OldSchooling on the "Lone Star Trail"

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[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="3"][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]This area has had no rain for over a year[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/SIZE][/FONT]


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Splish splash!

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Best Dual Sport Riding this side of the Big Bend[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/SIZE][/FONT]


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I had a great time dual sport riding with [URL="http://www.ncgypsymc.org/index.html"][U]Chug[/U][/URL] while I was enjoying the 3 Sisters. Chug owns [URL="http://www.rockyrivercamp.com/"][U]Rocky River motorcycle Camp[/U] [/URL] and has a farkled out DR650 he rode on the Cedar Creek ride.

Chug said he does not like riding Cedar Creek Road by himself because of safety concerns, and I was glad for his good company and his fine local guidance.

When I stayed at Rocky River Camp, I sampled some of Chugs homemade BBQ. It is Texas best barbecue. I am thinking that Chug should open a BBQ house. Well he did, and the Texas Hill Country, eating establishment is named Two Fat Boys BBQ.

If you are in Camp Wood, Texas - stop in at at Rocky River Camp and Two Fat Boys BBQ for some real Texas hospitality
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[INDENT][INDENT]I would rather wake up in the middle of nowhere
than in any city on earth.
~[COLOR="Red"]Steve McQueen



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[I][SIZE="3"][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Sunset on the Frio River just south of Leaky Texas[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/SIZE][/I]
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[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="3"][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][B]Cypress lined Frio river[/B]
I bet when the 100 degree Texas heat hits, the Frio River (Spanish for cold river) with the shores of shady, century old cypress trees would be the perfect place to beat the heat! ;)
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[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="3"][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Old Number Nine, just south of Luckenbach, Texas[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/SIZE][/FONT]

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Today the town still maintains a ghost town feel with its small population and strong western roots. Two main buildings are the top sites, one of which houses the post office, saloon, and general store, and the other is the dance hall.

[B]Country music[/B]

Luckenbach's association with country music began in the summer of 1973, when Jerry Jeff Walker, backed by the Lost Gonzo Band, recorded a live album there called Viva Terlingua at Luckenbach Dancehall. That album became an outlaw country classic.

Four years later (and a year after Crouch's death), Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson memorialized Luckenbach with the song "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)," cowritten by rock and soul producer Chips Moman and keyboardist Bobby Emmons]. In the book Are You Ready for the Country? (Penguin 2000), without citing a source, author Peter Doggett wrote that Jennings later told audiences that "he hated the song and admitted 'The guys that wrote the thing have never been to Luckenbach. Neither have I.'" (p. 368)

Notable concert appearances in the town include Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Pat Green, Robert Earl Keen, and Lyle Lovett. The little community is still an active home to country music as of 2008, where folks gather by the score to listen to area musicians and drink cold beer, particularly Shiner Bock, a local favorite brewed by the oldest brewer in Texas.[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/SIZE][/FONT]


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Above: general store that has been in business since 1849

"Let's go to Luckenbach Texas with Waylon and Willie and the boys
... and blue eyes cryin' in the rain out in Luckenbach Texas
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[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="3"][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Not much has changed since 1858 :drink[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/SIZE][/FONT]

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[I][SIZE="3"]Dance Hall in Luckenbach Texas[/SIZE][/I]
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Great report and fantastic pictures. Looks like a great place to ride.

Jim,
Your bike was asking about you this morning! Assured it you were returning soon

Excellent!
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Jim,

What a great report and photography! :thumb I'm trying to figure out if I made my coffee especially good this morning or your report just makes it feel that way. Read the whole thing just sipping on my coffee. Thanks for taking us along and making a great morning. Having traveled most of the paved roads and towns it's like watching home movies. Can't wait to get back that way.

One note of caution to riders thinking of "Trying this at home". Those low water spots on those hardly traveled dirt roads can form a slick algae in the warmer months making those shallow crossings slipperier than snot on a watermelon pit. Surely better to be on a duel sport for sure. One of the few times on an RT I felt simply "Lucky" to barely get across. I think my speed (not my skills) allowed the rear tire to somehow catch a grip on something before going down on a few of those.

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[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="3"]I enjoyed riding with You, Helen, Chuck and the rest of the San Antonio Club over the Valentine weekend.

[B]I am on the Road and will be posting in two weeks [/B]when I leave Big Bend. I rode to Stonehedge and did some more dual sporting in the Three Sisters area Yesterday.[/SIZE][/FONT]

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Are you in Big Bend??? We will be back in three days. Got stuck in Kingman with real bad weather. Want to meet at KKKK? Let us know...
Thatis in Terlingua... Be well... Ara & Spirit

Just delighted in your wonderful photos and text. WOW and Thanks!!! Was good to see you and ride with you. .......Waldo

Beer Team; can't wait to see your Big Bend area photos and read your superb report; imagine they will be forthcoming in the next week or so... Stay warm and ride safely in the meantime.:thumb

Good on ya' mate!

Thumbs up Jim! Thanks for taking the time to share these great shots and words with us. Can't wait to see the Big Bend shots.