I had heard so many people talking about riding the Twisted Sisters down near Leaky in the Rio Frio canyon, I even have seen t-shirts about running the "Three Twisted Sisters". I have been in that area several times (never on these roads) and it is absolutely beautiful country but, I never realized how GREAT the riding is down there. This passed weekend the ol' Lady and I found out what all the fuss is about.
Next town was Leaky, which is where we should have stopped. There is a place called the Motorcycle stop this is a really cool place, however we didn't stop cause if we did, we would not have had time to make the entire loop without rushing so we just drove right on by. After more twisties we got to Camp Wood where we stopped for gas and a quick snack. After gas and snacks we headed north on 55 and then picked up 335, the second sister. On this road there is some really cool wild life, camels, kangaroos, deer, and other deer family, keep your camera out for this section of the road. We didn't keep our camera out cause we decided we had enough pics of the ride already, big mistake. This road was great it was a roller coaster ride through the canyon. Once we finished 335 we picked up 41 which takes you over to 336 and then south back to Leaky. Again the ride was GREAT! and beautiful scenery, I think the best part about riding out here is the fact there is almost no traffic except for the occasional farmer running to town for supplies.
At this point it was getting to be around 3:00 and we just finished the sisters.
Next stop was Vanderpool to visit the motorcycle museum and get a bite to eat at the cafe there. When we got there we were all hungry and found out tha the cafe closed at 3:00 and it was now 4:00 ugghhh...
However they had pie :) so I had a slice of pie and we all had something to drink. After looking around and talking with Allen (the owner) we saddled up and headed north on 187 to pick up 39 which snakes along the Guadalupe river. This is a beautiful ride, lots of trees along the road and nice curves.
While we were there another group from Waco showed up and we got to talking about the rides down in the area we were at etc. One of the ladies mentioned "we even got t-shirts..." I was like huh? t-shirts? I inquired as to where they got them, and it was at the Motorcycle stop, like I said the place we SHOULD have stopped. At that point it was starting to get dark and there was no way we were going to attempt the drive over to Leaky and back in the dark. It was decided that if it's not raining in the morning then we would make the run over to Leaky and pick up t-shirts and patches.
About this time we were all getting hungry and tired of getting eaten by gnats, we headed into Kerrville and ate a great Mexican place call Mamacita's, it has good food and drink. It is located on the east bound side of 27 between Ingram and Kerrville.
After dinner we headed to the Best Western to check in, it was about 8:00pm when we checked in. I couldn't believe how late it was, looking at the map it doesn't look like it would take a full day to do this run. I am glad we planned two days for it cause we would have never made it back to Leander before the deer came out at dusk. After check in we unloaded the bikes and relaxed in the room talking about the ride, looking at the pictures and planned out the next day. We all were in agreement that we would get up early and head over to Leaky to get patches and a t-shirt if it wasn't raining. Forecast called for thunderstorms in the area and I was definatly not looking forward to riding in the rain again.
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We got to the shop and looked around a bit picked up our t-shirts and patches and just relaxed before the ride home. About this time it was getting to be lunch and we decided to head up to Llano for some coppers BBQ. As usual it was excellent food and good times. From here we headed home down 29.
This was an excellent trip and one that I would defiantly do again. We rode around 600 miles and the riding down there is excellent, it was just as good as the riding we had up in the Ozarks and a lot closer too. The trip was a great follow up to the Ozark trip, it was nice to get out and do some riding again. More pics can be found here
1 comment:
done the twisted sisters twice now
and i think it will be a run we do
every summer - ride down from dallas. never miss the frio canyon motorcycle stop - there's always something going on. you might try bandera and luchenbach, too.
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