Davis Mountains Texas

BlackBike · 04-11-2017, 05:09 PM

just car camping

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bw...1FocVd6aXdyd0U

just a bunch of road pics

http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/davis-mountains camped here

http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/indian-lodge . one night here, built by ccc in the 1930's $107/night nice place, has a breakfast lunch cafe.

https://www.nps.gov/foda/index.htm

Fort Davis is one of the best surviving examples of an Indian Wars' frontier military post in the Southwest. From 1854 to 1891, Fort Davis was strategically located to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the Trans-Pecos portion of the San Antonio-El Paso Road and on the Chihuahua Trail.

this looks an awful lot like the john wayne movie "she wore a yellow ribbon" if my memory serves me.

took blue route from south texas on highway highway 90 . pics from 90 and 17 north from fort davis

wheelbender6 · 04-12-2017, 09:08 PM

Great pics. We are still trying to plan a camping trip to Big Bend and bring the scooters.

culcune · 04-12-2017, 10:44 PM

Looks like a fun place!

**cheesy** · 04-13-2017, 09:15 AM

A lot of history there.
My great-great-great(etc)Uncle was one of the first commanders of the Black Seminoles and I'm sure he spent some time at Fort Davis.

BlackBike · 04-13-2017, 01:44 PM

At a road side park out side of Sanderson tx we were eating our BBQ plates picked up at an earlier stop. It was near the train tracks and no traffic out in the vast open canyon land listning to the Canyon wren's and mockingbirds . Enjoying the cool breeze and beginning to put away the cooler in the hatchback, I hear a noise in the distance. I figured it was a train but sorta higher pitch since trains usually have the low frequency from a distance. Then , mabey a helicopter? Directly I turn around and see in the distance approaching mc headlights. Wait a minute, those don't sound like low groveling h.d.'s. A few seconds later the loud rush of 6 adv bikes going balls out (seemed like 90 mph) passing by. The car was just off in the pullout so they passed one by one fairly close it seemed. It gave me quite a rush. I felt like I wanted to flag them down and jump on one

. All brands, bmw's KTM's, even a 2 up klr later passing that seemed to have open pipes (had that telltale single cylinder sound passing by). It Kinda cool so they were all bundled up in their best adv suits. There was a continous streem it seemed of ones and 3 bikes passing by a several min interverals all and at least 15 bikes or so in total i guess. We later saw them stopping at the Gage hotel in marathon texas for lunch I bet. My God , how I wanted to stop in at the San Antonio bmw for a f800 or so

04-11-2017, 05:09 PM	#1
BlackBike Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: George West, Texas Posts: 4,097	Davis Mountains Texas just car camping https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bw...1FocVd6aXdyd0U just a bunch of road pics http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/davis-mountains camped here http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/indian-lodge . one night here, built by ccc in the 1930's $107/night nice place, has a breakfast lunch cafe. https://www.nps.gov/foda/index.htm Fort Davis is one of the best surviving examples of an Indian Wars' frontier military post in the Southwest. From 1854 to 1891, Fort Davis was strategically located to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the Trans-Pecos portion of the San Antonio-El Paso Road and on the Chihuahua Trail. this looks an awful lot like the john wayne movie "she wore a yellow ribbon" if my memory serves me. took blue route from south texas on highway highway 90 . pics from 90 and 17 north from fort davis __________________ ***************************************** 2015 Bashan"Blaze" BS250GY-31 (DB-07K-250) GONE 2017 Suzuki V Strom 650 XT "We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." ~Benjamin Franklin~
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04-12-2017, 09:08 PM	#2
wheelbender6 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Houston area Posts: 1,902	Great pics. We are still trying to plan a camping trip to Big Bend and bring the scooters. __________________ "Its not WHAT you ride; its THAT you ride"
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04-12-2017, 10:44 PM	#3
culcune Join Date: May 2006 Location: Yuma, Arizona Posts: 9,056	Looks like a fun place! __________________ "They say that life's a carousel, spinning fast you got to ride it well..." TGB Delivery Scooter 150 TMEC 200 Enduro--carcass is sadly rotting in the backyard
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04-13-2017, 09:15 AM	#4
cheesy Moderator Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Elburn, IL Posts: 5,997	A lot of history there. My great-great-great(etc)Uncle was one of the first commanders of the Black Seminoles and I'm sure he spent some time at Fort Davis. __________________ Cheesy ______________________________________ 07 Hi Bird Enduro-Flown the Coop 07 Ural Gear Up 79 Honda CX500 77 VeloSolex 4600 V3 73 VeloSolex 3800 I'm making this up as I go.-Indiana Jones Telling me something 'is for my own good', is a fast way to a fat lip.-Me I don't even care about my own problems, why should I care about yours?-Quote on one of my favorite t-shirts
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04-13-2017, 01:44 PM	#5
BlackBike Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: George West, Texas Posts: 4,097	At a road side park out side of Sanderson tx we were eating our BBQ plates picked up at an earlier stop. It was near the train tracks and no traffic out in the vast open canyon land listning to the Canyon wren's and mockingbirds . Enjoying the cool breeze and beginning to put away the cooler in the hatchback, I hear a noise in the distance. I figured it was a train but sorta higher pitch since trains usually have the low frequency from a distance. Then , mabey a helicopter? Directly I turn around and see in the distance approaching mc headlights. Wait a minute, those don't sound like low groveling h.d.'s. A few seconds later the loud rush of 6 adv bikes going balls out (seemed like 90 mph) passing by. The car was just off in the pullout so they passed one by one fairly close it seemed. It gave me quite a rush. I felt like I wanted to flag them down and jump on one. All brands, bmw's KTM's, even a 2 up klr later passing that seemed to have open pipes (had that telltale single cylinder sound passing by). It Kinda cool so they were all bundled up in their best adv suits. There was a continous streem it seemed of ones and 3 bikes passing by a several min interverals all and at least 15 bikes or so in total i guess. We later saw them stopping at the Gage hotel in marathon texas for lunch I bet. My God , how I wanted to stop in at the San Antonio bmw for a f800 or so __________________ ***************************************** 2015 Bashan"Blaze" BS250GY-31 (DB-07K-250) GONE 2017 Suzuki V Strom 650 XT "We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." ~Benjamin Franklin~
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