Riding my motorcycle around Texas - WARNING lots of pics

[ClayJ]

It snowed the morning I was leaving


Lots of wide open plains to ride through on my way to New Mexico


Stopped on route 66 for lunch


All you texans can stand and salute


Here's how I look riding


Lots of flat dry country in Southern Texas


The border entry from Mexico to Presidio


Highway 170, the reason we're down here


The Rio Grand. It doesn't look like much of a rio, and not very grand


Nice temp. That's why we're here in April


I'm enjoying the ride


More of 170


Lots of whoops on the road. They didn't try to flatten the terraine


Looding West along the Rio Grand


A rest stop with some creative shading over the picnic tables


Into the park


Riding into Chisos Mountain Lodge


Santa Elena Canyon


My bike at the Canyon


Hot riding across South Texas


Looking at the cliffs along the Rio Grande


Looking down a boat ramp at the Rio Grande. I should have waded across the border but I didn't think about it.


I was taking a picture with my SLR so I turned my cap to see through the view finder. My buddy couldn't stop laughing at me.


Fun roads to ride all over the park


A cool tunel on the East road


Looking over the Rio Grande on the East end of the park


Mexican citizens across the river


He rode over to check his business


His business


Back at the Lodge looking West


More open road, on the way out of Big Bend


Gas station in Langtry. Pump the gas, go inside and tell em how many gallons. OOOOOLD times


Pecos River. Allot more grand than the Rio Grande


My new ride


Uvalde


Texans don't have much of an ego


Entering Texas Hill Country. Notice the green stuff by the road


Flowers lined most of the highways


Fields of wild flowers


Great views from the tops of the hills


Rain clouds moving in. Got rained on for about 15 minutes


Riding the "Twisted Sisters". Hwy 335, 336, and 337. Some of the best riding you can do


This is the route we took through the Hill Country


Here's my "weekly status" that I sent in to work for operations review


This area has a serious deer problem. Nearly everything has guards


More road pics of the hill country


More views


More wildflowers


If you through Langry gas station was primitive...


Heading out towards Kerrville


More


Why?


Dinner in Kerrville looking over the river.


Stopped in San Angelo to visit family. Gave some nieces a ride


North Texas is flat..


Here's how I ended the Trip. I missed the birth by 2 hours. Grand child #3

[Moab Mike]

Very nice Clay, hope to ride with you soon. Too bad you missed the grandchild's birth but I'm certain you'll more than make up for it!

[ZOSO]

Looks like fun. Makes me want a comfy road bike.

[Kinder]

Clay, those are great shots, the wild flowers are one of the great things about Texas, I've been to San Angelo too many times, thanks for sharing.

[Rox Crusher]

Man, awesome pics and story

Wish I could have gone

[Entourage]

Thanks for posting up your adventure - Looks like a great trip and motorcycles look like the way to do it.

[PonyCorral]

Congrats on the birth of #3...looks like the trip was nice too!

[Booger]

Clay thanks for sharing the pics. Looks like a great trip. Bummer you missed the birth by a few hrs but at least you got the chance to hold the little one. Great way to end a trip.

[Jesus_man]

Also congrats Clay on another grandchild!

Looks like you had a lot of fun. I've driven one or two of those roads in the TX hill-country. They can be pretty. Did you stop for Donuts in Kerrville? Actually scratch that. Next time make your way to Castroville and stop at the Alsatian bakery. Sooooo good!

Getting hot down there already! Do you have a map of your entire trip? How many miles?

Glad you're back safe!

J.D.

[ClayJ]

Total trip length from COS to COS - 2,950 miles. I almost went home via Cannon City just to get another 50 in, but the Sun was nearly down by the time I left Pueblo for home and I was bushed. So just shy of 3,000, AND I need new tires. Some of those Texas roads really tore up the rear.

[ClayJ]

My Route on Google Maps

[sbolt19]

Did you stop in at BC Broncos when you went through Ingram?

[ClayJ]

Nope. I thought before the trip to figure out where they were but never did, then didn't even think about it during the ride

[Jesus_man]

Cool route Clay! Just glad you survived your trip near the border.

I was only at BC's once, but it looks like you drove (rode) right past their shop. Too bad you didn't get to stop in. They are cool people.

Fredericksburg is a cool town.

also you drove right by one of the premier TX wheeling joints between Mason and Brady (Katemcy rocks). Did you see any pink granite?

I think I basically followed your route bringing the bronco home just prior to our move here. I liked how the secondary highways in TX are all 70mph in the daylight!