Southern Cal to Texas and Back!! Part 2

Well, after spending a great July 4th with family and friends in New Braunfels, Texas, it was time for the ride back to So Cal. Roy and I left at sun up on July 6th. Traveling through San Antonio heading west / northwest on I-10. What an incredible day of riding. We flew by El Paso and its intense summer heat, through New Mexico and into Arizona, eventually ending up in Benson, AZ.

900 miles in one day!! Yes we were tired. My Road King handled the heat better than I did. We traveled through a few rain storms, but we actually welcomed the rain to offset the desert heat.


The next day was the toughest. We were faced with the high temps of the Arizona and California desert, heading west on I-8 toward the mountains east of San Diego.

By the time we hit El Centro, CA., I was a fried desert rat. Roy got a bite to eat in the air conditioned Carl's Jr. while I soaked my vest and bandana at the gas station next door. We ended up back in Orange County by 3:00 pm that day.

Not bad huh? East of San Antonio to So Cal in less than two full days.

Southern Cal to Texas and Back!! Part 1

This is a rundown on my recent motorcycle trip from Orange County, CA to Seguin, Texas. My wife and daughter were scheduled to fly out there for our summer vacation, so instead of flying, I decided to ride my 2005 Road King Classic and meet them there. My good friend Roy wanted to go along, so he joined me on his 2005 Honda Goldwing. I know, I know, a Goldwing and a Harley? Well it seems that Roy, after logging over 100,000 miles on various Harleys, had decided to go the luxury route and he bought himself a Goldwing a few years back.

We set out on Friday, June 28th from Buena Park, heading on I-40 through Arizona and into New Mexico. Day two got us to San Angelo, Texas. Day three we arrived at our first destination, Luckenbach, Texas, made famous by Waylon Jennings back in the 70's.


Luckenbach was great! We had a couple of cold brews and enjoyed the music of a local country band performing live. We even saw a real cowboy ride in on a Texas Longhorn! Not something we would see in So Cal.

After Luckenbach, we rode through the beautiful Texas Hill Country to our primary destination, a rental house in Seguin Texas, right on the Guadalupe River. There we would meet up with my wife and daughter and my wife's brother and his wife. It was a big house with a little fishing dock right on the river.