After the last trip to Big Bend we were talking about taking another trip down there, did we decide if we were going in October or March? If not when does anyone interest want to go?



Looks like we slected the 10th through 12th. We will be leaving Austin on the Morning of the 10th

Some of us are coming from Houston or Dallas on Friday and will spend Friday night in Austin.

We will be riding in Big Bend the 11th if any one wants to meet us there.

We will most likely be spending the night in the Ramada in Alpine, TX, I booked two rooms since there is no cancellation fee with at least 48 hours notice. The cost would be $83.64 per room per night including tax etc. We can fit up to 4 in each room.
2800 W Hwy 90
Alpine, TX 79830 
Phone: 432 837-1100
Fax: (432) 837-7032

I'd prefer not having to skip school for this one, but aside from that I'm game for most dates.

Man that sounds awesome!!! count me in!!! 

I'm in trade show season till mid Nov.  After that, it's a possibility.

yeaaa sounds like a plan . i wont tell the new semister starts maybe spring break will fall on the same day for just about everyone. that would be a plan   maybe no one will break down on the way home this time . i'm in waco now so i could way on  plusultra then we could all meet in AUSTIN like we where supose to do :cough,cough alpha: then head out.  i'd be game for march. october is kinda soon . i forgot about it  sorry i havent been looking in here in a while . but we did relize that we have to meet up early to get there on time . i dont think any of us really wanted to be riding tell dark . just be ready to ride guys !!!! its about a 9 hour trip austin but once we hit  I-10 its 90mph  from there to the bend ! ! we stop about every 100 150 miles to fill up just to stop and get gas for the guys on the older gs's cuz they dont hold as much fuel . but then once we get there get checked in we grabe a bite to eat then go to sleep cuz theres another all day ride ! big bend is asome !!!!!! we took some pictures last time we went search  "big bend" your bound to find somthing ! then on the upon leaving . we just say our good byes and eveyone gose the fastest route back to there home

Alright... so pretty much any time after Dec. 20 or later for winter break.

MLK Day is Jan 15, so perhaps ride there Saturday the 13th, ride the roads at Big Bend on the 14th, head back on the 15th?

Spring Break for me is March 12-17.

Last day of finals is May 15, so May 16?

Those are my options, for the most part.

jan. seems a bit early in the winter season. it would not bother me to ride then but i'd rather get there when its a bit warmer . i know theres a yamaha cruiser group that goes up there sometime between feb-march. i'd rather not be there when there there . just because that will limit our options. i'd rather have 3 days ( leave on fri. ride on sat. go home on sunday ) that way where not rushing any thing ..

3 days sounds good, that leaves us one whole day to hang out! I'd even go for four days.  I can definitely ride out to waco, meet upwith fared and then go pick alpha up in austin.  I think there's more ppl in dallas like nkhona and vfrocket who may come too.  anyway by the time we hit austin we should have a fun riding group.  January sounds good for riding, but I think it will get cold as hell in the desert at night. I'm voting for march. 

It sounds like March it is.  I work so I need to do it over a long weekend and with Alpha's constraint of the 12th through the 17th leaves us with two dates. We can leave on Saturday the 10th and get back on Monday the 12th or we can leave on Friday the 16th and get back on Sunday the 18th, which date is best?

Last year we tried to get a cabin six weeks in advance and they were booked up. They seem like the best place to stay, right in Big Bend.  Once we pick a date I could reserve one if we want is's only $10 to reserve a cabin.  Below is what FearedGS500 found last year.

good god is this sweet  or what !!  i think i hit the jack pot guys !! they have  a stone lodge in big bend . its 95 a night and 10. bucks extra for each person up to 6 ppl .. theres 3 double beds ..   heres a link !   http://www.nationalparkreservations.com/bigbend_chisos.htm   <--- cant really beat that . your looking at 27 bucks a person .. right on sight.... now thast not with tax .. add some tax. and your looking at what .. at most 35 bucks ?


Also I like plusultra idea of a four-day trip so I will suggest that on the third day we can say are good byes to anyone who needs to leave on the fastest route back home. The rest of us can stay another day, leave in the afternoon and find a hotel room part way home, then split up some time the next morning. We might even be able to find a more interesting road than the interstate for part of the trip.

Yea,
Money is going to be a little tight next few months, so cheaper is better. Maybe we can camp out. Has anyone figured out how to sleep on the bike?

lol yea i was gonna say that today CSS about the hotel . we need to pick a date and who  all is really gonna go . i say i'm in but it all depends on what happens i'll start putting money back for it now so that i will have enough . as we learned earlyer we have to leave early to get there before dark . i'm on the 16-17 run but i'd like to meet up in austin about 8 or 9am so that we can be there by 6pm that night . for you guys that are thinking of going with us be ready for a ride. its about 500 miles from austin and most of it is boring old highway . but its worth it ! big bend is pretty cool to me. its not just desert its desert mountins !!! ( ok well .... that not as tall as mouintans but there pretty dang big for texas ! )

How does this plan sound on the room? First we pick a date, whatever weekend you all have off school in March. I reserve a room for that weekend since I have a credit card.  Anyone who knows they are coming can claim a bed in the room at any point. But If you don't know you can wait and see if you have the money etc. The week before the trip we can do a head count, if we have more then six some of us can camp in a tent but we could all use the cabin to take a shower and lock are stuff in for the day. As a worst case if we call the trip off I would only have to pay a $10 cancellation fee.

As far as a leaving time I am coming from Houston, I think the people coming from Dallas will agree we can't get to Austin at 8AM we would have to get up at like 3:30 in the morning.  I can see two solutions to this, the first one is that we spend the night in Austin, I know Stray wants to keep the costs down so we could camp for the night, there are lots of campsites around Austin. The second option would be to leave at 11:00 or 11:30 in the morning and get to Big Bend in the dark. We could discuses riding preferences before hand and choose a speed at which everyone wants to travel then it might be ok. Should be mostly expressway on the way down. 

So the first question is what date, we can leave on Saturday the 10th and get back on Monday the 12th or we can leave on Friday the 16th and get back on Sunday the 18th.

ok .. ummm .. i'd say i'm in for the 10th-13th  my springbrake is from 12-17 so .. what ever is really fine with me . i'm a myabe on the go well see how things go that i know of it should be good but you know how life treats us sometimes . 2nd plusultra if it ends up just being you that comes down you can come down the night before and camp out on my futon if all of you can i'd let all of you stay but my 1 room apt. can only hold so many but if you guys wanna come down the night before so your not riding alllll day the day we leave out . same goes for you CSS and stray you guys might want to see if you can stay with alapha or some where close the night before if you can ( that way he cant forget this time and ditch us for his gf )

Yeah yeah, I'll try and remember this time.

I've got a spare couch someone can crash on, and plenty of floor space provided it's only for one night.

Count me in.  Just let me know when and how much.  I'll be coming from Arlington so anyone that wants to ride to Austin together let me know.

ok ok i could not help my self i had to add photos . this is for you guys that are just going to go this year . and this is for the guy that missed it last year     i have  104 pictures from last time we went so if you have a came bring it !!!!





read the sign !!!! ^^^^^^^


sorry for all the pics but i could not help my self

cool cool jarrett you could tag along with plusultra to meet up with me in waco. then we could ride down to austin to meet everyone ealse

Sweet pics!  Jarret, what feared said.   I also like the idea of camping, but i can also go for the cabin.

hehe well if you guys want to camp you go for it . but i'll get a hotel if you guys plan on camping i'll take a bed after all day riding . then all day riding again ... i'll take a nice confy bed .

u got a point there.  no excuses of the money sort, since we can save for a few months!