Had a good time! There were stops in Gruene, Blanco, Stonewall, Sisterdale, and Spring Branch. Special thanks to the following businesses:
Alamo City Harley-Davidson: provided swag for the raffles and was the starting point for the ride.
Bubba's Big Deck: first stop in Gruene.
WB Saloon and Cycles: second stop in Blanco.
Albert Ice House: third stop in Stonewall -- short of a rally, the most bikes I've seen in one place.
Sisterdale Saloon: fourth stop in Sisterdale.
Shadetree Saloon & Grill: fifth and final stop in Spring Branch -- hosted a meet-n-greet, and provided a beyond-decent burger+fries special to fun run participants.
Finally, a special thank-you to USMVTX2 MC for putting it all together: well-executed, and I was impressed with the people and places we visited.
Other than myself, one Valk in attendance at the start of the ride -- didn't see you at the Shadetree or I would have introduced myself. There was another Valk sighting at Sisterdale, unrelated to the run: we spoke briefly before I had to continue to the next ride destination -- you were on your way into the saloon for a cold one with your wife
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Although severely outnumbered by H-D iron, other bikes of note included a Triumph Rocket III, the occasional Yamaha Cruiser, a couple of Honda VTXs, and a BMW sport-touring model. One ride "casualty" of which I'm aware: a rider lost control on River Rd. between Gruene and Canyon Lake at one of the river crossing bridges (bottom of a hill, right-angle left turn onto the bridge, and no significant edge/guardrail to speak of). Bike ended up in the river -- rider ended up on the bank. EMS was called
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