Author: Richard Swim

The Winter Weather Breaks, and Cranfills Gap

February 13, 2011 The cold, icy and snowy weather finally broke, and the warm temperatures hit for the weekend.  I spent a whole night and morning awake during an extended enterprise network downtime, and...

Whitewright Breakfast

December 19, 2010 The sun was shining, but the morning temperatures were in the 30’s for the start of Bo’s monthly breakfast ride.  Around 14 bikes converged in McKinney and made the chilly ride...

Lone Star BMW Austin Toy Drive Ride

December 11, 2010 Stephen put the word out that he was going down to Lone Star BMW Austin for a day ride to drop off toys for kids in need.  Nuff said.  I’m in. ...

Tech Day

December 4, 2010 Keith Smith opened up his GG Quad shop today to the Lone Star BMW Riders for a tech day.   There were a lot of participants, with many looking over shoulders...

Texas Hill Country Day Ride

November 23, 2010 I have time to burn from work.  There’s cold weather coming in Thanksgiving day.  It’s nice now, so why not ride? The trees should be nice down south, and the roads...

NTNOA Lake O’ the Pines Rallye

October 2, 2010 The morning temperature did not feel too bad as I left very early Saturday morning to head east to the piney woods.  I had decided on a long-sleeve shirt under my...