Center Of Texas

In Eden Texas their welcome sign stated they were "The Center Of Texas" and In Brady Texas a marble marker on the courthouse lawn states "The Center Of Texas".

So which is true?

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DevCon Day 01

After my appointment this morning and lunch at Rudy's BBQ, I started my trip to the West Coast.

I rode on Hwy. 290 all the way to Austin Texas, I stop at Napalm Motorsports to take a gander at what they had. They had lots of Victory motorcycle and more Victory accessories than any other Victory shop I seen so far. I was not going to buy anything, but I ended up buying a cool T-Shirt.

I continued on to Ranch Road 1431 through the Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge and found a great road "Cow Creek Road", it's a great scenic ride.

After riding and taking photos in Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge I mad my way over to Burnet Texas.

I had dinner at the Highlander Inn (Very Good Ribeye) and booked a room at the Best Western for the night.

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Big Trip Starts Tuesday!

Headed to San Diego, CA through New Mexico & Arizona for the FileMaker Conference (Database Stuff). Then I'll head up through California to Oregon & Head back to Texas Through Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, & Colorado.

I will be leaving this Tuesday August 10th and returning to Houston at the end of the month.

Crystal (My Daughter) will be joining me in Medford Oregon and I'll drop her off in Ft. Worth on the way to Houston.

I'll post maps later and updates here during my trip.

Follow me here everyday starting Tuesday:
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Packing

I started packing for my trip yesterday and finish up today.

I'll load up the motorcycle tomorrow evening.

Ride out to Washington

Rode out with the Star Riders to Washington County Area to Chappell Chill Bar & Grill for the Houston Southern Cruisers Hawaiian Shirt Ride.

Afterwards he headed up to Brenham Texas for the Hot Nights, Cool Tune Concert and listen to The Fab 5.

Had a great time, we headed back home around 9:30 PM to try to miss the storm. We ran in to it at the Waller County Line, We stopped there to wait it out at the the Shell Gas Station & the Waller County Line BBQ.

We headed out around midnight and got home around 12:30 AM

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Big Bend Day 5

A great way to start out the day, breakfast overlooking the Riverwalk in San Antonio TX.

We packed up and checked out of the Courtyard Marriott near noon. and headed out of town East on Highway 10.

We stopped for fuel at Luling, TX, the Bcc-Ee's had a line on the feeder road just to get in to the parking lot, so we decided to fuel up at Love's Travel Stop on the other side of the Freeway.

After fueling we hopped on Highway 90 and headed to Houston.

We stopped for lunch in Columbus, TX at Nancy's Steakhouse and met up with Sherri's friend Otilia from Smithville, TX.

Back on the road the traffic was backed up on Highway I-10, so we decided to head down 10 miles on Highway 77 to Highway Alt 90 and headed East to Highway 59 and then the Toll road and we arrived home around 7 PM.

I had a great extended weekend to Big Bend and back. I look forward to going back.

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Big Bend Day 4

Leaving the Big Bend area today. After packing up and checking out of the hotel, we started the day at Magoo's Place for a great breakfast.

Our route was be highway 90 all the way to San Antonio, TX and will be our stop for the night.

We stopped in Del Rio, TX and ate lunch at Rudy's "Country Store" And Bar-B-Q, one of my favorite BBQ places to eat.

We arrived at the Courtyard Marriott Riverwalk In San Antonio, TX around 8 PM. We Parked our motorcycles, had dinner, sit in the hot tub and relaxed the rest of the evening.

The next trip to Big Bend National Park, I'll plan it for five day at the Chisos Mountain Lodge, that should give us more time to enjoy the park.

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