God doesn’t always give you the Yes’es

Oct 10, 2019 | Road Trips

Planning was great but Mother Nature had a different idea. Beside the extreme cold (which we had planned for) the 6 inches or more of snow from southern South Dakota was more than we could do so we revived an old ride plan to Big Bend and southern New Mexico! Have to...

Highway 83 “Ride To Nowhere”

Oct 8, 2019 | Road Trips

Looks like we are finally going to ride the sleds again. It’s been over 3 1/2 years since we have taken a multiple day, multiple state trip well, since Alaska in 2015. We plan on leaving Sunday morning for the Canadian border and hope to be heading south in 83...

Day 4 Arkansas Father and Son

Jun 15, 2017 | Road Trips

Well, we knew it was going to be in the upper 90’s in DFW so we made a command decision to get up and go. That is unusual, since there is no such thing as get up and go early with Bates so it was new territory for me. We packed and left and were on the road at...

Day 3 Arkansas Father and Son

Jun 14, 2017 | Road Trips

Started the morning with breakfast in Jasper and a quick ride to the top of the “Grand Canyon of Arkansas” overlook of the Buffalo River Valley. From there we rode north to Mystic Caverns where we went underground and explored a cave that dates back to the...