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Riding my motorcycle around Texas - WARNING lots of pics
It snowed the morning I was leaving
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Lots of wide open plains to ride through on my way to New Mexico
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Stopped on route 66 for lunch
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All you texans can stand and salute
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Here's how I look riding
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Lots of flat dry country in Southern Texas
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The border entry from Mexico to Presidio
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Highway 170, the reason we're down here
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The Rio Grand. It doesn't look like much of a rio, and not very grand
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Nice temp. That's why we're here in April
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I'm enjoying the ride
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More of 170
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Lots of whoops on the road. They didn't try to flatten the terraine
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Looding West along the Rio Grand
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A rest stop with some creative shading over the picnic tables
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Into the park
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Riding into Chisos Mountain Lodge
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Santa Elena Canyon
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My bike at the Canyon
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Hot riding across South Texas
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Looking at the cliffs along the Rio Grande
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Looking down a boat ramp at the Rio Grande. I should have waded across the border but I didn't think about it.
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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.
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Fun roads to ride all over the park
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A cool tunel on the East road
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Looking over the Rio Grande on the East end of the park
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Mexican citizens across the river
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He rode over to check his business
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His business
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Back at the Lodge looking West
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More open road, on the way out of Big Bend
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Gas station in Langtry. Pump the gas, go inside and tell em how many gallons. OOOOOLD times
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Pecos River. Allot more grand than the Rio Grande
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My new ride
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Uvalde
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Texans don't have much of an ego
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Entering Texas Hill Country. Notice the green stuff by the road
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Flowers lined most of the highways
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Fields of wild flowers
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Great views from the tops of the hills
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Rain clouds moving in. Got rained on for about 15 minutes
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Riding the "Twisted Sisters". Hwy 335, 336, and 337. Some of the best riding you can do
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This is the route we took through the Hill Country
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Here's my "weekly status" that I sent in to work for operations review
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This area has a serious deer problem. Nearly everything has guards
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More road pics of the hill country
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More views
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More wildflowers
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If you through Langry gas station was primitive...
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Heading out towards Kerrville
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More
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Why?
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Dinner in Kerrville looking over the river.
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Stopped in San Angelo to visit family. Gave some nieces a ride
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North Texas is flat..
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Here's how I ended the Trip. I missed the birth by 2 hours. Grand child #3
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