Category: Diary
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Day 383 – Caught in a storm
Having missed the hike down to the cave painting yesterday I was hoping to catch the 10am tour this morning, but high winds and a threat of rain cancelled it. Instead, I took in the fabulous museum they have in the park headquarters and got a lot of pictures. Things that stood out to me – camels…
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Day 382 – On my way to Seminole Canyon I meet Shawn and his electric bike
Of course it didn’t rain last night since I was staying in a motel room. Grrr! This post has a video of me talking a lot more to camera about my day so the writing will be brief. I’m getting content up faster so less attention to editing polish. Let me know if it is interesting…
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Day 381 – First sign of the boarder patrol
Today was a relatively easy ride. This section of US-90 has nice wide shoulders that are smooth as a baby’s butt. It matters because many of the ranch roads I’ve been on are chip and tar – essentially chunks of gravel glued down by tar. Traffic does compact it down a little, but it’s a…
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Day 380 – Forging the floodwaters
Memorial Day weekend sucked. It was raining almost constantly to I hunkered down in an holiday priced cabin drying out my tent from Lost Maples and being bummed out in general. I wish I would of gone out and drank with the bikers having a merry time in the covered central eating area, but alas…
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Day 377 – The Twisted Sisters
It’s the Friday before Labor Day Weekend and even though it’s Ark building season, the motorcycle riders are tearing up the roads and blowing out my eardrums. To make matters more interesting my path to Leakey (pronounced LAKE-E) took me through Twisted Sister territory. There are three of them and I can see their common heritage –…
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Day 376 – Kerrville to Lost Maple State Park
Last night was the third storm while sleeping in a tent! Grrrr. I wasn’t even planning to put the rain cover on, but I’m glad I did because it was a doozy. I slept through a lot of it, but did wake up long enough to shoot some video for your viewing pleasure. After spending hours drying…
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Days 372-375
It was finally time to leave Patricia and get back to my trip on Monday May 18th (Day 373). The night before was tough – the nights before I leave her usually are. Stress from the rain storms, the dog pack and my impeding separation made us both short on patience and emotionally raw. We started…
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Day 371 – The payoff of dog rescue
Tonight as we were sitting next to the fire Patricia got news that Gumdrop and Pounce had safely made it to their owners in Washington state. She was so relieved and happy that I had to get it on camera and show you all. It’s a lot of hard work to rescue a dog and…
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Day 370 – The rain continues
Today is Friday May 15 and another day of dreary skies and hard rain. Grrrrr. Ever since I got to Austin in the beginning of October there has been more grey skies and rain that I though possible. Memories of the Pacific Northwest come flooding back to me and that is not a good thing. I remember…
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Day 369 – Dog Transport Business
Today Pounce and Gumdrop are on their way up to Washington state. Gumdrop is a beautiful dog, but mostly she played background in the pack so I didn’t get to know her very well. Pounce on the other hand is always right at your side with a ball in her mouth wanting for you to…