THCR April 13-16 2021

[Capnrip]

Ok, folks are home. What about some pictures, some lies, some lies with pictures?

[Pete_Tallahassee]

Six of us are having breakfast at the OST right now. The rally is not over yet!

[802Mike]

"It ain't over 'til it's over." or "the fat lady sings."

[Lee]

This morning one of the locals at the OST gave this to Deb.
He turned it on his lathe.

[802Mike]

For your ashed I presume?

[stxman4]

[Kneedragger]

Thanks for the great BBQ, Mike... it was good seeing you and your crew again!!

[McFly]

Yeah, that chicken was out-a-sight!!! Might have topped your sweet meat... ?.

[stxman4]

[McFly]

Here's my contribution...

Post safety meeting somewhere in west Texas


This is only one of about 20 venomous snakes on display in the little office at the Outback Oasis. This is an albino poisonous desert snake of some sort.


View from our porch at the Outback Oasis


About to head out to the Davis Mountains & ride the Loop... beautiful ride!!!


Post safety meeting somewhere on the Davis Mountains Loop


Cabin 23... our digs at the Antelope Lodge in Alpine.


Alpine R & R... on the porch with our Corona 'Big 40's'


After hours 'Main Event' in # 23


Pre-safety meeting along the River Road headed to Presidio


Post safety meeting along the River Road headed to Presidio


The Rio Grande


WOW! What a view!


More River Road views


The Devil's Walking Stick flowering out


Remnants of an old residence somewhere on the River Road

Cactus flowers were in bloom all over the place




While we were in Terlingua, there was a BIG fire in Big Bend. We heard people staying at the campground & Lodge in the Chisos Basin, were evacuated. It was still going strong when we left 2 days later.






We met up with Charlie & Victory in Terlingua and had a good time hanging out with them & drinking El Grito... tasty & refreshing on a hot day. It was so hot in Terlingua, we dispelled any notion of drinking liquor & drank beer exclusively during our stay & through the rest of the rally. We all rode together to Bandera & along the way, we ran into a big traffic jam on US90. Gary quizzed a trucker chic about what happened & was told it was caused by an 18 wheeler that rolled over on a turn. When we rode by, the cab & trailer were totally mangled. The riders of the bikes in the picture, parked their steeds and walked way up over the hill & while they were gone, traffic started to roll & then their bikes were in the way of the traffic back up. Funny.






Lunch stop at Ziggy's Roadside BBQ in Bracketville


Post safety meeting outside of Leakey on RR 337 on our way to Bandera








Tyson doing the Joe Biden Sit Up Challenge



Lunchtime at the Hog Pen BBQ Pit


End of the ride beverage at the Wild Horse Saloon


End of the rally cookout





This year's TCHR was a good time with a high degree of debauchery & camaraderie. I was glad that so many decided to join in & get back in the swing of things. Victory rode all the way from Oregon by way of AZ to ride in with Charlie. Bill Morgan & his sidekick Dale, trailered down to Karl's in East Texas & they all rode in together. Tim & Susan rode in from Terlingua by way of their month long wanderings out west. Lee & Debbie rode down from Iowa to join in the fun. Mike, his dad & uncle made the scene & did all the grilling for our cookout. Pete drove over from Tallahassee with his S1000R & his roomie Tim, rode down from Kansas. Tyson 'Bad Back' Branyan & Mike 'Pretty Boy' Knox, teamed up on the road & joined us to make our soiree complete.

Now all I have to do, is figure out if I can make a couple more rallies this year!! Thanks everybody & it was great to see all of you.

[Kneedragger]

Excellent photos and ride report, Curt... it was great seeing you folks again... THCR is a classic!!

[802Mike]

Just what are "safety meeting"? Not the same meaning as I
thought apparently as ours happened at 4:20 sharp.

[McFly]

After we checked into the Antelope Lodge & got settled in, I walked over to the office to buy a couple of beers. While I stood there waiting to pay, I noticed there was a huge stack of toys & games for kids. One of them was Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots, so I asked the kid at the counter if I could take it back to the room. He had never heard of it before, so we had a few matches... and yes, I knocked his block off! It must've been a 2nd or 3rd gen model because each time a robot head got knocked off, it didn't make that weird sound when the head popped up.

[Capnrip]

Awesome Curt. You may regain your title as Master of the Ride Report! And glad you all were so safe. Taking the time for all those safety meetings, well done!

[955i]

Wes, you, Curt, K-1 Dude, Lee, Susan and a few others are great photo-journalists. Some of you all are great at capturing the antics of others and telling a compelling story at the same time. Thanks to all for great contributions. (I might redouble my own efforts to learn how to post photos, LOL!)

[Lee]

We had our heated jackets on during our ride today.

[Lee]

Luckenbach today.

[Lee]

Internet is out here in Blanco and my cell service is weak.
looking forward to seeing all of Curt's pics when I have wifi.
We're in Blanco 3 nights, Leaky 2 nights and Fredericksburg 1 night.
We plan to return home the 26th or 27th.

[Lee]

Today

[Kneedragger]

Victory arrived at my house in Show Low, AZ on April 7th after having ridden from his home in Estacada, OR. We just chilled for a couple of days, planning to leave on April 11, but we got restless and left on the 10th, with a rather short ride to Silver City, NM. This is a shot from Hwy 180 in NM...



200 scenic miles later, we arrived in Silver City...



From Silver City, we rode the next day to Van Horn, TX, where we stayed at the historic El Capitan Hotel... highly recommended if you ever find yourself in Van Horn, TX...







Next morning, we departed for Terlingua to find some of the usual suspects... I shot this video with my new-to-me GoPro 7 (courtesy of Victory) as we approached Terlingua... (best viewed at highest resolution possible)

Arriving in Terlingua, we had luxury accommodations waiting at the Los Chisos Mining Company...



We quickly found Curt and Gary...











To be continued...

[Pete_Tallahassee]

Great video

[Pete_Tallahassee]

Our dear Leader
















Biker Babes showed up!

[955i]

Thanks, Pete for remembering to take photos throughout the rally, and to then post them. You got some nice ones.

I like the video. Two desperados make an appearance at 1:30 on the video.

[justjoe]

Biker babes? Were they actually babes? Was Pete over there sniffing around or was he frightened off. It is hard for me to admit that Pete is the bellweather.

[802Mike]

Texas is Open For Business..... well fed too !

[Susan]

Home at 2pm today. Great time with the fabulous hooligans. A bunch of pix to sort through later to find a few worthy to post up.
Thank you, Curt for setting this up and to Mike for the delectable feast he provided!

[Kneedragger]

Riding through Big Bend NP on a cold and windy morning, heading for Bandera... Gary leading, then Curt, myself, and Victory... my point of view...

Riding through Big Bend NP on a cold and windy day - YouTube