We spent the last weekend of October riding to and staying in Blanco. After so much rain here in Texas and all the flooding and devastation it turned out to be a beautiful weekend! We stayed at Blanco Count Inn and as always they were very accommodating and welcoming. We ended our Saturday with a fire, a few drinks and good conversation with even greater friends! #adventuresofrockyandbullwinkle #cchog 
Ear Plug Review
So Bryan has always used ear plugs but I have not. Going on 6-7 years of riding and I used ear plugs for the first time a few months ago. Many of friends who ride use the brightly colored foam ear plugs but Bryan has used many types – the bright colored foam ear plugs, personal molded ear plugs and the ear plugs from Ear Peace. I purchased a set of the Ear Peace motorcycle ear plugs and wow what a difference it makes in your ride experience!
These ear plugs come with 3 ear plugs – they give you a spare just in case, 3 different levels of protection and case for easy carry. I have gone through all levels of protection and have found that the middle level is the best one for me. The reduction in wind noise is the most significant affect I have had from the using the ear plugs. We have ridden quite a bit since I started using these ear plugs and have gone from the middle level, to the lowest level, to no ear plugs, to the highest level and back to the middle level. Your hearing is muffled quite a bit with or without your helmet on from having no ear plugs in with or without your helmet on but down here in S Texas where every ride is windy, with several degrees of windy down here from just a little windy to trees whipping around, it has made a significant difference in how beat up I feel after a ride.
If you’re looking for a budget friendly alternative to the cheap of the cheap ear plugs to the molded personally for you these are a good choice at $20.
*I am not an employee of Ear Peace nor have I been contracted/paid in any way/shape/form for this review
The typical Tales ride
So today took us to Victoria for lunch at Mumphord’s Place BBQ – good stuff and great people here! We had lunch, went by the Victoria Harley shop and then headed for home. A couple of trucks pulled out in front of us on the highway out and my tour guide knowing good and well that I had never really toured that area decided that a side road leading off to who know’s where was a good road to check out. And so began our adventure for the day and the beginning of today’s Tale. At first it was a little sketchy and I told my tour guide that he was taking us “where the hill’s have eyes” and then it turned into some beautiful fields and slow roads and then we came back out on the highway and made our way home. As always, a great ride and I wouldn’t have done it different!
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This is why….
I call my blog Tales from the Back of the Bike!
We just went on a 3 day trip and rode approximately 2,300 miles from S. Texas to W. Texas to the Panhandle and back home. We rode through some tough winds and cold weather that kept us in our leather gear all day every day. We dodged tumble weeds, a few birds, other vehicles and a tarp blowing across a property as we turned a corner on a back country road that my hubby did not see until it was right on us, thankfully it stopped just short of being in the road. And it’s these back country roads that make our rides into adventures. Somehow it never fails that the GPS that these rides are created with instructions to keep us out of the middle of big cities likes to take us on zig zag jaunts that let you get enough speed up to go through your gears only to shut you down because a turn is coming up and not some long sweeping bad a$$ curve either, they’re typically hard turns or tight curves. Like any other girl I love all the speed, SMALL humps that give you a little air off your seat if any and those long sweeping curves but it all still gets my stomach in my throat and I hang on for dear life and squeeze my honey with my legs (which we all know he likes) but I also enjoy just hanging out in my seat taking pictures and videos and day dreaming. These last things are usually interrupted by said turns and curves because I am just back there in my little world doing what I do and usually makes for some good laughs between us. We always get home wiped out and exhausted but ready for the next ride. So….get out there and have fun, sometimes you have to let your hair down and enjoy life with no inhibitions and that is what being on the back of the bike does for me.
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Sunrise to….
….Sunset
Everybody’s Somebody….
in Luckenbach, Texas
We started riding with the Corpus Christi HOG Chapter in 2013.
Our first long ride was an April 2014 weekend ride to the Hill Country for a wild flower ride. Now Bryan is the Chapter Director and I am the Activities and Ladies of Harley Officer.
First set of gear
When Bryan finally got me to get on the bike with him I needed gear so off to Harley we went to spend a few hundred dollars. After trying on several jackets and knowing that I was not interested in a full face helmet I finally decided on what I wanted and brought it home. I loved it all. My family on the other hand told me how my helmet reminded them of the little green alien guy from the Flintstones – the Great Gazoo! I told them to shut up and wore that helmet with pride until I saw a picture that made me think “yeah, it does look a little weird” and bought a new helmet.
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The first bike and 3, 2, 1…..hooked for life
My husband had been asking about buying a motorcycle for years and I always said no because I was scared of them, we had small children, we can’t afford it, etc.
Then May 8, 2011 and hubby got called out and was working overtime on Mother’s Day, yet again, and I was in no mood to cook because you know it was supposed to be MY day and all. So we go to pick up dinner and while in the car he says “Hey, so and so at work is selling a motorcycle.” I said yes right away. He was shocked! It was a 2003 Harley Davidson Fat Boy.
Two short years down the road and Bryan wanted to upgrade the seat on the bike. It was at this visit to the Harley store that I would decide that I wanted to ride with Bryan and enjoy the rush too. I gave him the chance at buying a new motorcycle and our first touring bike was purchased, an HD Ultra Limited. I was super scared at first and we started out slow in parking lots and small rides down roads that we could get up to about 45 mph. My first real ride was around the lake and a few back roads. I absolutely loved it!
Now we are 6.5 years later and we are on our 5th bike. First bike was a fat boy, next 3 bikes were all ultra limited’s and our 5th bike is our first road glide. We’ve been on some really short rides, we’ve been on some really long rides, we’ve been on super scary rides, we’ve been on back roads, busy roads and roads that I don’t think were EVER roads to begin with, we’ve dodged animals and debris and we’ve scraped some floor boards in a few curves. We’ve had things go wrong with the bike on the road, things go wrong with other rider’s bikes on the road. We’ve learned a few things about riding, gear to always carry, tools to always carry and still learning.
Overall it’s been one hell of a ride and we wouldn’t trade any second of it. Don’t wait for life, ride to meet it!
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January Ramblings
So we start a new year and with that new year we have not been able to ride – weather conditions, bike in the shop, the flu! Ugh, as I sit and stare out the windows at the sunshine and know that today is a prime riding day as far as weather conditions and know that my honey is at work wishing he was riding I have to give thanks to our Lord above that my honey is feeling better and that we will be back to riding soon.
We have only been riding for about 6.5 years now and at the end of 2017 we hit the 100,000 mile mark. So in that time we have gone from a Fat Boy, to a few Ultra Limited’s and now into our first Road Glide Ultra. We have been to several states in our journey’s and I have taken countless pictures. We do the majority of our riding on the weekends and an occasional Friday and we have been on a few week long trips that have taken us to several states. We also ride with our local Harley Owners Group and are active there as Bryan is this year’s Director and I have been the Activities and Ladies of Harley Officer for a few years now.
I hope that start sharing our stories and pictures from when we started to riding to our current trips once we start riding again. Until then, ride often ride safe!
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Tales From The Back of the Bike 