Today was a gift from the Motorcycle Gods! - Ducati.ms

rickmillertx · Apr 1st, 2007, 9:39 pm

To give this report some context: I live in Dallas, Tx. Holly lake is 110 miles east of Dallas. East Texas has some great backroads to travel. We have been in a drought for several years but in the last week we have received around 5 inches of rain.

I got up this morning and looked out to see the beginnings of a beautiful day. So with some quick thinking on my part I told my wife "I need to head over to Holly Lake to make sure the storms on Friday didn't damage anything."
She bought it, so I quickly geared up and hit the road.

Well, the day was even better than I expected. Perfect riding weather and little traffic on the east Texas roads. I tore up 276, 514, 2866, 2869, 14, 17, 37, and 515. What a blast. Dodging tortoises trying to play frogger.

I stopped by Lake Fork, Lake Quitman, and Holly Lake before returning to Dallas.

Even saw some Bluebonnets.

Lake Quitman

Holly Lake

Roads and roads

Outside of Emory

Near Holly Lake

265 miles later and I was back home, but I could have gone even more. What a day. Hope ya'll got and and enjoyed the day as well, It was a gift.

Oh, I guess I should say, no damage from the storms. Sure glad I checked.:rider:

Bill_Anderson · Apr 2nd, 2007, 12:30 am

Great photos. Just another cold, overcast day up here which ended in a shower. And be sure to watch out for those tortoises.

**milznmilz** · Apr 2nd, 2007, 12:46 am

Nice putt Rick....We had a beautiful day here in suburban Detroit, only problem being that EVERYBODY decided to hit the roads and buck their spring fever

Looks like you had the state to yourself. Lucky Duc

Mike · Apr 2nd, 2007, 1:47 pm

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Originally Posted by rickmillertx

I got up this morning and looked out to see the beginnings of a beautiful day. So with some quick thinking on my part I told my wife "I need to head over to Holly Lake to make sure the storms on Friday didn't damage anything."
She bought it, so I quickly geared up and hit the road.

Thanks for the ride report and fine photos. Looks like some nice roads.

BlueST2 · Apr 2nd, 2007, 8:49 pm

Thanks for sharing and great pics. I'm rather envious as the weather has been mezza mezza here in New England. I got out on the ST2s this weekend for about 1/2-3/4 of an hour and it just felt fantastic to ride again. I'm glad you had a great ride and I enjoyed the post!

Cheers,

Thomas