171 miles

The next day, our Big Bend adventure continued. My motorcycle buddy and I were going to have a very long day in the saddle – 171 miles by the end of it of dirt, rocks, gravel, more dirt, gravel and asphalt and everything in between. It was a helluva day. And here’s how it started.

ominous

This is one of those occasions where I was seeing and thinking in monochrome…..

~ by Derrick Birdsall on February 9, 2012.

Posted in b/w, Big Bend, clouds, hiking, light, Motorcycle, photography, sepia, sunrise, Texas, The West, winter
Tags: Big Bend Ranch State Park, clouds, mackerel sky, photography, Texas, winter

8 Responses to “171 miles”

Wow…that’s alotta miles for one butt to take! Could you even walk afterwards?? 😉

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milkayphoto said this on February 9, 2012 at 1:40 pm | Reply
- actually, yes! Spent a good portion of that day standing up on the pegs. Great workout. 😉
  
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  Derrick Birdsall said this on February 9, 2012 at 8:57 pm | Reply
Amazing post ,Great entry 🙂

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jakesprinter said this on February 9, 2012 at 5:13 pm | Reply
- thanks Jake!!
  
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  Derrick Birdsall said this on February 9, 2012 at 9:06 pm | Reply
Fabulous!

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Fergiemoto said this on February 12, 2012 at 6:02 pm | Reply
- thank you!!
  
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  Derrick Birdsall said this on February 15, 2012 at 10:33 pm | Reply
I love that jag of light, Mr. B…
almost looks like that incredible sky is about to tear right open…
🙂

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spilledinkguy said this on February 15, 2012 at 8:31 pm | Reply
- I think we must be twins because I thought the exact same thing. 😉
  
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  Derrick Birdsall said this on February 15, 2012 at 10:31 pm | Reply