Sir Graeme gets appointed

Sir Graeme is appointed as Adventure Rider

Until next time, adios !

And that was our Big Bend Dirt Ride week bonanza.

The pic below was taken on Saturday morning before we left the BBRSP. Scot had left at 3am in the morning and was on the way. Our bikes are loaded and we are ready for the 600+ miles to come.

 

Ride on, my friends !

 

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Relaxing after a hard day's ride

Dinner was at 5:30pm on Friday and Victor prepared us another great Mexican dish which we helped go down with a nice bottle of red wine.

The weather was excellent so gang sat outside on the porch shooting the breeze ...

In the meantime, I was arriving from my bicycle ride.

 

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Airstrip

As we were coming back from Friday's ride, Graeme noticed a sign that said Airstrip so he turned into it and we were surprised to see a very nicely paved runway with two planes on it.

We thought it would be good to add ourselves and bikes to the fun ...

 

 

 

 

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Sleeping quarters

As the bunkhouse was not full, each of us had a small room with two beds. We slept on one and put the gear on the other. It worked out great.

These pics were taken on our last morning ...

It was a all men's quarters with community bathrooms.

 

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Casey

While we were at the BBRSP we met with Casey who has been in the park for some weeks. He has walked many of the trails and likes to sleep under the stars.

Here is Casey with Craig discussing the various options on the BBRSP map on the wall.

We left a whole lot of food and I am sure Casey will enjoy it for a week or two.

 

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Riding in Big Bend Ranch State Park

One of the first things you need to do when you get to the BBRSP is to read about the park and also what you can and cannot do.

As related to dual sport riding they give you some pages which explain the conditions of the roads and also give you some ideas of loops or out-and-back rides.

They classify roads from Class 1 to Class 4 as follows:

And here are some of the rides we could have taken.

In the end, we did the Road to Nowhere out-and-back, Los Alamos loop and Oso Loop and rode a number of other side roads.

Scot, Craig and I rode the KTMs and Graeme went on his GSA. We were very impressed on some of the stuff he was able to do and shows how impressive these bikes are when well ridden.

On the way to The Solitario

Los Alamos loop

Having lunch at Tres Pampelones

On the Road to Nowhere

The Other Side of Nowhere

Oso loop

 

 

How tough was the ride, you may ask. May be this back tire on Graeme's bike which was in quite good condition on the morning of the ride gives an idea. By the way this is an Heidenau K60 tire which is supposed to be the toughest there is.

Another way is to see how the inspection plate got bent back on both KTMs when bike bottomed out and back tire touched it and flipped plate right back.

It was AWESOME !

 

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