Look Out Texas

[Sky King]

I am in love... Our Texas Bike Ride was a huge success. The weather was fabulous and the rides were mind blowing. We spent a week in the Alpine area, did a simple, relaxing, 2 nights, 3 day loop - Alpine to Fort Davis State Park to Marfa and back to Alpine. Then we relocated to Study Butte, took a fun day ride up to Terlingua Ghost Town. We were able to leave our truck and tear drop at the RV park in Study Butte for no cost and spent 4 days and 3 nights biking in Big Bend National Park. I think we timed it perfectly as the Holiday Traffic hadn't started yet. We opted to not climb the Basin Rd so will have to go back for that. Next trip we also want to take the Surly ECR and the big fat Dummy so we can ride the River Road. We did ride a section of the road and then turned onto Glenn Springs Road - which was hell - The Grader Man needs to learn how to operate a grader - it was all torn up with deep sandy,gravel pockets - fell over 3 times. On the flip side, the old maverick road - also dirt wasn't so bad. I could go on and on, The Bike Hermit has some of the trip documented on Crazy Guy and we have a couple posts on our blog (more to follow) We also spent two days in the Big Bend Ranch State Park - they are really promoting trail riding in the park - just a note some of the trails we hiked would not be ones I'd ride a bike on but am certain there are some that make for great rides - again will try those when we take the Surly's. Here are a few photos and I will post more later. The mouse photo - we rode up to Indian Lodge in Ft Davis state park to hang out, upon returning to the campsite I turn around to shut off my tail light and there is a mouse hanging on for dear life on my rear rack! The cowboy hat was my Christmas present and the t-shirt is the one Surly sent me, the shirt isn't exactly my style but it is comfy