West TX mountains, Chili fest and Big Bend NP

trosco · 10-21-2010, 02:58 PM

I will be headed out to TX over the holloween weekend. Going to meet friends just east of Dallas then ride back roads through the mountains to the Big Bend NP area. Staying in Alpine four days to ride and to do some Chili tasting and maybe drink a little beer in Terlingula. Chili fest is Nov 4,5,6 and if any one's going to be out there at the same time let me know. Maybe we can meet up.
T Ross

10-22-2010, 03:26 PM

Ross are you taking your bike on the trailer or is the bike taking you?

trosco · 10-22-2010, 09:11 PM

I am trailering the bike to a little spot in the middle of no where about 100 miles due east of Dallas. Meeting a buddy from east Texas and we are going to ride the rest of the way to the west edge of TX then down the Rio Grand until we hit Big Bend NP then we will play for a few days on the best motorcycle roads in TX and eat some chili and drink some beer.
Holly Nirvana Bat Man, does it get any better than this???

AlabamaNomadRider · 10-22-2010, 11:06 PM

Sounds like a fun time. Wish I could be out there with you guys. Take care and ride safe.

elvis · 10-23-2010, 12:14 AM

Chili, beer, best roads in TX. I want to be there.

**Cajunrider** · 10-23-2010, 05:37 AM

Be careful along the border. It's been bad around Laredo.

paul · 10-23-2010, 06:04 AM

No foolin guys. What Mitch said. We used to go into Larado quite a lot, but I wouldn't go within fifty miles of the border right now at any point. Take care. Enjoy the ride. Would love to join ya, but work interferes with fun. (i gotta work on that).

10-23-2010, 08:07 AM

What route are you guys taking to Big Bend, 377 through Grandbury to 67 to Alpine?

AlabamaNomadRider · 10-26-2010, 07:10 PM

It is really dangerous around the border. Do be careful.

trosco · 10-28-2010, 05:39 PM

Jeff, my friend is a life long Texan and he's planing the route, I follow him and my job is to buy the first beer each night. All I know is we plan 2700 miles in 9 days so should be leisurely but fum!

trosco · 11-07-2010, 09:32 PM

Well, seems like this is the year that no rides come off with out a hitch. Made it to Athens TX then 2 days of rain delayed the fun and on the first day out death in friends family and hospitalization of my wife brough me first back to Athens and then home to Jax.

Wife is out of hosp and doing fine as of Sat PM but Big Bend NP remains on bucket list.

There is always next year!

paul · 11-07-2010, 11:20 PM

Glad to hear the wife's OK. Nothing lasting or serious, I hope. Anyway, at the end of the day, it's family that counts. All else is just extra blessings.

11-08-2010, 09:17 AM

Dang it Ross without bad luck you wouldn't have any, but gald to hear your wife is back home and you are safe. Sorry for your friends loss!

trosco · 11-08-2010, 06:21 PM

Thanks All

Wife's deal was pretty scary at first, rushed to hosp for suspected heart attack (runs in her family) while I was 1200 miles away. Good thing she has close friends at work to care for her till I got home. 3 days in hosp and loads of test and they decide she tore/strained the ligaments between ribs over heart and under left arm when she was getting suitcase down from rafters in garage (cause I wasn't around) for a business trip that came up after I left.

Other 4 trips this year were all done "under water" so I am looking forward to next year being a better deal!

elvis · 11-18-2010, 01:11 AM

I know how it's like. When I was sailing, the very same thing sat in the back of my mind, what if something happens to my family when I'm in the middle of nowhere.

Glad your wife is doing better now and sorry for your friends loss.

Speedy recovery.

E.

