This past Saturday we did the Pass The Pigs route to make sure and prepare for where the piglets will be setting up. The route is around 130 mile. Its basically from Corinth, to Celina, to Krum, to Lewisville, and pretty much all good FM roads.
Tomorrow is Friday and there is a bike show scheduled at EDS, hopefully the weather will cooperate. The bike show is part of the annual Byron Nelson festivities and this year, EDS had teamed with Orange County Choppers to build a theme bike, actually 3 of them. One goes to the winner of the tournament, one goes to the highest bidder at auction and the third as an EDS travelling icon for lack of better term.
Also have been progressing on the move, getting ready everything seems to be falling into place, although the pool is going to take some more work.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Monday, March 19, 2007
5 Down
Well, we are back, quite the ride. 450 miles on Saturday, we left the house at 6:15 am, and 528 miles back on Sunday. I guess that's pretty close to 1000 miles this weekend!
We got 5 Challenge points this weekend and they were in fact pretty challenging! Great weather Saturday, cloud cover and a bit windy Sunday but no rain and not cold. Although at this time of year the temp varies a bit, especially if you start when its still dark out. A couple of u-turns this weekend but not excessively so. Some great roads in East Texas.
Saturday in Nacogdoches there was a flower market or some such thing downtown right in front of the statue. We drove around a bit, then went for lunch. When we came back it had cleared out enough we were able to get all 11 bikes taken care of. We hit the harley dealer on the way out. They were having their chili cookoff so it was hoppin', lots of bikes around. Next stop the monument then on to Kemah.
Kemah was south east of Houston, and there must be only one way into the boardwalk. What a traffic nightmare. The last 5 miles of the trip probably took us 30-40 minutes. Lots of fun at the Aquarium Restaurant with the group.
Sunday morning off again at 7:30. This time we had 14 bikes. By the time we got to our 5 and final point of the trip, in Gruene, it was getting well into the day. Of course there was a festival going on in Gruene, so another exercise in creative photography was required. Holly, bless her heart, was able to coerce the sherrif that was directly traffic to accomodate us in from of the Dance Hall. It was around 3:00 in the afternoon, maybe a bit later and we still had many miles left to go. Five of us decided not to take the scenic route and to scoot up 35 instead....
What a nightmare, we probably lost about 90 minutes due to traffic. There was a major backlog south of Austin (surprise, surprise) then some more south of Waco, but the worst was about 10 miles south of the 35 split. That took forever to get through! Well we eventually got home about 8:30 pm.
We got 5 Challenge points this weekend and they were in fact pretty challenging! Great weather Saturday, cloud cover and a bit windy Sunday but no rain and not cold. Although at this time of year the temp varies a bit, especially if you start when its still dark out. A couple of u-turns this weekend but not excessively so. Some great roads in East Texas.
Saturday in Nacogdoches there was a flower market or some such thing downtown right in front of the statue. We drove around a bit, then went for lunch. When we came back it had cleared out enough we were able to get all 11 bikes taken care of. We hit the harley dealer on the way out. They were having their chili cookoff so it was hoppin', lots of bikes around. Next stop the monument then on to Kemah.
Kemah was south east of Houston, and there must be only one way into the boardwalk. What a traffic nightmare. The last 5 miles of the trip probably took us 30-40 minutes. Lots of fun at the Aquarium Restaurant with the group.
Sunday morning off again at 7:30. This time we had 14 bikes. By the time we got to our 5 and final point of the trip, in Gruene, it was getting well into the day. Of course there was a festival going on in Gruene, so another exercise in creative photography was required. Holly, bless her heart, was able to coerce the sherrif that was directly traffic to accomodate us in from of the Dance Hall. It was around 3:00 in the afternoon, maybe a bit later and we still had many miles left to go. Five of us decided not to take the scenic route and to scoot up 35 instead....
What a nightmare, we probably lost about 90 minutes due to traffic. There was a major backlog south of Austin (surprise, surprise) then some more south of Waco, but the worst was about 10 miles south of the 35 split. That took forever to get through! Well we eventually got home about 8:30 pm.
Friday, March 16, 2007
Lone Star Challenge
This weekend a group will be riding to work on the Lone Star Challenge. We are planning to go, albeit on short notice.
I played around with Windows Live / Virtual Earth and have created a "collection" of the locations. So, I'm going to see if I can post the link here...
