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SPRING 2017 ISSUE 01 / VOL. 02
Left: I think a little gasoline and a new battery and the Farmall might run! The rubber on it looks better than my bike tire!“ Rust N Peace” is just east of Camp Wood on Ranch Road 337. Above: The Lone Star Flag was adopted by the Republic of Texas in 1838, which became the 28th U. S. state in 1845.
336. This stretch starts off pretty straight, but then bucks and snorts and twists and turns in an effort to throw us like a bull in a Bandera rodeo. But we use good judgment and take her on with a calm head and a steady throttle hand— fast enough to be fun, but in control and ready for the unexpected. This is whitetail deer country, and they will pop up at the most inopportune times, like in the middle of a downhill, off camber, decreasing radius turn! Then there’ s the occasional cage …. they can be as unpredictable as a deer and seem to show up at inopportune times, as well.
But today it’ s cows! A herd of them is leisurely making its way up the highway to where their owner has a feed wagon. We slow