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.
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