Five of us went, here's my log. Also, we had one Honda Shadow 750 with us who had to refuel every 100 or so miles.
2May09 0630 Departure Angleton TX 17,528
2May09 0800 Gas stop Sealy TX 17,618
2May09 0930 Gas stop Luling TX 17,712
2May09 1100 Gas stop Bandera TX 17,807
2May09 1140 Lunch Kerrville TX 17840
2May09 1317 Gas stop Junction TX 17,894
2May09 1441 Gas stop Ozona TX 17,981
2May09 1615 Gas stop Fort Stockton TX 18,095
2May09 1725 Repair Blake’s bike didn’t document
2May09 1845 Gas stop Van Horn TX 18,220
2May09 2008 Gas stop Pecos TX 18,309
2May09 2146 Gas stop Odessa TX 18,398
2May09 2230 retreat from storm 18 miles south of Seminole TX on HWY 285
2May09 2255 Gas stop & route discussion Andrews TX 18,450
3May09 0026 Gas stop & hotel discussion Stanton TX 18,522
3May09 0145 Hotel & Gas Colorado City TX (SS1000 completed) 18,584 GPS 1,030
3May09 0800 Ken & Chip depart Colorado City TX 18,584
3May09 1033 Gas stop Comanche TX 18,742
3May09 1338 Gas & Lunch in Brenham TX (Chip’s M109 on fumes) 18,941
3May09 1520-1545 paid to go through three toll booths on Beltway 8 Houston TX
3May09 1635 Gas stop Surfside Beach 19,082 GPS showed 1,515
3May09 1705 Gas stop & BB1500 completed, Angleton 19,103 GPS showed 1,536
Route explanation & problems encountered:
2May09 departed Angleton TX north bound on HWY 288, took 610 Loop around west side of Houston to I-10, where we proceeded west bound to Van Horn TX.
2May09 at approximately 1725 hrs, Blake’s bike had problems near the intersection of I-10 & I-20, near MM185. His negative battery terminal cable had come loose.
2May09 at approximately 1830 hrs, Blake’s bike ran out of fuel as we were existing I-10 in Van Horn TX. Some riders had already stopped at Love’s fuel stop; Blake pushed his bike to the Exxon, which was nearer than Love’s.
2May09 departed Van Horn TX east bound on I-10, then took I-20 northeast bound with a goal of Sweetwater TX, via Odessa, Seminole on HWY 385 & Snyder on HWY 180.
We took NW Loop 338 from I-20 around west side of Odessa to HWY 385. Stopped on side of road at Intersection of NW 338 & HWY 385 to put on our rain gear because a cold front was pushing through and we saw an impressive lightening show in the direction we wanted to go, which was north bound on HWY 385 towards Seminole TX, then HWY 180 towards Sweetwater via Snyder TX.
Went south bound a mile or two on HWY 385 to find a gas station (2146 hrs) and discuss our route, which was not looking good because of the storm to our north.
Continued north bound on HWY 385, but stopped 18 miles short of Seminole on the side of the road because the storm had increased in magnitude. NOAA was reporting 60 mph wind gusts, dime to penny sized hail, and possible flash flooding. Remembering all our reading about safety on Iron Butt’s web site, we discussed our options for a few minutes, and then we retreated south along HWY 385 to Andrews where we stopped (2055 hrs) to continue our route discussion and obtain a time stamp with gas tank top-off. Do not believe Bobby & Glenn topped off there fuel tanks here; can not remember.
Departed Andrews TX via HWY 385 south bound to just north of Odessa TX where we took NE Loop 338 around the east side of Odessa to I-20, then proceeded along I-20 east bound towards Sweetwater TX. Temperature was dropping, rain & lightening all around us, so we stopped in Colorado City for shelter and rest since we had completed a little over 1,000 miles to qualify for SS100.
It rained all night, and temps dropped from the high 80’s to low 40’s. Bobby, Blake and Glen departed Colorado City at 0630. Ken & Chip slept in & departed Colorado City at 0800.
Ken & Chip proceeded east bound along I-20 to Abilene TX, and then proceeded south along HWY 36 (to get in front of the cold front & storms) to Brenham TX.
From Brenham we took 290 to Houston, where we paid our way through 3 toll booths (receipts attached), and went around the west side of Houston on Beltway 8 to HWY 288.
Took HWY 288 south to Surfside Beach TX, where my GPS read 1,515 miles. Believing the mileage was too close for comfort, we proceed another 21 miles north on HWY 288 to Angleton, where my GPS read 1536.6 total miles traveled.
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