fall.
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