My Bandera Trip Day 1

On Thursday, April 28, 2011, Sherri And I headed to Bandera Texas for the San Antonio Southern Cruisers Annual Twist Off. We left Houston Texas around 1:00 PM and did a straight shot on Highway I-10 To San Antonio, Texas and loop around North on Loop 1604 to Highway FM 16 To Bandera Texas.

We arrived in Bandera Texas and went straight to our cabin at Bandera Resort And Sports Park. I would not say our cabin was in a "Resort" but they were great and a great price.

After we settled in and cleaned up, we rode in to town to the local Market for some snacks and to the liquor store for some margaritas and wine for our weekend.

It was past time for dinner and most restaurants close early in Bandera. We pulled in at Mi Pueblo Mexican Restaurant. Sherri and I had the Barbacoa and it was very good.

After stuffing ourselves we headed over to Mansfield Park where the Twist Off was being held and check to see who was around.

There were a few people who arrived to day, we said our hello's and called it a day and headed back to our cabin.

April 28, 2011 • Photos • Spot

Southern Cruisers Galveston Ride

Rode with Houston Southern Cruisers to Galveston. We started out In Sugar Land at 8:30 AM, John Butler led the ride with me & Sherri, on my Bike and Jodie Orlando rode Tail Gunner.

It was a great day for a ride except for the wind, the wind blew us all over the place and when we got near the coast we were getting sand blasted all the way to our destination.

Our destination was Casey Seafood on the sea wall in Galveston Texas. We met up with a group from the Chisholm Trail Southern Cruisers for lunch.

After lunch Sherri and I tagged along Chisholm Trail Southern Cruisers to see some Tree Sculptures in Galveston.

Sherri & I headed home around 1:00 PM. Thanks to John for leading a great ride and thanks to the Chisholm Trail Southern Cruisers for letting us tag along with them.

The map above was done with a new App (Trip Journal) I was testing out on my iPhone. So far I kinda like it, it did a great job tracking me, but the interface was a little confusing at first for adding and tagging your locations. I will be testing it out more on future rides.

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ABCD - Will You Take Part?

Gary France over at USA Tour on a Harley - Davidson came up with this idea.

A Bloggers Centerline Day, or ABCD, will take place on Sunday 1st May 2011.

The plan is to inspire as many bloggers as possible to go outside and take a photograph of themselves on this day, wherever they are in the world. The photo can be creative, arty, contain more than one person, be in any type of location and can contain anything else you like. It must however contain the centerline of a road and at least part of you, the blogger.

There are 5 rules....

Rule 1 - the picture must be taken on 1st May 2011.

Rule 2 - the picture must be of yourself, and you must be a person that publishes a blog. You can include whatever else you like in the picture, including other people if you wish.

Rule 3 - the picture must include the centerline of a road.

Rule 4 – you should publish the picture on your blog on 1st May 2011, along with a few words about the picture and why you chose that location or pose.

Rule 5 - when you have posted the picture on your own blog, put a comment on http://garysusatour.blogspot.com/2011/04/abcd-will-you-take-part.html and include in that comment the address of your own blog post containing your own picture.

Gary France will then pick his favourite photos and publish these as being the winners. There will be a prize of $100 awarded to the overall single winner, as chosen by Gary.
In order to get this event known as widely as possible, please copy and paste this posting onto your own blog, including the title. Please do that today!
As a reminder to yourself to take the photo and post it, put an entry into your diary for 1st May 2011.
Let’s see if we can get as any people to join in as possible.

Southern Cruisers Bluebonnet Ride

Not very many Bluebonnets, but had a great ride with some good friends.

We started out on Highway 6 near bear Creek Park, and headed west on the back roads , stopped in Sealy for a break. Then we rode North through Industry Brenham and ended our ride at Chappel Chill in Washington, Texas.

The only bluebonnets we saw were near Washington, Texas at the end of the ride.

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Victory Motorcycle Club Texas Meet - Day 3

I pretty much took a straight shot home to Houston, TX on Highway 71 to Highway I-10, stopping for lunch near Bastrop, TX at Cindy's Gone Hogs Wild.

I arrived in Houston, TX around 4PM.

I had a great weekend of weather, riding, and friends.

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10-10-2010 • Houston, Texas

Victory Motorcycle Club Texas Meet - Day 2

Last night I stayed a the local Best Western, no room for me tonight, I'll have to find another place to stay.

After breakfast in the Victory Tent at The Johnson City Pig Roast, we headed out for our ride and our first stop was at the Old Tunnel. The Old Tunnel was very cool to see, but it would have been nice to be there in the evening to see the bat flying. Around the corner from the Old Tunnel we had lunch at the Alamo Springs Cafe. The burgers are great!

After stuffing our bellies we ran up to Luckenbach, TX. It was my first time time to see a cowboy riding on a longhorn. Only in Texas!

We headed over to Albert, TX, it was my first time to be in Albert, TX. it a nice place to relax and have a drink. The dance hall is huge, and the total size of the town is 15 acres.

After a couple drinks we headed back to the rally in Johnson City, Texas.

I spent the rest of the evening at the rally, after 11 PM I headed over to Austin, TX and grabbed a hotel.

I have could not asked for better weather today, blue skies with mid 70 weather and a great time riding with friends.

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10-09-2010 • Austin, Texas

Victory Motorcycle Club Texas Meet - Day 1

Rode with Noemtz, Ronway, Commish, & Sweet Baby (Bayou City Victory Riders) to the 6th Annual Victory Motorcycle Club Texas Meet At The Johnson City Pig Roast, in Johnson City, Texas.

Had a great day riding to Johnson City, Texas and enjoyed meeting up with a bunch of Victory riders.

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10-08-2010 • Johnson City, Texas

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