Lone Star Challenge - 2007
This weekend is the eastern leg and is supposedly 5 points, but not sure exactly which 5. Nacogdoches is one point for sure, 300 miles Saturday, 500 miles on Sunday. Light drinking Saturday night I guess!
I played around with Windows Live / Virtual Earth and have created a "collection" of the locations. So, I'm going to see if I can post the link here...
Lone Star Challenge - 2007
This weekend is the eastern leg and is supposedly 5 points, but not sure exactly which 5. Nacogdoches is one point for sure, 300 miles Saturday, 500 miles on Sunday. Light drinking Saturday night I guess!
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Great Weekend
Well, the weather held up, and unfortunatley is still holding up, at least in this part of North Texas. Saturday was a great day, it actually got into the 80's and I don't think there was a cloud. Sunday was similiar, not quite as warm and it started to clould over a bit mid afternoon, but no rain.
Saturday we had 33 bikes on the lunch ride. Nice roads, funny how you head south to go north... We had a bit of a train delay in Justin, but were soon back on the road. We pretty much headed straight home after lunch do to house stuff, but ended up napping more than working!
Sunday Darlene was suffering from allergies from Saturday ride, so she did not go to the St Pattys day ride, but I did. Forgot to set clocks to DST so almost missed it! I ended up with a straight, I thought I may win the best hand but didn't want to stick around for the next 3 hours. I didn't get anything in the mail so I guess I didn't win.
The rain in around us but not quite hitting us. Hopefully today, its not far off and heading this way. Yesterday we were about 100 miles north of 4 inches. Lavon needs rain!
Saturday we had 33 bikes on the lunch ride. Nice roads, funny how you head south to go north... We had a bit of a train delay in Justin, but were soon back on the road. We pretty much headed straight home after lunch do to house stuff, but ended up napping more than working!
Sunday Darlene was suffering from allergies from Saturday ride, so she did not go to the St Pattys day ride, but I did. Forgot to set clocks to DST so almost missed it! I ended up with a straight, I thought I may win the best hand but didn't want to stick around for the next 3 hours. I didn't get anything in the mail so I guess I didn't win.
The rain in around us but not quite hitting us. Hopefully today, its not far off and heading this way. Yesterday we were about 100 miles north of 4 inches. Lavon needs rain!
Friday, March 09, 2007
Wild Hogs!
If the weather holds up should be a great weekend. Tonight we are going to the movies! AE HOG is going to see Wild Hogs. So far we have over 70 folks going. Show is at 6, gonna have to boogie to get there on time.
Tomorrow is a lunch ride to Jacksboro. Hopefully on the way home we can work on some of our points, either ABCs or LOH Scavenger hunt.
Sunday is the Dallas HOG St Patrick's day ride. Unfortuately the weather is not looking too promising for Sunday.
Also have some work to do around the house and to start getting things ready. One month to go till close!
Tomorrow is a lunch ride to Jacksboro. Hopefully on the way home we can work on some of our points, either ABCs or LOH Scavenger hunt.
Sunday is the Dallas HOG St Patrick's day ride. Unfortuately the weather is not looking too promising for Sunday.
Also have some work to do around the house and to start getting things ready. One month to go till close!
Monday, March 05, 2007
What to do...
We had our chapter meeting on Saturday. Lots of stuff going on. Plenty of scheduled rides and lots of activities in addition to those rides. Some of the events include club events, like the Lone Star Challenge and the LOH scavenger hunt. Additionally there are other chapter "tours" like "around the world in Texas", etc. Also would like to do the ABC's of Touring the HD HOG event. The problem is that a lot of these types of activities require short stops for pictures, which pretty much contradict the other riding activity, especially when travelling in a group. So I think the plan will be to partipate in those either on returns from destinations, especially if day trips or on weekends when we don't have a specific destination.
Got my 10K service done on Saturday as well. Switched to Synthetic oil. Have a new rear tire, so I should be good to go for a while now.
On Saturday night we went to the Rendevouz Reunion which is kind of the kick off for this years rendevouz ride, to the Black Hills. Hopefully we will be able to take that ride.
Got my 10K service done on Saturday as well. Switched to Synthetic oil. Have a new rear tire, so I should be good to go for a while now.
On Saturday night we went to the Rendevouz Reunion which is kind of the kick off for this years rendevouz ride, to the Black Hills. Hopefully we will be able to take that ride.
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