This was our last day together in our trip as at the end of the day, Tomas and Julio left to spend the night in Midland, TX. Tomas had his daughters birthday on the next day and Julio wanted to get home earlier to handle some specific business.
As we had some time we slept in and left a bit later than usual to have our breakfast in Terlingua, TX.
We then left and within five minutes we were into dirt as we rode the South County Road then Hen Egg Road and North County Road that too us to the US118 where we rode a bit north and then entered the Terlingua Ranch Road. We went all the way to the end and stopped at Terlingua Ranch where we had our lunch. A lady made us great turkey and ham sandwiches and we just sat under the shade of a tree, discussed the rides and fought off the dogs that wanted so badly our food as well.
After lunch we made our way East on the Old Marathon Road towards US385. We enjoyed a number of sections with sand where the bikes skidded around but were under control. We encountered no issues.
We then got to US385 and turned south towards the center of the BBNP and a number of miles down the road turned left to do Old Ore Road but this time from North to South.
We had an absolute blast and felt like mountain goats as our bikes "jumped" from one stone platform to the next in one of the sections of the Old Ore. Then we had a section with off camber ups and downs and finally a section of open straight roads where we could open up the accelerators and sing in our helmets. Truly epic.
All went well and we made it in one piece to the end of the road and we had each a cold Gatorade that tasted so amazing. We then made our way back to the camp by riding in the Park and enjoying the breeze and cooler weather that usually comes towards the end of the day in these parts of the woods.
We stopped in Terlingua, TX at the Taqueria Milagro and had tacos accompanied by beer that we brought in with us, on the outside patio. We really enjoyed speaking about our experiences and how we all had enjoyed these days together.
We went back to camp and helped Julio and Tomas load the bikes on the trailer, pack up their tents and said our goodbyes. In an amazing feat of coincidence, our new camping neighbors were also Argentinian and after we donated some of our left over food they promised to bring back later a piece of Ribeye that they were coking for dinner, which they did.
Graeme and I chatted the night away and watched the stars and worked at finishing the whiskey and beers we had left. Loved it ...
We eventually decided to go to bed and enjoyed a peaceful night as there was not much wind.
For the day we had one 182 miles and spent 6 hours on the saddle.
Make Life a Ride !
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