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Saturday, June 9, 2012

Galveston: We ride away from the city

With the help of a my new friend Greg, I'm given a tour of some country roads away from the city.
After being in Houston a couple for of weeks, I met my sister's friend Greg. He showed up on a spotless Harley and if you had to pick a guy that matched his ride, you would have no problem matching Greg to his bike. The plan was to ride to Galveston and have lunch.
 The ride started in Seabrook Texas and by the time we reached Galveston maybe 35 miles, it was as if  we had ridden together many times before. Like me, he seemed to be a free spirit while riding.
 The pace for me, was just about right as we moved through traffic, no crazy slicing and no putting around. Once in Galveston, Greg took me for a bite to eat.  I thought we would be going back  the way we came, but  I was wrong. After lunch, we road West, and 15 minutes out of the city, the traffic cleared and the road became one less traveled. Open stretches of beach to my left, and green low lands on my right, and a curvey two lane road in front of me. With a cool breeze on what started out as being a very warm Texas day, and nearly empty road,  I was in my zone, but couldn't help one small blast of speed  There are still signs of the hurricane that went through Galveston a few years ago.   After riding through the area, you really get the sense of how low the Galveston is.
 Im guessing, but I think we went about 25 miles before coming to a bridge that would lead us back to the main land and more country roads.
It sort of reminded me of the Sanibel Causeway before they put in the big and ugly new bridge that cost 6 dollars to cross.

The ride ended up being 165 miles.  I can't thank Greg enough for showing me some of the roads the Houston guys ride to get away from the grind of the big city
. My turn next Greg, were going to the Dragon,  get ready to grin.





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