RIO GRANDE CONFERENCE
2025
BUDA TEXAS
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Damon Had A Bad Start But He Fixed It
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Ron Used The Delay Opportunity For An Adjustment |
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Good Weather To Start The Trip |
The Easterners Were Finally Ready To Go! |
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The Debs Rode Comfortably In The Car |
Met James And Tonja In Weatherford |
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Delayed By A Little Rain Burst Before Continuing |
Ron Took Advantage Of The Time With A Donut |
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And On The Road We Finally Go! |
Damon On His Valkerye |
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Lil' Gene Riding Tall In The Saddle |
James Was Happy To Be On The Road |
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Chris Was "Rockin" To His Highway Music |
Ron Was Feeling The Sugar Rush Of The Donut! |
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A Stop For Gas In Hamilton Near The Courthouse |
Back On The Road Down Hwy 287 To Lampasses |
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Look Where We Chose For Our Lunch Stop! |
Lining Up To Stuff Our Faces |
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Fat And Happy Now So We're Back On The Road |
Finally Arrived - After "7" Hours! |
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The Entry To The Host Hotel Upon Arrival |
We Had A Free Brisket BBQ Dinner From Here |
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And This Was How It Was Served - Delish!!! |
Outside Dining With All The Other Knights |
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Friday Briefing For Group Ride To Fredericksburg |
There Were More Than This! Plus The Cars |
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Ron And Chris Followed In Sequence |
We Were About In The Middle Of The Pack |
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And GenO Of Course Was Taking Lots Of Photos |
Look How Far They Stretched Behind Us - Fun Time! |
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And How Far They Stretched In Front Of Us |
Beautiful Day For A Group Ride In The Country |
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Unscheduled Stop In Luckenbach! Chris Enjoyed It |
Yep, We Stopped Long Enough To Walk Around |
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Can't Believe I Got This Shot With Noone In It! |
What! We Could've Partied In This With A/C! |
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So We Made It Into Town - Now To Find Parking |
Another Photo Op Found Right Away! |
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Yea, We All Got Things In A Room At Home |
This Was A Trap For The Tourists! And It Worked |
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Time For Lunch! It Ain't DQ But It Was A Burger! |
Even With Avacados It Was Pretty Good |
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Now It's Time For Dessert As Traditional!! |
How About A Chocolate Pickle Or Jalapeno? Really! |
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Chris Had To Have His Cigs! Candy Cigs That Is |
Ron And Deb Said Hello To The Red One Too! |
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Were There Really Rhinos In There? Don't Know! |
Found A Castle In The Middle Of Nowhere |
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Headed Back We Passed The LBJ Ranch |
Is It A Giant Chrome Dog Or Wolf - Cool Anyway |
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Another Free Truck Dinner W/Randall And Kathleen |
Mexican "Type" Food - Pretty Good Also |
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Chicken Quesadillas But It Was A Long Wait |
Plus The Girls Who Served Our Drinks At The Bar |
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Our Group Found The Corner Spot With Shade |
Pres DJ And Izzy From Chapter 31 |
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This Was Not A Good Table For Eating - Swings! |
Games! - Beer Pong And Connect "Seven" |
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The Host Of Our Little Party |
We Didn't Stay For The Dancin' And Karaoke |
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Big Ol' Sign For Somebody! Not Me! |
For Ashley! My Change From Buying Drinks |
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Russ Harper Would Become Our New Int. Prez |
Even With A Bum Shoulder - James Tossed The Bags |
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President's Meeting On Saturday Morning |
Discussion After Discussion And Resolutions Made |
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I Guess This Photo Is A Little Out Of Order, But |
After The Meeting It Was Time To Ride Again |
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This Time It Was An Escort On I-35 To Austin |
Headed Down Congress Ave To The Capitol |
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Hawaii #1 Members But From Arizona! |
The Gathering At The Police Memorial |
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A Wreath Was Provided For A Respectful Ceremony |
Placed In The Center To Honor Those Fallen |
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Then We Toured The Inside Of The Capitol |
It's Distorted! I'm Not That Fat!
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The Floor Of The Capitol Rotundra |
Gov. Ann Richards Was Once A Member Of TX#1 |
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Then We Had A Gov. Who Become A U.S. President |
Rick Perry Signed Gene's "Native Texan" Birth Cert. |
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Chris Liked This "Pocket-Sized" Canon |
Tonja And Deb Waiting For There Rides |
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Look At Buck Making The Club Some Money! |
Never Found Out Who Won The Poker Tournament |
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There Was A Training Course For Improving Skills |
Gene Handled The Serpentine Easily |
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Look Ahead - Look Ahead! |
Chris Was Pretty Successful On His Indian Also |
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Then We Tried The 180 Turn Around |
Didn't Quite Make It This Time! |
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Banquet Time! Ride Briefing Again |
Here We Go In A Procession To Dinner |
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Local, On-Duty Assistance To Block Intersections |
And Here Come The Escorts Zooming Past |
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Another Shot Of The String Of Bikes Behind |
There Are The Riders Leading The Group To Dinner |
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Somewhere We Got To Here For The Banquet |
An Honor Table For The Fallen And A Recent Loss |
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Opening Ceremony With The Color Guard |
We Had The Pledge And Posting |
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Table #1 Of Texas #1 Members |
Table #2 Of Texas #1 Members |
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The DJ Played Some Good Music Before Eating |
Prez DJ Was Awarded This Gun For His Int. Service |
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Inscribed With His Name And Years As President |
No Rhyme Or Reason To Getting In Line So We Did |
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Lots Of Good Food And No Corn! |
Baked Chicken And Potato Salad |
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Hot Link Sausuages |
BBQ Brisket |
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Assorted Cookies For Dessert |
Along With Cherry Cobbler |
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Gene Won A Can Of "Whiskey Bullets" (?) |
Tonja Won A Harley Shirt To Wear On Her Honda |
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James Won A Double-Barrel Pistol - Dang It! |
Randy Also Won A Pistol - Double Dang It! |
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Sunday Morning Gene Visited The Local Shipley's |
Before Leaving, We Joined In On The Bike Blessing |
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Cool, Cloud-Covered Morning Ride Thru Austin |
Gene, Ron And Chris Headed North On I-35 |
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A Quick Stop In West For Some Take-Out |
Have You Heard Of This Place? Check It Out! |
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They Sponsor One Of My Favorite Shows On Sundays |
But We Carried Out Danishes And Kolaches |