BMT Fall 2011 11/5/11
11-07-2011, 11:51 PM
#123
Registered User
Ok folks...I filtered it down to 100 photos, and it may be a a couple days before I have time to get that much smaller. However, here is a little 10 photo teaser. After looking at these, I wish I had actually washed my car Friday night and all the hood and roof reflections would have looked even better. These are RAW files, converted to JPG in Lightroom. A few got a crop and a little extra contrast added.
11-08-2011, 09:13 AM
#125
Registered User
I made it back to New Orleans safely and clocked 1670 miles total. Freakin’ well worth it. I had an amazing experience on BMT. Kudos to Andy and his team for putting on a fantastic well organized event.
The Fall colors were an excellent back drop to the technical twistys and the high speed sweepers. Thanks to David J. for leading and Bill for sweeping our group. The optional late night driving tour of Eureka Springs was appreciated. LOL. Ending up at the Rowdy Beaver culminated a fantastic day.
Sunday I drove back Hwy 7 to Hot Springs and did the tourist thing. Monday continued back home. Top down all the way.
Definitely coming back next Fall and will encourage the Gulf Coast folks to join me.
The Fall colors were an excellent back drop to the technical twistys and the high speed sweepers. Thanks to David J. for leading and Bill for sweeping our group. The optional late night driving tour of Eureka Springs was appreciated. LOL. Ending up at the Rowdy Beaver culminated a fantastic day.
Sunday I drove back Hwy 7 to Hot Springs and did the tourist thing. Monday continued back home. Top down all the way.
Definitely coming back next Fall and will encourage the Gulf Coast folks to join me.
11-08-2011, 05:20 PM
#126
Yeah, I checked the weather radar Sunday, redid the start of the morning portion, but headed east instead of west on 16 to avoid getting wet. East 16 from 7 to Clinton is pretty fun and very sparsely used.
Hit some antique stores, scored some "guy" finds (cheap Hot Wheels and Danelectro guitar effects), then grabbed a Motel 6 in Conway.
Took I-30 west for a bit Monday morning, then took 7 south through Arkadelphia (nothing to see there, keep going) and then a very narrow, curvy (and rather bumpy) side road to the Poison Spring/White Oak Lake area. After shaking off the lonely and talkative Hope visitor's center employee, I jumped back on I-30 and headed home to Dallas, putting the top up for the rain and stopping for new wiper blades along the way.
About a 400-mile Monday.
Now back to catching up on sleep and the work grind.
Hit some antique stores, scored some "guy" finds (cheap Hot Wheels and Danelectro guitar effects), then grabbed a Motel 6 in Conway.
Took I-30 west for a bit Monday morning, then took 7 south through Arkadelphia (nothing to see there, keep going) and then a very narrow, curvy (and rather bumpy) side road to the Poison Spring/White Oak Lake area. After shaking off the lonely and talkative Hope visitor's center employee, I jumped back on I-30 and headed home to Dallas, putting the top up for the rain and stopping for new wiper blades along the way.
About a 400-mile Monday.Now back to catching up on sleep and the work grind.
11-09-2011, 11:31 AM
#127
Registered User
11-09-2011, 05:41 PM
#129
Registered User
I made it back to New Orleans safely and clocked 1670 miles total. Freakin’ well worth it. I had an amazing experience on BMT. Kudos to Andy and his team for putting on a fantastic well organized event.
The Fall colors were an excellent back drop to the technical twistys and the high speed sweepers. Thanks to David J. for leading and Bill for sweeping our group. The optional late night driving tour of Eureka Springs was appreciated. LOL. Ending up at the Rowdy Beaver culminated a fantastic day.
Sunday I drove back Hwy 7 to Hot Springs and did the tourist thing. Monday continued back home. Top down all the way.
Definitely coming back next Fall and will encourage the Gulf Coast folks to join me.
The Fall colors were an excellent back drop to the technical twistys and the high speed sweepers. Thanks to David J. for leading and Bill for sweeping our group. The optional late night driving tour of Eureka Springs was appreciated. LOL. Ending up at the Rowdy Beaver culminated a fantastic day.
Sunday I drove back Hwy 7 to Hot Springs and did the tourist thing. Monday continued back home. Top down all the way.
Definitely coming back next Fall and will encourage the Gulf Coast folks to join me.
