East Texas Biker: SCOM and Shindig: The Ride

Wrote about this previously in " SCOM and Shindig "

UPDATE to Depart to El Paso. Leave Wed, ride to Snyder 6 hours. El Paso On Thurs https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Cash,+Texas/''/Snyder,+TX+79549/@33.04586,-99.6370839,8z/data=!4m22!4m21!1m5!1m1!1s0x864be0e1aad2d395:0xa026567a04638cf9!2m2!1d-96.107778!2d32.994444!1m5!1m1!1s0x864c130a7eac31b7:0x1cbf1126da038d15!2m2!1d-96.640186!2d33.217507!1m5!1m1!1s0x86ff40dcc45a88e3:0xc19b251ad6c22dd!2m2!1d-100.9176184!2d32.7178862!2m1!1b1!3e0

Well.... time to plan the Ride! Looks like it's around 12 hours or so. Add an hour for BS stops, etc. So .. 13 hours.... I'm thinking, leave at sunrise to make the best time. That looks to be around 0700 hrs.. but ... I don't like it. So, 0600 it is! Sun will be up as we roll through McKinney west on Hwy 380.

Sunrise

From there, it's get the hell out of Dodge and onto 2 laners, which Hwy 180 is for us, then onward to Hwy 62

Headed West ... perfecto'

Temps should be perfect this time of year. Last time I did this run, it was to El Paso in June for Nationals and it got HOT! We'll head out on Thursday. Hoping to have ~~Boudreaux~~ and Chief (still trying to convince!) with me, then connect up with Rocky in the McKinney area. Then, 600 + miles of good times. Boudreaux and I ran this direction back around '16 or so on the way to Durango, CO; loved it then will love it now. We should roll in around 13 hours later, 1800 hrs local time. Perfect. Only thing that will suck is about an hour or so of the sun in our eyes as we approach our destination. Some of these legs are over 100 miles with no gas stations but we'll have bikes with 200+ mile ranges so no issues anticipated. Still, I'll pack a 1 gallon saddle bag gas can ... just in case?

Now .. we need a head count ...... If one of the Road Captains join this mix, they are welcome to take over this ride. As I'd mentioned before, nice leisurely ride out West on Thursday. Me personally, I'll be rolling back Interstate on Sunday ONLY because my ass needs to be back sooner than later due to family coming in that day and travel plans following that.