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Ride / Trip Reports Short solo cruise? Long-distance solo or group tour? Tell us what it was like... (also contains the sub-forum for Iron Butt Association riders and other long distance riders)

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Old 09-26-2009, 07:12 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I took a ride up to Caddo Lake State Park over Labor Day weekend. I left early Saturday morning and headed out I-10 toward Beaumont, then cut up Highway 12 to Highway 87. 87 runs all the way up through the center of Sabine National Forest alongside Toledo Bend Reservoir which borders on the state line of Texas and Louisiana. That's a beautiful highway, perfect for being on a bike! I then took a jumbled maze of little FM roads to Uncertain, TX on the shore of Caddo Lake. Caddo Lake is pretty much a swamp with a forest of old-growth Cypress trees covered in Spanish moss thriving in the very shallow water of the lake's edge. I was checked into my room by noon and then rode around the little roads surrounding the lake. I also took a paddle-wheel boat ride that tours the lake. I'd love to go back up and do some kayaking there. It's kind of a surreal place.
Saturday morning I rode into Jefferson, TX about 25 miles from Uncertain, and had breakfast. Then I headed out to ride around Lake of the Pines. I was back in Jefferson about 2 in the afternoon and had lunch there, then rode back to my room in Uncertain. The rest of the afternoon I spent riding around Caddo Lake State Park and hiking a few trails. Got up about 5 Sunday morning and headed back to Houston, basically retracing the route I had come up.
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Great description of your ride! Very cool pics. If ever running that way again and want a some company, let me know.
Recently got 06 America and always looking for rides and other Triumphers. We have a daughter living in Houston... so hoping to ride to Houston soon.
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Thanks ET. If you do come to Houston, check out this forum. http://www.triumphrat.net/riders-gro...e-triumph.html

I rode with some of the guys in this group once. Pretty good bunch of guys. Laid back and good company. And I do plan on going back to Caddo Lake sometime in the spring. Really liked the place.
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Great picture, H08T! I'd wear out my camera in a place like that.
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Nice photos! Red is good!

I remember reading about Caddo Lake years ago. It would be neat to take a kayak or a canoe and go poke around the lake a bit. How's the fishing there?
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Great photos....always nice to see folks take the time to share what's in their area. So many places I read about here that I have not heard of.
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Thanks everyone, for the comments. And plowboyzzt, I can only dream about riding in the places you've been. I've always thought that a trip down the Pan American Highway would be the ultimate journey.
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Wow! Does your trip report bring back memories! I traveled that area in '95 and loved it! Used to live in Natchitoches, LA.

Beautiful bike too!
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