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My friend Dana and I went on a 300 mile ride. We met at "The Y" at Oak Hill (southwest Austin) and rode some county roads until we reached the Willow City loop. He said before we got there that the place would remind me of a John Wayne western. The pictures don't do the place justice but he was right.
We then rode into Fredericksburg and then to Luckenbach. Unfortunately they were having a concert and wanted $20 for admission. We were able to get in for about 30 minutes to at least eat lunch and snap some photos.
Since they wouldn't sell us beer at Luckenbach without first purchasing the $20 admission and wristband that comes with it we rode a few minutes away to Sisterville. We stopped in at the Historic Sisterville Bar and had a bottle of Shiner Bock.
Unfortunately we didn't take very many pictures and the ones we did were all with our cell phones. We made a few rest stops to rehydrate with water and Gatorade. The last stop was in Blanco where we decided it had gotten hot today. Found out it was well over 100 degrees. Dana took off his jacket a few hours earlier but I kept mine on the whole trip. He made reference to he couldn't believe "us people" wear that stuff when it's so hot (full face helmet, jacket, etc) as the Harley/cruiser crowd normally wears a brain bucket helmet at best. I noticed a lot of riders today that didn't wear any protection. There were a few adventure riders and tourers, all of whom were wearing a lot more protection than the cruiser crowd.
All in all we had a good day regardless of the temperature (officially about 102 but realistically about 106). The "Hill Country" west of Austin, TX, has a lot more to offer than what we saw so there will be more trips in the coming weeks and months!
We then rode into Fredericksburg and then to Luckenbach. Unfortunately they were having a concert and wanted $20 for admission. We were able to get in for about 30 minutes to at least eat lunch and snap some photos.
Since they wouldn't sell us beer at Luckenbach without first purchasing the $20 admission and wristband that comes with it we rode a few minutes away to Sisterville. We stopped in at the Historic Sisterville Bar and had a bottle of Shiner Bock.
Unfortunately we didn't take very many pictures and the ones we did were all with our cell phones. We made a few rest stops to rehydrate with water and Gatorade. The last stop was in Blanco where we decided it had gotten hot today. Found out it was well over 100 degrees. Dana took off his jacket a few hours earlier but I kept mine on the whole trip. He made reference to he couldn't believe "us people" wear that stuff when it's so hot (full face helmet, jacket, etc) as the Harley/cruiser crowd normally wears a brain bucket helmet at best. I noticed a lot of riders today that didn't wear any protection. There were a few adventure riders and tourers, all of whom were wearing a lot more protection than the cruiser crowd.
All in all we had a good day regardless of the temperature (officially about 102 but realistically about 106). The "Hill Country" west of Austin, TX, has a lot more to offer than what we saw so there will be more trips in the coming weeks and months!
