Sunday, July 05, 2009
Team IBA - Bun Burner 1000
"Bun Burner 1000"
1000 miles in less than 24 hours!
Left Katy at 4AM on 10/18/08. Rode to Balmorhea, TX and back arriving a little after midnight.
Riders:
Uncle Fester
Trash
GQ
1000 miles in less than 24 hours!
Left Katy at 4AM on 10/18/08. Rode to Balmorhea, TX and back arriving a little after midnight.
Riders:
Uncle Fester
Trash
GQ
Fredericksburg 4/26/08 - 5/4/08
Not wanting to break our yearly tradition of terrorizing the "Hill Country", we headed off to Fredricksburg once again for a week of relaxation and great riding. This year we were joined by a new member of the gang that flew down from Utah to make the trek with us. (photos)
'08 crew:
Uncle Fester - a.k.a. Gene Sandifer
Iceman - a.k.a. Terry Wingate
Tailgunner - a.k.a. JoAnn Wingate
Fearless - a.k.a. Terry McElmurry
GQ - a.k.a. Tim McElmurry
We stayed at Das Fritz once again and let Fearless stay in the Fu-Fu room... IceMan had his brand new 2008 Harley Road King. For the first time in all of our riding together IceMan actually enjoyed riding at highway speed (he now had a windshield to hide behind).
Since Fearless flew down he didn't have his Harley with him so he rode my RK and I took the BMW. It was funny to see how many people gave me a thumbs up because I was riding a Beemer rather than a Harley... Fearless got his name because he had no problem matching the Beemer going through the curves...
We introduced our new member to all of the usual haunts including Gruene, Luckenbach, Leaky, the Three Sisters, and of course Coopers BBQ. We managed to get to Coopers twice this trip because we had a few extra days!!! Fearless did us proud by devouring his 3" pork chop in record time.
One night as I was about to drift off to dreams of blue sky and winding roads, Uncle Fester whispered across the room wanting to know if I brought the fake oil slick with me. I had forgotten all about the slick, but I guess the thought of IceMan riding a brand new RK brought it to UF's mind. Next morning I discretely checked my cycle bag for the item and much to our delight it was there. We knew the IM would come out soon for his daily bike polishing exercise so I hastily placed the slick in the right spot to indicate a leak in the primary and then retreated to the house. Sure enough, within minutes IM sauntered out of his room with polishing rag in hand.
You would have thought we were all a bunch of high school kids. Everyone except IM gathered at the dinning room window where we could get a good view of the terror on IM's face when he discovered his misfortune. He began polishing the bike and after making two complete rounds we figured that he was either blind or on to the trick and was playing it cool. TailGunner couldn't stand the pressure any more so she went out to check on IM and just as she was walking up we heard what we had all been waiting for "You're Not Going to Believe This!!!" IM had finally looked down at the slick. We let him sweat for a couple of minutes and then let him in on the gag. Just like the time the trick was played on UF, IM was too relieved to find out that it wasn't real to get mad at us.
This was probably the most relaxing trip we have been on. We were not rushed for time and the weather cooperated for the most part so we managed to get in some good riding and also spend some time just visiting.
