Starting Mileage: 9900Ending Mileage: 10282
Miles Traveled: 382
April 22, 2008
First stop, the BMW shop in Leon Springs which is just outside of San Antonio. Got stuck in traffic and met a local rider who was on his way to meet friends and take a ride in the hills to the Three Sisters area; he invited us to join them, but the tire replacement can’t wait.
Brian bought the tire and installation at Alamo BMW. While they were working on the bike, Debbie and Tony Diaz picked us up and we went out for breakfast. Debbie and Tony have property off of Hwy 46 in the San Antonio area and will be moving out here from San Jose in a couple of years. After a great meal, they dropped us back at the BMW shop.
We picked up the bike and headed back to San Antonio to see the Alamo. I always thought the Alamo had a lot more “real estate” around it—like the wild west. But instead, the City of San Antonio is built all around it. But the historical information about the place is moving and impactful. We were glad to have visited it. Thanks again to Daniel for the history lesson he gave us. Hearing from Daniel sparked a deeper interest in the place.
Then we headed westward towards Albuquerque, New Mexico. Too far for one day’s ride, so we broke it up into two legs. The drive out of Texas was lonnng! Well—Texas *is* huuuge! The western part of Texas is rather flat and brown. With nothing much to look at on this leg, the ride was a wee bit tedious. Grace can fall asleep anywhere—including on a motorcycle going 75-80 mph! Several times, Brian had to yell through the speaker for Grace to wake up and stop leaning on him. Thus…we chose to call it a night in Lamesa, Texas.
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