10-21-2010, 02:58 PM	#1
trosco Sr. Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,464	West TX mountains, Chili fest and Big Bend NP I will be headed out to TX over the holloween weekend. Going to meet friends just east of Dallas then ride back roads through the mountains to the Big Bend NP area. Staying in Alpine four days to ride and to do some Chili tasting and maybe drink a little beer in Terlingula. Chili fest is Nov 4,5,6 and if any one's going to be out there at the same time let me know. Maybe we can meet up. T Ross __________________ trosco: just call me Ross 2007 Black & Titanium Nomad (Nomad made 65K but got replaced 2014) 2010 Titanium Goldwing 2014 KLR 650 New Edition Login or Register to Remove Ads
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10-22-2010, 03:26 PM	#2
Guest Posts: n/a	West TX mountains, Chili fest and Big Bend NP Ross are you taking your bike on the trailer or is the bike taking you?
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10-22-2010, 09:11 PM	#3
trosco Sr. Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,464	West TX mountains, Chili fest and Big Bend NP I am trailering the bike to a little spot in the middle of no where about 100 miles due east of Dallas. Meeting a buddy from east Texas and we are going to ride the rest of the way to the west edge of TX then down the Rio Grand until we hit Big Bend NP then we will play for a few days on the best motorcycle roads in TX and eat some chili and drink some beer. Holly Nirvana Bat Man, does it get any better than this??? __________________ trosco: just call me Ross 2007 Black & Titanium Nomad (Nomad made 65K but got replaced 2014) 2010 Titanium Goldwing 2014 KLR 650 New Edition
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10-22-2010, 11:06 PM	#4
AlabamaNomadRider Sr. Contributor Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boaz, Alabama Posts: 13,742	West TX mountains, Chili fest and Big Bend NP Sounds like a fun time. Wish I could be out there with you guys. Take care and ride safe. __________________ Gene Cross, Jr. Boaz, Alabama KawaNOW/VBA #1181
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10-23-2010, 12:14 AM	#5
elvis Sr. Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 1,785	West TX mountains, Chili fest and Big Bend NP Chili, beer, best roads in TX. I want to be there. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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10-23-2010, 05:37 AM	#6
Cajunrider Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: (SE Louisiana) Posts: 8,340	West TX mountains, Chili fest and Big Bend NP Be careful along the border. It's been bad around Laredo. __________________ 2016 Electra Glide Ultra Limited CVO Palladium Silver / Phantom Blue 110 cu in SE 2012 Electra Glide Ultra Limited (Traded 6/22/16) Tequila Sunrise / HD Orange Vance & Hines true dual headers Rinehart 4" slip ons Screamin Eagle Super Tuner Screamin Eagle Stage 1 intake Dyno tuned H.O.G.# 4514015 2007 Nomad 1600 (Traded 6/23/12) VBA #482
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10-23-2010, 06:04 AM	#7
paul Sr. Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: magnolia, tx Posts: 1,500	West TX mountains, Chili fest and Big Bend NP No foolin guys. What Mitch said. We used to go into Larado quite a lot, but I wouldn't go within fifty miles of the border right now at any point. Take care. Enjoy the ride. Would love to join ya, but work interferes with fun. (i gotta work on that). __________________ The beatings will stop when morale improves.
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10-23-2010, 08:07 AM	#8
Guest Posts: n/a	West TX mountains, Chili fest and Big Bend NP What route are you guys taking to Big Bend, 377 through Grandbury to 67 to Alpine?
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10-26-2010, 07:10 PM	#9
AlabamaNomadRider Sr. Contributor Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boaz, Alabama Posts: 13,742	West TX mountains, Chili fest and Big Bend NP It is really dangerous around the border. Do be careful. __________________ Gene Cross, Jr. Boaz, Alabama KawaNOW/VBA #1181
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10-28-2010, 05:39 PM	#10
trosco Sr. Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,464	West TX mountains, Chili fest and Big Bend NP Jeff, my friend is a life long Texan and he's planing the route, I follow him and my job is to buy the first beer each night. All I know is we plan 2700 miles in 9 days so should be leisurely but fum! __________________ trosco: just call me Ross 2007 Black & Titanium Nomad (Nomad made 65K but got replaced 2014) 2010 Titanium Goldwing 2014 KLR 650 New Edition
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11-07-2010, 09:32 PM	#11
trosco Sr. Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,464	West TX mountains, Chili fest and Big Bend NP Well, seems like this is the year that no rides come off with out a hitch. Made it to Athens TX then 2 days of rain delayed the fun and on the first day out death in friends family and hospitalization of my wife brough me first back to Athens and then home to Jax. Wife is out of hosp and doing fine as of Sat PM but Big Bend NP remains on bucket list. There is always next year! __________________ trosco: just call me Ross 2007 Black & Titanium Nomad (Nomad made 65K but got replaced 2014) 2010 Titanium Goldwing 2014 KLR 650 New Edition
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11-07-2010, 11:20 PM	#12
paul Sr. Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: magnolia, tx Posts: 1,500	West TX mountains, Chili fest and Big Bend NP Glad to hear the wife's OK. Nothing lasting or serious, I hope. Anyway, at the end of the day, it's family that counts. All else is just extra blessings. __________________ The beatings will stop when morale improves.
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11-08-2010, 09:17 AM	#13
Guest Posts: n/a	West TX mountains, Chili fest and Big Bend NP Dang it Ross without bad luck you wouldn't have any, but gald to hear your wife is back home and you are safe. Sorry for your friends loss!
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11-08-2010, 06:21 PM	#14
trosco Sr. Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,464	West TX mountains, Chili fest and Big Bend NP Thanks All Wife's deal was pretty scary at first, rushed to hosp for suspected heart attack (runs in her family) while I was 1200 miles away. Good thing she has close friends at work to care for her till I got home. 3 days in hosp and loads of test and they decide she tore/strained the ligaments between ribs over heart and under left arm when she was getting suitcase down from rafters in garage (cause I wasn't around) for a business trip that came up after I left. Other 4 trips this year were all done "under water" so I am looking forward to next year being a better deal! __________________ trosco: just call me Ross 2007 Black & Titanium Nomad (Nomad made 65K but got replaced 2014) 2010 Titanium Goldwing 2014 KLR 650 New Edition
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11-18-2010, 01:11 AM	#15
elvis Sr. Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 1,785	West TX mountains, Chili fest and Big Bend NP I know how it's like. When I was sailing, the very same thing sat in the back of my mind, what if something happens to my family when I'm in the middle of nowhere. Glad your wife is doing better now and sorry for your friends loss. Speedy recovery. E.
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