Taking our bikes to Holland, among other things

Last Saturday was a clear mild day perfect for being out in the sun on the bikes, and Chaz & I took an afternoon's ride out to Holland, and didn't even go through Passport Control. I'm a bit late on this post as I wanted to create a google map with our waypoints on it, but I haven't figured that out yet.

We took an interesting route, going to Cedar Park first, then heading out on 1431 into Williamson county along into the area where the state is building Highway 130, and where an enterprising advertising company has installed giant billboards in the middle of pastures already. I didn't have my camera with me on this ride. The story is linked behind this image.

From the construction area, we headed north through the low water crossing of the San Gabriel river at Mankins Crossing, and went up through Weir to Walburg. The best part of the trip was highway 972 east of Walburg: the road had some good gentle rises, and broad sweeping turns with great visibility and maybe 2 cars in the long stretch. 972 dead ends at 95 which is a fast four lane trip up through Bartlett into Holland. Bartlett's 1-bricked-street downtown was worth a quick stop, and made up for the lack of tulips in Holland.

On the way back, we drove by Chaz's parents' house to see the animals, and the foal, who's being called 'Scoot' now. She's lost her baby fur, and has a really pretty liver color now, and is getting to the point where you can pet her neck and back a bit. Its amazing how she's grown and developed a personality of her own.

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Sunday, I made a run up to Fort Worth for a belated mother's day with my mom. We had planned to meet on my return flight during my layover in Dallas, but that fell through, so this was the first time we saw each other since winter. We shopped and caught up, and she cooked a good dinner for me and my brother and his girlfriend. Late, I caught up with my friend Dave from San Francisco who was in Dallas for the weekend. The trip was a whirlwind, and Monday hurt, but it was good to reconnect and be in my old stomping ground for a bit.