5/11 – Tour of Rice University
The house is pretty large and empty with just me in it, I’ve been spoiled by family meals. Trying to focus and get some paying work done. Finally caught up with Troy (troyfromtexas on ADV) before he’s off on a bicycle trip in Cuba! Fantastic time talking travel and...
5/10 – Family Facetime
While my uncle and aunt were packing for their trip, I was unpacking the multiple packages that arrived with supplies and parts from San Francisco (thanks, Pete!) and Providence (thanks, Tim!). Happy mother’s day!...
5/9 – Beery Break
279 miles. That stretch between Austin/San Antonio and Houston kills me. A beer tasting helped my mood (just a taste!). I was sad to leave Debbie’s Home For Wayward Two-Wheelers after a weeklong stay, but I wanted to see my uncle and aunt again before they leave for Hong...
5/8 – Debbie’s Motorcycle Library
Kristen and I rode back to San Antonio from Austin in the wee hours. I wouldn’t have attempted it on my own, but having a good riding partner can really make little things awesome, and even increase my endurance. We arrived back in town around 4am. There was an...
5/7 – Lake Austin
225 miles. Made it up to Austin for a hot second, for a scooterist birthday gathering. When the party dispersed, I swapped bikes with Josh. His GTS is tricked out with all manner of performance upgrades, what a beast! Along the way, Debbie, Ozzy and I got to meet...
5/6 – Ride to BBQ
86 miles. Cooper’s BBQ is a palace to smoked meat. At the self-serve sides station, I wasn’t sure if the pot of orange-red substance was soup or sauce. It’s a delicious, tangy BBQ sauce, so tasty that I could drink it. So I’ve taken to calling it Texas Tomato...
5/5 – Breaking in the New Front Tire
It had been threatening to storm all week, and I finally got caught in it pretty bad. After a chill day spent with Kristen while the Motorcycle Shop put on my new front tire and checked the valves, the sky opened up. I was soaked by the time I...
5/4 – Mooooove
266 miles. Armed with a Butler map annotated by post-its from Debbie, Kristen met me to ride around hill country. We rode two of the three sisters, and our only company on the road were cows. It drizzled on and off, but seriously? I could do this all day....
5/3 – Gotta Gymkhana
83 miles. Lovely slow rides on the back roads around San Antonio. The Spring Fling held by the Motorcycle Shop had all the activities of a rally – a group ride, games, live music, food, drink, raffle, and hanging out with scootery types – crammed into a single day. Fun...
5/2 – Riverwalk
280 miles. Met up with Oog (DOUBLE-O G) and Gwenda in San Antonio for dinner and drinks and a spin on their Mexican Super Cubs! Eventually found my way to Debbie’s, gracious overnight host and all around cool person....