The ride to Denton, Texas, took two days...almost 1000 miles. I felt pretty badly beaten up by the wind, which gusted between 30 and 40 miles an hour. It didn't blow the bike around much but the constant buffeting was annoying and tiring.
I rode to Leonard, Texas, this morning in low clouds that turned into a fine mist and then to a soft, persistant rain. It never actually started raining. The atmosphere just seemed to congeal, going from 100 percent humidity to rain.
Rain was clearly in the books, it had been solidly overcast all during the second day of the ride, so when I got up this morning I put on all my rain gear in the comfort and convenience of my Motel 6 room.
I'm sure I'll want to say more about routes in a later post, but US Highway 380, when it runs through Texas plains country is as straight and lonesome as the fabled Nevada lonesome highway.
I am very impressed by Deb and Bob Darden's shop and by Bob's solid, long term, experience. He started sidecaring when he was a young guy because sidecars were fun... not because he needed the third wheel.
The sidecar is a beauty. Black gelcoat but of such quality that I couldn't tell, from looking at his personal tub that it was three years old. Bob laughed and said I probably just saved myself 750 bucks...just keep the car waxed!
The noon siren that keeps Leonard citizens' clocks and watches correct just went off. Time for me to find lunch.
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