I often forget it is the time of the year that people are reminded to look twice for people like me. People like me being (motor/bi)cyclists. The month of May is for motorcycle awareness. You will often see these reminders on the highway through the use of dot matrix displays. The displays commonl...

I was able to redeem my rain check voucher today and I met up with an old friend. The ride there was through some Farm Roads again and I am still surprised at the amount of green (trees) in East Texas. The weather was fantastic today with a good temperature and great visibility. It required some b...

Weather is an adversary I considered while planning this trip and the possibility of it ruining plans. It still has the power to ruin plans and even destroy. Fortunately I have wonderful hosts and it did not negatively impact the day. However, I did have to take a rain check with a friend that I can...

Cant Alamo

As you can see by the initial image I visited The Alamo today. A couple of observations which are not likely unique to me:

1. I thought it would be bigger
2. I did not think it would be surrounded in a city area

We did not tour the interior of The Alamo today due to my time cons...

I started today earlier than my normal on a rather restless night. Between appliance noises and other guests parking checking-in for the evening I was up every few hours. The parking lot was more full than I expected when I was checking out at 0600 (local time) and heading out from Las Cruces, NM....