Hill Country Ride VII April 2004

      This year's ride was April 1-4. Ran into a few light sprinkles on the way to Fredericksburg on Thursday.  Light rain almost all day on Friday.  A few hardy souls attemped a ride in the late morning and got pretty well soaked.  It cleared up in the afternoon and a few of us managed to get in some miles.

    Fergy and I rode south out of Luckenbach and caught FM 473 east.  Cut back east of Blanco and looped back through Blanco to Luckenbach. Made it back to Fredericksburg before the downpour hit.  That put a real damper on the bar b que.

    It cleared up on Saturday.  Fergy and I could not round up anyone to go with us so we cut straight down to Comfort and over to Medina and Vanderpool.  Stopped to visit the Lone Star Motorcycle Museum.  From there we took FM 337 over to Camp Wood, FM 335 up to Tx 41 west to US 337 into Rocksprings.  At lunch at Vacquero's in Rocksprings  (good Mexican food and cheap).  We took US 337 about 3 miles west of Rock Springs and hooked a left onto FM 674 to Bracketville.  A great 58 mile ride. We toured Old Ft Clark and then headed back to Camp Wood on Tx 55 and FM 334.  Picked up FM 337 in Camp Wood and retraced our route to Comfort.  Got caught in the rain for about 3 miles east of Camp Verde but it wasn't bad. 

    Took Grapevine Road back to Luckenbach. Not a good road to ride late in the evening. Bad curves, wild animals and changing light conditions make it a hard ride.  We pulled into Luckenbach after 450 great miles.

    Left Fredericksburg before 8:30 am on Sunday under threatening rain.  As a result we changed our return route and rode east to Johnson City and then up to Burnet.  At Burnet we took a back road to Copperas Cove and another FM to Gatesville.  We cut  straight over to Waco, ate lunch at the Elite Cafe on the Circle and hauled straight back to Plano on I-35.  End of a great weekend.

Ride Routes

                        Thursday Ride to                      Friday Route            Saturday Route                Sunday Ride Home

                          Fredericksburg

Ride Pics

1850's barracks at Old Ft Clark in Bracketville	9 am April 1, 2004 at the McChevron on Parler Road in Plano	Bikes at Super 8
View along FM 674 enroute to Bracketville	HCR VII bikes	Bryan, Bryan and Fergy at the Luckenbach bar
Cathy, Chef, Tom and Fergy at lunch in Mexia - good barbque	Chef, Cathy and Fergy at ease at pool	Chef, Cathy, Tom and Fergy ready to roll
Downtown Fredericksburg,Texas	Fergy and his new 2000 on the Frio River Bridge	Fergy and me iin the Luckenbach bar - riding buds
Fergy on the bluff overlookning the Frio River on FM335	Fergy spends a lot of precious time opening and closing his new bags	Fergy insisted on this stop in McGregor, Tx
FM 335 scenery	View on FM 335	Fm674 enroute to Bracketville
Fredericksburg Super 8 motel	Friday eve	Frio River crossing
Frio River along FM 335	Gas stop in Leakey	Downhill run on FM 674
Northbound to Camp Wood	Tight curve	Historic main street
Impromptu entertainment at Luckenbach	Sherm's A in front of my A	My 1500A
Leakey Cafe - Still looking for someone who has tried this one	Lined up at Luckenbach	Luckenbach necessary
North of Vanderpool on FM 187	HCR VII attendees	More HCR VII bikes
Another view on FM 335	Leakey gas stop with my A and Wag' s Classic	FM 335 scenery
FM 334 south of Camp Wood	Vulcans	NCO quarters at Old Ft Clark
Normal Luckenbach pastime	Plano start	Rev holding forth
Texas Hill Country from FM 337	The fort at Old Fort Clark	Texas Hill Country from FM 337
This was supposed to be Fergy passing me at 130 mph but I missed it	Thursday nite relazing by the pool	Tom, Cathy, Chef and Fergy
Tricky and his better half in the Luckenbach bar	Waiting for the rain	Waiting for the sun to go down
When you gotta go, you gotta go	Wiliedog and William Chambers, Luckenbach poet lauriate	Woodie, Shooter, and B-Girl
Woodie, HCR VII man of the hour	X after a wet ride

 

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