Austin Texas

We headed to Austin, Texas on March 25th. Our route to the south took us through Blanco and Driftwood for a stop at the Salt Lick Bar-B-Que which was good, but not outstanding. After a few wrong turns and some Friday afternoon traffic we made it to the hotel on the north side of the city. We headed downtown early on Saturday morning for a visit to the Capitol, the Texas History Museum, and a walk through the city. Our lunch stop was at the Boiling Pot for crawfish and crab. Good food! Our trip back to San Angelo on Sunday took us through Marble Falls, Burnet, Lampasas, and San Saba. Even though it's been a dry spring the wildflowers are beginning to bloom.

TX Hill Country 2011

On Friday March 11th Jerri and I headed southeast for our annual trip to the Hill Country of Texas. We ate at a nice German restaurant in Fredericksburg and headed for Kerrville for our 2 night stay. We headed out Saturday morning for rides on Ranch Roads 335, 336, and 337 (The Three Sisters)and stopped at the Lone Star Motorcycle Museum outside of Leakey. Take note of Jerri dream motorcycle, The Whizzer. We stopped by Mac & Ernies in Tarpley for our cabrito (goat) burger and spicy catfish. We rode over 250 on Saturday and had a nice ride back to San Angelo on Sunday with our total mileage around 600 miles.

Marfa and the Big Bend

Jerri and I left on a chilly Friday morning for our annual trip to the Big Bend National Park. After a stop in Ft. Stockton for lunch we headed for Alpine and an overnight stop in Marfa. We stayed at the Hotel Paisana, an historic hotel built in the 1930s and was the home base for the movie Giant starring James Dean and Elizabeth Taylor. At dark we headed out to see the Marfa lights and were successful. The lights cannot be explained and we seen by the Apaches. We enjoyed the ride from Marfa to Presidio and along the River Road to the Big Bend National Park area. We rode the entire park as usual. Sunday afternoon we held up in the motel because of a dust storm and a county wide power outage. We made it back to San Angelo by early afternoon on Monday.