More Bluebonnets, Luckenbach and Bi-Planes

Today I met up with several other riders from the Comal River Riders Club. Originally, there were 7 of us planning on riding to The Airport Diner at Fredericksburg Airport.

Tom Pilgreen was also hosting a ride of the Willow City Loop, and on to Llano, TX, in search of Texas Bluebonnets. Our two groups rode together to Blanco, where we split into our two seperate groups.

Total Miles: 205

 I led our group of 7 to Fredericksburg, with a stop in Luckenbach, while Toms group continued on to the Loop.

We saw lots and lots of Bluebonnets just between New Braunfels and Blanco. 

I'm sure they saw many many more on their ride to Willow City.

  

Lunch at the Airport Diner was fabulous and seeing all of the aircraft come and go was pretty cool too.

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Luckenbach, TX

Airport Diner

There were even a bunch of cool looking sports cars at the airport as well.

I just felt like riding...

After almost a week of being in the garage, it was time to get the Spyder out again and ride. I really had no plans of where to go today, other than Castroville for dinner at Cora's 471 Grill. After dinner, I decided to head out west, found a quiet country road just outside of Castroville(FM 4516) and then headed back towards home through Quihi and Rio Medina. It was a nice quiet ride that I really needed.

 Total Miles: 66

Bluebonnets, Buzzards and Llamas, Oh My!

One of the things about Texas that I find truly amazing is the wide variety of scenery and wildlife.

Today I ventured through the Texas Hill Country with 20 other riders from The Comal River Riders Club.

Our ride started as usual, from Buc-ee's in New Braunfels.

Once we got out of town, the great flower of the State of Texas(The Bluebonnet) could be found just about everywhere.

As we continued on our journey, we came across a few flocks of buzzards, feasting on a fresh skunk carcass, Yuck!
Further on, we even saw a few llamas grazing in a pasture. As always, plenty of other farm animals roaming about, mostly cattle and even a herd or two of goats.

Our destination today was Hillbillyz of Texas, a small little BBQ place in the Hill Country town of Kendalia, TX

The weather was perfect for riding, a bit chilly first thing in the morning, however by the time we made our first stop in Boerne(remember, pronounced 'Bernie' for all you non-Texans), it warmed up to the mid-70's.

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Canyon Lake Dam
Bluebonnets along River Road
Buzzards(@ 0:33)

Total Miles: 204
 

   

        

      

Searching for Bluebonnets and Longhorns

My quest for today was to see if I could come face-to-face with any Texas Longhorns, and also to snap some pictures of any Texas Bluebonnets I could find.

Well, there were plenty of Bluebonnets to be found, however could not find any longhorns out today.
I did manage to come face-to-face with a lonely cow while cruising along Blanco County Road 101, and a few low water crossings too, one that forced me to turn around and go back the other way.

Stopped for a bite to eat in Johnson City, before heading for home via River Rd.

Total Miles:202





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This is the one I was able to ride through...

(Click on image to zoom) This one? Not quite, so I turned around and took an alternate route to get to Johnson City

China Grove & Bike Night @ Texas Pride BBQ

A "Sleepy little town down around San Antone", made famous by The Doobie Brothers.

China Grove just happened to be along my route today, on my way to Texas Pride BBQ for some good food and "Bike Night".

Texas Pride hosts a Bike Night every Thursday night. The crowd was pretty thin tonight though, probably because most people were at the Irish Pubs for St Patty's day.

Total Miles: 66

 

South Texas Sunset (I-10 W)