The day started off beautiful, but COLD!  See attached pic for view of early temp -45 degrees. So, obviously we were suited up like the Michelin Man, making it warm but hard to move around. Tough to get the leg up over the bike when you can’t bend your leg very well! 🙂

We headed out on the classic 3s loop — 337, 335 and 336 — then turned north up 83 and up the River Road into Hunt (beautiful drive!) and up to Luckenbach to the Harvest Classic Bike Rally.

We ponied up the $20 each for a day pass – I had to remind Biker it was for a good cause (they’re raising money for families battling childhood cancer). We stood in a loooooooong line to get a beer and a pulled pork sandwich, then wandered the antique bike show looking at the bikes and searching for some buddies from the Houston BMW Club. Never did find the friends, but saw lots of cool bikes.

We headed out of Luckenbach and tried out a few new roads (thanks, Butler maps!) on our way back to Leakey – Grapetown Road, Grape Creek Road, Bear Creek Road and Cedarpoint Road. Lots of cattle guards, but other than that, all good roads and something a little different from the usual Hill Country fare. We also really enjoyed Highway 16 south of Fredericksburg into Medina and 337 back into Leakey (although new chip seal left it a bit gravelly for my full comfort). A less-than-inspired meal back in Leakey and then it was back to the rental for some of that great Bordeaux and Jaws on the incredibly tiny TV in our rental.

Quick side note – every time we saw a sign or talked about Medina or Luckenbach, those songs would pop into my head. I got so frustrated with trying to remember the words to Funky Cold Medina that I finally Googled them and discovered I wasn’t crazy — that song and Wild Thing, both by Tone Loc, are the same exact song with different lyrics. I kept mixing them up and kept thinking, “these are the same tune!” Sure ’nuff.

Headed back to Houston now. Our beautiful weekend is over, as it’s already feeling more humid as we pass south of San Antonio.  Now if I can just get Funky Cold Medina and Luckenbach, Texas out of my head. They were playing on a loop all weekend whenever we would see a sign for either of those towns.