Our Crazy Weekend

Someone had the bright idea to travel to Jolly (near Wichita Falls & Henrietta) this weekend on the motorcycle... WHEW!!! It was long and hot!!!

However, in the 739 miles we racked up over Friday & Sunday (mainly), we gained 4 letters & saw LOTS of really cool stuff... AND we had a GREAT party at my mom & dads house:):)

I will have to blog pictures of the party later... this turned out to be a long blog:):)

Henrietta for H

Jolly for J

Nocona for N

Oklahoma just cause we were so close

Gholson for G

We explored Hico...

We found Natty Flat & the Largest Rocking Chair in the World:) Crazy story, turns out this is a friends Aunt & Uncles place... & her mom in law & daughter were inside helping out while we were outside taking our picture... CRAZY - not anywhere close to College Station.

We also explored Meridian...

We had a great ride...

In total, we have finished 15 letters & have the other 10 planned (X is not possible since there is not an X town in Texas)...

So I finally decided we needed to work on our Motorcycle Book.

I have only finished 5 towns, but we have gone to 11... with plans of 5 more in a few weeks:):)

Enjoy:)

Memorial Day Bike Ride

Monday, T & I went to gather more letters in our quest to get all the ABC of Texas. This trip we decided to go East with the hopes of maybe getting to the LA border. We really didn't have any towns aimed for either... but, on the road, we decided on a few.

We started with Z for Zavalla. Thankfully we found this town. There are not very many towns in TX that start with a Z.

Then found Etoile for our E. Really no reason.Our last stop was Oakwood for our O. We decided on Oakwood since this is my last year (actually few days) at the school I have been at for 10 1/2 years.

On the way through the gorgeous trees of East Texas, we came across Norwood, Texas. If it would have been a little darker, we would have found the Norwood sign in our saddlebag and in the home of Pam:):)

Thorin is so great about stopping for beautiful pictures like this one. However, this picture does not do the field justice.

This is what our drive looked like.

BEAUTIFUL!!!

We saw this baby deer just sitting under a tree. Unfortunately we didn't see a mommy around. I hope Bambi's mom is okay...

We ended up traveling 436ish miles between 9:30 am - 6:30 pm. It is always great to be out with my sweetie, but I can't do more than 1 day... my bottom was so sore & I am not great with the sun screen.

What a perfect Sunday:) - take 2

T & I went on a bike ride Sunday. I had no idea where we were going except that we were "going that way" (as T points in the direction of Austin).

We headed in so many directions that I totally was lost until I saw an Austin this way sign.

Our 304 mile trek started with us getting our P (ABCs biking around TX) in Pfluegerville.


Then we went to our main destination...
Check out how gorgeous this place is!!!!
Texas Monthly ranked the Blue Hole the #2 swimming hole in the state of TX... Here is the link to the artile.
http://www.texasmonthly.com/2008-08-01/feature.php

After 2 hours of playing in the water, we decided we had time to walk around the touristy town (it reminded me of Gruene, TX) before heading back to CS.

On our way home, we noticed rain in the distance... In Caldwell, the wind shifted and the clouds were close... T stopped and gave me the rain jacket and he got his goggles... Lightning is beautiful, but not necessarily when you are on a motorcycle & you can see lightning ALL AROUND YOU!!!

On University right past the Vet School, the rain started... we were 1 block from the house when the rain HIT. We got home safe and sound. I had time to jump off the bike, gather my stuff, & get the boys in from the rain.

A safe trip... A wonderful town... An excellent "walking map" as a tour guide...

Our 4th (actually 5th)