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- Dec 8, 2014
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- Location
- San Marcos, Texas
- First Name
- Steve
- Last Name
- Pylant
I wanted to get out and see some new dirt. I have done quite a bit of Hill Country riding, the cool stuff around Mason, Junction, Rocksprings, Leakey etc. and ventured in/out of San Saba on part of the TWT Hill Country 500 weekend last November. But I had read a Big Dog ride report going to see a suspension bridge up this way and had my eye on this area for a while, was able to hit it last weekend. Planning an ADV gravel ride with a bridge as a highlight while riding the KLR 701…..let that soak in. Not my finest hour. Feeling the need to crush a beer can on my forehead or something to bring back the balance.
Left my house mid-morning and took back roads to get up Llano way. Didn’t even think about pics as I have traveled those routes many times and I did not set out to do a ride report. Ate a late lunch at the Burger Bar in Llano, note to self that doesn’t mean they have beer, dadgummit. Too late, already parked and took off all my crap. Turned out to be a really cool place and super cool lady that runs it, enjoyed visiting with her as I was the only one in there. I learned that you can BYOB but I just had my burger and a Dr. Pepper. After the grub, I gassed up and snagged some evening beverages. Off towards the booming town of Bend and a little farther to Barefoot RV Park, about 200 miles for me for the day.
My plan was to camp for a few days with my wife joining at the end of the second day after I got 400-500 miles of bike travel complete. It was a nice park, not many folks there but I did learn that the restroom/showers were turned off for the winter. There goes my plan, I wasn’t much interested in no shower for 3 days and knew my wife wouldn’t be either when she joined me later. New plan needed but I was there for that night. Setup camp, gathered fire wood and chillaxed. Sunset was nice against the rock cliffs and the moon was cool. Couple pics of camp, a snip of my San Saba loop for tomorrow.....and GPX file attached. Still working on the rest of the ride report.
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Left my house mid-morning and took back roads to get up Llano way. Didn’t even think about pics as I have traveled those routes many times and I did not set out to do a ride report. Ate a late lunch at the Burger Bar in Llano, note to self that doesn’t mean they have beer, dadgummit. Too late, already parked and took off all my crap. Turned out to be a really cool place and super cool lady that runs it, enjoyed visiting with her as I was the only one in there. I learned that you can BYOB but I just had my burger and a Dr. Pepper. After the grub, I gassed up and snagged some evening beverages. Off towards the booming town of Bend and a little farther to Barefoot RV Park, about 200 miles for me for the day.
My plan was to camp for a few days with my wife joining at the end of the second day after I got 400-500 miles of bike travel complete. It was a nice park, not many folks there but I did learn that the restroom/showers were turned off for the winter. There goes my plan, I wasn’t much interested in no shower for 3 days and knew my wife wouldn’t be either when she joined me later. New plan needed but I was there for that night. Setup camp, gathered fire wood and chillaxed. Sunset was nice against the rock cliffs and the moon was cool. Couple pics of camp, a snip of my San Saba loop for tomorrow.....and GPX file attached. Still working on the rest of the ride report.
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