The trip I’ve been waiting for since last May is almost here—a small group of four Harley riders will be taking off at 5:30 p.m. today for a nine-day trek through a large portion of the United States Southwest. Although the weather was a little rough around Lubbock last night with heavy rain, hail, and [...]
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The Big Trip Is Almost Here
Posted in Harley-Davidson, Las Vegas, Trip Reports, weather on April 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What’s The Weather Going To Be?
Posted in Arizona, Harley-Davidson, Las Vegas, Nevada, New Mexico, Trip Reports, weather, West Texas on April 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »
One of the enjoyable tasks of planning a long ride is keeping an eye on the weather in the areas that will be part of the trip. In May last year, while returning from the Harley-Davidson Primary Officers Training seminars in Las Vegas, NV, my riding partner and I came home to the South Plains [...]
The Weather Finally Cooperated–Sorta
Posted in Flatlander HOG Club, Harley-Davidson, weather on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just as expected, the folks in Lubbock experienced a mini-blizzard on Friday that was more cold and blowing winds from the north than it was blinding snow, but it was miserable nonetheless and put a big damper on the two-day Spring Open House at Wild West Harley-Davidson. Those of us who are employment challenged were [...]
Winter Is Making Its Return, Unfortunately
Posted in Flatlander HOG Club, Harley-Davidson, weather on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For the past several days, even weeks, the weather in Lubbock has been nothing short of spectacular for motorcycle riding. This was the winter that wasn’t. But, it appears that after only one week of spring, that winter will be finally showing up on Friday with maybe an inch or two of snow. To make [...]
On The Road To Oklahoma
Posted in Harley-Davidson, Trip Reports, weather on March 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Because I’m semi-retired somebody has to work in the family in order to pay the bills. That’s the assignment of the Harley Honey The problem with work, though, is that it has a way of cutting into your riding time. Because the Harley Honey is as important a fixture on the Green Machine as [...]
Another Great Day; Another Great Ride
Posted in Trip Reports, weather, West Texas on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The weather conditions on the South Plains of Lubbock during the month of March can be difficult, if not impossible, to predict with any regularity. Last Friday there were tiny flakes of snow falling; four days later it was almost 85 degrees. When the March weather turns off like it did Monday, those who ride [...]
What If There’s No Place To Go?
Posted in Harley-Davidson, Trip Reports, weather, West Texas on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you ride a motorcycle and live in Lubbock, Texas, you have to ride 100 miles or more before the scenery changes. The flatness of the terrain around here frequently rivals that of a pool table. The great people of Lubbock reside on what is known as the Llano Estacado, a region that covers eastern [...]
Those Sunday Afternoon Rides
Posted in Flatlander HOG Club, Trip Reports, weather, West Texas on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When I was a youngster in the mid-1950s my dad would round up the family on a Sunday afternoon and we’d go riding in the car around town, gawking at the different things we would see. More than a half-century later, it’s still pretty much the same, except the vehicle of choice is a motorcycle. [...]
What A Great Time To Ride!
Posted in Trip Reports, weather, West Texas on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Planning motorcycle rides for the month of March in Texas can be a dicey proposition because of the wildly fluctuating climate that we have. There have been times in March where we have had blowing dust storms, driving rain, heavy snow, and oppressive heat—all on the same day! But when the weather conditions in Texas [...]
Slip Slidin’ Away
Posted in Flatlander HOG Club, weather on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Paul Simon’s hit song, “Slip Slidin’ Away,” had absolutely nothing to do with the weather, but those words and that easy tune keep flowing through the vacant spaces in my mind whenever we have weather in West Texas like we have had the past 36 or so hours. While the ice storm that came into [...]
