Have
you ever wondered where those little side roads go as you blast down the boring,
mind-numbing interstate to your destination?
Well,
I no longer wonder, I know. I
followed that little black ribbon of asphalt that meanders through the verdant
carpet of grass…spotted with patches of yellow, violet and pink wild flowers. That road goes by little quaint
farmhouses built of indigenous stone, old barns ready to fall down at the drop
of a hat and moss draped cypress bogs filled with misquotes.
As
the road pitched and yawed through hill and dell…I splashed through the
occasional puddle and could smell the fresh scent left by an overnight rain as
the cool morning breeze whistled about my helmet. By midday the gray overcast sky gave way to brilliant blue
punctuated with wisps of high white stratus clouds. The temperature was perfectly pleasant.
The
highway twisted and turned as it passed rock walls and followed the high-speed
sweepers along side the streams and rivers giving me the opportunity to hone my
skills.
I
passed a majestic mansion perched atop a rocky crag, a white fenced horse farm
nestled in a grass filled valley and numerous bucolic scenes just like in the
movies.
These
roads took me places that no one else goes…places forgotten by time…some place
that had no time for an ambling sightseer. After traversing “Every great motorcycle road in Texas Hill
Country” south of I-10 (according to Butler
Maps) I pulled onto the interstate and headed home. My old antique airhead purred past the
shiny red two-wheeler stalled on the roadside.
Thank
you, Lord Jesus, for a safe 1051-mile adventure.
Texas
Hill Country Ride Route: (4/8,9,10/2015)
Day One
244miles
VictoriaTX
Hwy 77,
FM682,
H&H cafe, Yoakum, Tx (Breakfast)
Hwy 111,
183,
97
Cost, Tx
FM 466
Sequin tx
Hwy 46
New Braunfels tx
River road
Sattler tx
FM 306
Purgatory Rd
Hugo Rd (214)
RR 12
Fulton ranch rd (213) (173)
FM 3237
Wimberley tx
River road, Wayside Dr(179),
Old Mail Rd,
Fischer Tx
Cranes Mill Rd
FM 306, Hwy 281
FM 473
Sisterdale, TX
FM 1376
Boerne TX. (Lunch at Bear Moon Bakery an cafe)
FM 474, FM 473
Comfort TX
Hwy 27,
Mill Dam Rd,
(missed turn and got lost)
Skyline Dr,
Holliday Rd
Comfort Tx
Cypress Creek Rd, FM 1341
Kerrville
Day
Two:
287 miles
Comments:
Replace defective battery on Honda ST 1100.
Replace tail light on BMW R100RT.
All repairs done in the Motel 6 parking lot.
Enjoyed a fantastic breakfast at the U-Save
cafe with apparently every policeman in Kerrville and a few truck drivers.
Route:
Hwy 16,
Hwy 173,
Wharton Rd,
Center Point Rd,
Elm Pass Rd,
Hwy 173,
RR 2828,
Hwy 16,
RR 470,
RR188,
Utopia, Tx.
RR1050,
RR 2748,
RR 1120,
Leakey Tx.
RR337W,
Camp Wood, Tx.
Hwy 55,
RR344.
Bracketville, Tx/Fort Clark, Tx.
Lunch
RM 674,
Rocksprings, Tx.
Hwy 377,
Junction, Tx.
Day Three:
Junction
to Victoria
520miles
Junction,
Tx
Hwy
337 south,
Rocksprings,
Tx
Hwy
55,
Barksdale,
Tx
RR335,
Hwy
41,
RR336,
Leakey,
Tx
RR337E,
Vanderpool,
Tx
RR337,
Medina,
Tx
Hwy
16,
RR
2771,
Hwy
173,
Kerrville,
Tx (lunch)
Hwy
98,
Sheppard
Rees Rd,
Bear
Creek,
Hwy
27,
Ingram,
Tx
Hwy
39,
Hunt,
Tx
Hwy
39,
Hwy
83,
Hwy
41,
FM 1340
Hunt,
Tx
Hwy
39,
Ingram,
Tx
Hwy
27,
Mountain
Home, Tx
Hwy
41,
I
10,
RR
479,
Hwy
27,
Ingram,
Tx
Goat
Creek Rd,
I
10,
San
Antonio, Tx
Hwy
87,
Victoria,
Tx
