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Texas Big Bend Country
04/11/05 at 16:58:15

Yeeeha!!!!!!!!! You just gotta go there! It was beautiful, a bikers paradise. Open roads, no traffic, no cops except for the boarder patrol. Roller coaster hills and wonderful curves (if you don't mind being on the edge of a cliff). Roadrunners, jackrabbits, deer, birds, butterflies, and a sky so clear at night that I actually saw the Milky Way. All the cactus were in bloom. I have only just begun a web site. I took about 180 pictures so it will take me a while to weed through them for the best. Then uploading to the internet is a slow process but the link below covers the first 2 days of the trip.

http://hometown.aol.com/bikernanatx/BigBend.html

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bobo383 Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline Neck=Red Posts: 516 Arlington, TX Gender:	Re: Texas Big Bend Country Reply #1 - 04/11/05 at 17:02:34 Last I was out there, I was 10 years old. I'm jealous already. I wish I could make money out there like I do here.
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Re: Texas Big Bend Country
Reply #2 - 04/11/05 at 20:19:31

My internet connection has been kind tonight. I have manged to get a 3rd page of pics up. So if you have already looked at the first 2 you can use the link below to skip right to page 3. BUT......... the best is yet to come.

http://hometown.aol.com/bikernanatx/BigBend3.html

bobo... I bet you weren't on a motorcycle back when you were 10yrs old. Through the Na. Park you can just grip the throttle and roll on as fast as the bugs permit. Unfortunatly I was in such a hurry to ride that I forgot to reattach my windshield. I got smacked in the cheek by the biggest bug I've ever seen. Ever notice how none of them ever hit your sun glasses?

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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: Texas Big Bend Country Reply #3 - 04/11/05 at 20:27:46 Just wait for the locust, June bug, or dragonfly between the eyes...ooh that smarts. I don't have a windshield, but my helmet now sports a riot shield style flip-up faceplate. -WD
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Frost Full Member 2004 No Login Offline Watch out now.... Posts: 119 Boston Gender:	Re: Texas Big Bend Country Reply #4 - 04/11/05 at 22:24:40 Diane, That looks like a Great place to visit, I wish the pictures were bigger though. I live were everyone is right on top of each other, all that open space seems like heaven to me.
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: Texas Big Bend Country Reply #5 - 04/11/05 at 23:24:54 Frost wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:04: Diane, That looks like a Great place to visit, I wish the pictures were bigger though. I live were everyone is right on top of each other, all that open space seems like heaven to me. frost, save the pics to your computer, then view them with fax picture viewer at the size you want.
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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: Texas Big Bend Country Reply #6 - 04/12/05 at 03:09:48 8)Great pics Diane! Looks like super Ridin' country ... love the desert ... would love to see it someday ...
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Reply #7 - 04/12/05 at 06:17:10

Diane wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:04:

Yeeeha!!!!!!!!! You just gotta go there! It was beautiful, a bikers paradise. Open roads, no traffic, no cops except for the boarder patrol. Roller coaster hills and wonderful curves (if you don't mind being on the edge of a cliff). Roadrunners, jackrabbits, deer, birds, butterflies, and a sky so clear at night that I actually saw the Milky Way. All the cactus were in bloom. I have only just begun a web site. I took about 180 pictures so it will take me a while to weed through them for the best. Then uploading to the internet is a slow process ....

What I would like to do is select a few of the very best pictures that include bikes and/or riders, put my thumbnails up, and have you send me the highest resolution (up to 3 megapixels or 2048x1536) copies you have.
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is only 389x261 pixels on your site
Big Bend is one of the places I want to go once I retire. Probably in five more years.

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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: Texas Big Bend Country Reply #8 - 04/12/05 at 06:30:35 Oh wow. We took a family vacation in a travel trailer there when I was a about 15 and all of your pics are so nostalgic. I really need to ride there someday.
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Re: Texas Big Bend Country
Reply #9 - 04/12/05 at 07:15:25

Paladin. wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:04:

What I would like to do is select a few of the very best pictures that include bikes and/or riders, put my thumbnails up, and have you send me the highest resolution (up to 3 megapixels or 2048x1536) copies you have.

I would be happy to, Paladin. I reduce the pics for the web pages because AOL only gives so much room on a page & they load faster for viewing. I am working on the batch from Hwy. 170 now. These are going to be a bit bigger because the view was so awsome and I took fewer pics. Unfortunately, the best sights were either at the top of a hill or the bend in a curve. And of course you just hit a point that you just ride and enjoy.

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Reply #10 - 04/12/05 at 09:28:30

You also come to realize that unless you are Ansel Adams you are not capable of taking a picture that can do true justice to the magnificence of the scenery.

But you take the pictures anyhow -- partly to help your memories, and partly for those who realize what a pale shadow the picture is and with that beautiful of a picture the reality has got to be absolutely awesome.

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Re: Texas Big Bend Country
Reply #11 - 04/13/05 at 07:45:14

Ok my saga is now finished except for the last 3 days that we spent camping at Lake Somerville with Rick's motorcycle club (they do a big party once a year). I may have a few more pics to add when he gets his film back. He took several of me on the Savage. I was tested this trip. I rode through gravel, rocks, dirt, mud, tar and gusting winds. I kept it upright except once pulling into a rocky drive way, put my right foot down and it slid to the right just as the rear wheel slid to the left. I was left standing (left foot still on the foot peg) holding the bike about a foot of the ground. No harm done but I must have looked really funny.

If you've seen the first 3 pages here is the link to page 4. There are 6 pages total.

http://hometown.aol.com/bikernanatx/BigBend4.html

Paladin........ just let me know what pics you want and I will send them.

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Reply #12 - 04/13/05 at 11:21:42

I see you hit the McDonald Observatory. Were you able to visit it at night? They used to have a natural outdoor amphitheatre there too. Several nights a week, UTEP astronomy students (possibly undergrads, I don't know) would set up smaller (maybe 80mm?) reflective telescopes in the amphitheatre area and hold amateur astronomy sessions for tourists. It was pretty cool stuff.

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Reply #13 - 04/14/05 at 00:17:23

They only do that 2 nights a week and we missed it. They also do some kind of solar viewing during the day but it was pretty pricey and takes a couple of hours to we decided to ride on down the road.

Rick got his pictures back to day and he has several of me riding that turned out pretty cool. He will have to scan them into the computer for me.

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Savage_Greg Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Don't go around your ass to reach your elbow... Posts: 7844 SW Washington State Gender:	Re: Texas Big Bend Country Reply #14 - 04/15/05 at 06:25:46 Very nice pictorial of your trip. You have a good eye for photography. I haven't seen that much of Texas, so your photos were very interesting. Some beautiful country and it looks like a great place to ride. Glad that you didn't catch a tumbleweed, too
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