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The morning was cool, crisp and bright. PERFECT!
We made our way up 335...one of the Twisted Sisters. Nobody else was on the road.
Or off the road either, for that matter.
Speaking of off the road, a few miles north of here, Steve made a brief off-road detour and performed an acrobatic demonstration. The best we have been able to reconstruct is that when he hit the sudden drop-off at the edge of the pavement he and the bike went over...but the left handle bar dug into the dirt better than the rest of the bike. It seemed to mostly arrest the forward motion of the bike but caused it to spin counter-clockwise on its side and whack Steve on his right knee as it went around. Scrapes were immediately obvious. We didn't really figure out the right knee issue for a few hours...once it had gained a few dress sizes.
I actually missed the demonstration itself, but saw a dust cloud where I had expected to see a headlight in my rear view mirror, and found Steve flat on his back making dust angels by the time I got back to him. He was bruised and winded with a couple of scrapes but in remarkably good shape. The bike was a little bruised too, but suffered no serious damage and fired right up once we got her greasy side down again. Being the tough guy he is, Steve reported himself ready to press on, so we did.
Rocksprings provided a chance to top up gas and clean up a little and then we were off to Bracketville and the set of John Wayne's Alamo movie. Ranch Road 674 is an A+ ride...right up there with the Sisters. Allas, the Alamo was closed. (William B. Travis should have though of that...just put out a "CLOSED" sign and send Santa Anna packing!) Oh well...next time.
After we hit the Subway in Brackettville, we headed west. Here's the view from East of the Pecos...actually, it is the Pecos River.
And next is the view from West of the Pecos...Judge Roy Bean's actual Saloon "The Jersey Lilly" and just up the hill, his home "The Opera House". Incredibly (in this age of slash an burn government) the site is open to the public and operated by the Texas Highway Department as a highway Visitor's Center, as it has been since the mid-1930's. Hooray for Texas!
From there we continued west until we rolled into Big Bend as sundown was beginning to creep towards us. PERFECT.
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