Day 1 – Pacific Coast Highway Motorcycle Ride
Day 1 Route Georgetown, TX to Amarillo, TX
Today is Day 1 – Pacific Coast Highway Motorcycle Ride. I wasn’t sure if I was going to make this ride. There has been a lot going on with us this year but the departure date has finally arrived. Today I am riding from Georgetown, TX to Amarillo, TX (470 miles) to meet the Larry’s. No stops except for gas, food and rest stops. This has been the meetup point for the last few years when we ride the western U.S.
Heading to Amarillo to meetup with my riding buddies… Hwy 183
This year, as in past years, I’m riding with the Larry’s. This year all 3 of them riding. My old Air Force buddy Larry C. and his childhood friends Larry T. and Larry A. They were riding in from Alabama and Georgia. From Amarillo, we will be riding together for the next 13 days. I planned this ride a bit different from all our previous rides. I only planned the route and destination for each day. No motel reservations were made in advance and no planned touristy stops were planned. We are just riding and stopping when we see something we like…
Our destination this year is the Pacific Coast Highway, so I am calling this ride “The Pacific Coast Highway Motorcycle Ride”. For the next 4 days we will be covering a lot of miles just getting to the Pacific Coast Highway. We will be riding some scenic motorcycle roads to and from the pacific Coast Highway, so come follow along as we get there and back.
Rolling down Hwy 183 headed to Amarillo
This morning it was a bit warm when I left. It was 78 degrees and the temperature climbed just above 90 as I made my way northward. It cooled a bit to 85 by the time I reached Amarillo. For the most part it wasn’t too bad with the partly cloudy to cloudy skies. There were a few clear patches when it warmed up.
Beautiful riding day… Beautiful scenery…
Although I’ve ridden this route many times it is still a fun, scenic ride. The ride starts in the “Texas Hill Country”. The Hill Country consists of rugged hills of thin layers of soil atop limestone or granite. From the Hill Country, I rode into the “Panhandle Plains” region which is relatively flat with rolling plains. Around Abilene, cotton, sorghum, and wheat are cultivated. Many oil wells are seen all along the route as well as large areas of farming and ranching. Everything you would expect to see in Texas.
Riding through Anson, TX on Hwy 277
The Larry’s arrived at the motel a short time before me. I found them in the parking lot working on Larry A’s CB radio. It was blowing fuses after using it a while. Whatever was causing the problem wasn’t obvious. We continued working on it during the trip, trying to get it working, but it was to no avail… You never know how much you depend on your CB until it stops working…
After checking into the motel, we grabbed a bite to eat and got ready for the next day of riding.
Tomorrow we will be riding ~473 miles from Amarillo, TX to Georgetown, CO… Come follow along with us… Enjoy our ride…
Ride safe and I hope we meet somewhere down the road…