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Day 2 Big Bend National Park Motorcycle Ride April 2007

Posted on September 19, 2012 | Leave a comment

257 miles – Ozona, Ft. Stockton, Alpine, Terlingua

Goats at Alpine gas station

Day 2 Route

Day 2 of our Big Bend National Park motorcycle ride. When we got up the temperature was 39 degrees but a bright sun shiny day. We had planned to leave by 8:00 but because it was so cold we waited and left around 9:00. My cousin stopped by to visit a while since we hadn’t left yet. Once on the road it began to warm up quickly. We rode from Ozona to Ft. Stockton, gassed up, had lunch at a Dairy Queen, then rode to Alpine gassed up and then rode on to Terlingua and stayed at the Mission Lodge for the next two nights. It was great riding in the sunshine and the scenery was great. There isn’t much in Terlingua but the scenery there was spectacular. The café and store across the highway was convenient so we ate all our meals there… The food wasn’t bad there either.

Mission Lodge in Terlingua where we stayed…

Looking northeast from Mission Lodge

Sunset in Terlingua

Links to the other days of our ride…

Day 1 – 259 miles – Georgetown, Fredericksburg, Ozona
Day 3 – 187 Miles – Terlingua, Santa Elena Canyon, Chisos Basin, Boquillas Canyon, Terlingua (all in Big Bend)
Day 4 – 182 miles – Terlingua, Presidio, Marfa, Alpine
Day 5 – 188 miles – Alpine, Ft Davis, loop 166, Ft Stockton
Day 6 – 165 miles – Ft Stockton, Big Lake, San Angelo
Day 7 – 195 Miles – San Angelo, Llano, Georgetown

If you liked this post you may also like “Big Bend/Carlsbad Motorcycle Trip September ’09” or “Our First Big Bend Motorcycle Ride“

Day 1 Big Bend National Park Motorcycle Ride April 2007

Posted on September 18, 2012 | Leave a comment

259 miles – Georgetown, Fredericksburg, Ozona

Ready to leave…

Day 1 Route

This is day one of our Big Bend National Park motorcycle ride. Since our first ride to Big Bend we have been ready to get back and today is that day.

The trip consisted of 4 bikes 7 people going. Janet and me (Ivan), Larry and Jo Cooper, Larry and Shirley Talley and my brother Gary. The 1^st day we rode from Georgetown to Ozona via Fredericksburg. Larry Cooper (my ol’ Air Force buddy from some 38 years ago) had a little trouble getting his bike started before we left. Fortunately he didn’t have any more problems starting it on the rest of the trip. All week the weather looked really good for Saturday but it ended up being really cold and windy. Needless to say it was not the best riding. We got a later start than planned due to the cold weather. We planned a stop at the Wild Seed farm outside of Fredericksburg but we just stayed long enough to have a cup of coffee, sample some of the dips, jellies, biscuits and warm up. The sun did manager to come out from time to time and that helped some. Normally our bikes get gas mileage somewhere in the 40’s but because of the strong head winds we were only getting gas mileage in the 30’s. We stopped in Fredericksburg to eat lunch (good German food) and checkout some of the shops. The sun was shinning so it seemed warmer when we weren’t in the wind. We got to Ozona around 6 or 6:30. After checking in at the motel we walked down the street to a small restaurant and ate. I have a cousin that lives in Ozona. We spent a good while visiting with him and he took us out to his ranch just outside of town. It was nice to see him. It seems that the only time we see each other is at funerals. I will try to get back out to see him more often.

Shucking gear in Fredericksburg

Gary took lead to Ft Stockton

Links to the other days of our ride…

Day 2 – 257 miles – Ozona, Ft. Stockton, Alpine, Terlingua
Day 3 – 187 Miles – Terlingua, Santa Elena Canyon, Chisos Basin, Boquillas Canyon, Terlingua (all in Big Bend)
Day 4 – 182 miles – Terlingua, Presidio, Marfa, Alpine
Day 5 – 188 miles – Alpine, Ft Davis, loop 166, Ft Stockton
Day 6 – 165 miles – Ft Stockton, Big Lake, San Angelo
Day 7 – 195 Miles – San Angelo, Llano, Georgetown

If you liked this post you may also like “Big Bend/Carlsbad Motorcycle Trip September ’09” or Our First Big Bend Motorcycle Ride

Big Bend National Park Motorcycle Ride April 2007

Posted on March 4, 2012 | 1 comment

Yucca & Casa Grande Peak

This is our return, Big Bend National Park Motorcycle Ride. In June 2002 Janet and I made our first long ride together to Big Bend with my brother Gary and Ginny his wife, Larry Cooper (my Air Force buddy) and Larry Talley (Larry Cooper’s long time friend and now ours). It was a four-day ride that we learned a lot from… What to do and what not to do… The most important lesson was to add more days and ride fewer miles each day.

Big Bend has become my favorite place to ride in Texas. The climate, culture and scenery are the best.

Ever since that first ride we have wanted to return and apply the things we learned. On this trip we are riding seven days and limiting the miles per day to less than 260. I also added many custom features to the bike to enhance our ride. This is the story about that trip. Come follow along and see how we did…

Below are the links to each day of the ride…

Day 1 – 259 miles – Georgetown, Fredericksburg, Ozona

Day 2 – 257 miles – Ozona, Ft. Stockton, Alpine, Terlingua

Day 3 – 187 Miles – Terlingua, Santa Elena Canyon, Chisos Basin, Boquillas Canyon, Terlingua (all in Big Bend)

Day 4 – 182 miles – Terlingua, Presidio, Marfa, Alpine

Day 5 – 188 miles – Alpine, Ft Davis, loop 166, Ft Stockton

Day 6 – 165 miles – Ft Stockton, Big Lake, San Angelo

Day 7 – 195 Miles – San Angelo, Llano, Georgetown

If you liked this post you may also like “Big Bend/Carlsbad Motorcycle Trip September ’09” or “Our First Big Bend Motorcycle Ride”.