Time for a ride

Retirement started out with a little roadtrip with Mutt (a friend, not the dog) to Ingram (the "Texas Hill Country") to meet up with the Sabre Riders, a group of folks I met thru the internet that, at one time or other, owned Honda Sabre Motorcycles.


As usual, the trip involved at least one new beverage stop, this time at the Horny Toad Bar and Grill in Cranfills Gap (http://www.hornytoadbar.com/). This is a nice little stop, and I'd recommend it (and the burger) to anyone passing thru this part of the country.






Day two involved me leaving Ingram at 8:30 AM to ride 5 hours to Houston to meet my cousin Carly. She and Twig were performing in the Aurora Picture Show's "Media Archeology: Below Fi" festival (www.aurorapictureshow.org). While I didn't get to see their performance (it was the night before) we got to spend the day sightseeing in Houston, including museums, the Turrell Tunnel and the Imax Theatre.




But the real highlight for me was the show they took me to that evening. It was held at The Orange Show (www.orangeshow.org) which I could NEVER begin to describe. Go to the website and be sure to view the Orange Show film. Those that know me and my like of deep bass, slow blues will be surprised to find that I enjoyed the techno style show. Not just the beat of the music, but the instrumentation and "show". That night we saw Tristan Perich and his 1-bit Music (http://www.onebitmusic.com/) as well as Quintron and Miss Pussycat (http://www.quintronandmisspussycat.com). I tried taking a few pictures, but there is no way I could capture the experience and energy of the night.


After the show Saturday night, I ended up at the Spring (TX) Crawfish Fest (just in time for it to close). So I went back Sunday morning and from there, I went to Ugly's Sports Bar & Grill for $5 all you can eat crawfish! For any biker or crawfish eating friends, I highly recommend this place (crawfish EVERY Sunday, and the bartenders and waitresses were definitely easy on the eyes).

Well, that's a long winded recap of my first weekend of unemployment! Here's a link to all the pictures at Yahoo (I've added captions for each picture). (http://new.photos.yahoo.com/lricker2001/album/576460762399188165)