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Today was a short 100 mile ride as a big storm rolled through. The nice thing….it was much cooler and the ride was great.

We stopped in Broken Bow and had a good breakfast at Beaver Bend. Apparently every restaurant here is closed on Monday except this one.

Next stop was the Beaver Bend Lodge. We had to get checked in early before the storm started. Pretty cool place over looking the lake.

Now comes the fun part. So let me set up this picture for you. It just finished raining, the bikes are soaking wet, it’s steamy hot and we are 5 miles from any place to eat. Clearly the obvious decision is to go on a 5 mile hike into to town. It was great…..well at least I thought so.

Dad was a trooper and hung in there. I promised him there is a really cool brewery at the end of the trail. #culturedad. So we walked and we walked. Took us a whopping hour but it was a good time.

Finally we arrive and it was time to have a cold beer and good food. The sign looks promising……

Well this is where we confirmed everything is closed on Mondays. Lol…..5 miles on foot and it’s closed. You can imagine the look I got. I have to admit I laughed a little bit.

Lucky for us a small pizza place was open across the street. So the party was back on.

After dinner and beers we hiked the 5 miles back and dad was out for the night. It was a fun day 2 and we have literally gone only 200 miles on this trip.

Stay tuned!!!!

After a long year of crazy we are back for a ride through the Ozarks. Maybe we will stop and talk to Marty (Netflix joke)……But before we leave I needed a little help from my mini me’s to get the old bike shining again.

Bikes are shined up and ready to hit the road. The temperature is 98 but it feels like 108 🙂

First stop of the day is of course Dairy Queen…#culturedadstilltrying. I have to admit a blizzard did taste amazing.

Made a second pit stop to pick up Randy. Looks like he is out having margaritas without us :(. If I call the phone number on the sign do I get a free margarita?

After a hot but quick ride we made it to Durant OK, however Dad got a little lost trying to find the hotel using his HD navigation. No worries as I used my old school technique of just looking around until I spotted it.

Finally some cold beer and BBQ while we try to figure out the weather situation tomorrow. Forecasts says a big storm is on its way.

Dad is hard at work as he awaits his AT&T phone to load. No worries I have my Verizon phone.

Finally a bit of relaxing at the casino……We played blackjack for hours and left with a little money in our pocket. We did miss playing roulette with our old friend Russ.

Well that’s all for Day 1…..stay tuned

Today was our last day of an awesome motorcycle trip. We had a lot of fun. The day started early as we were attempting to beat the heat.

We left Lubbock at 6:15 am and headed home. The ride started out with a nice breeze and no cars.

Sunrise from the road….this did not last long as the winds began to pick up. As we approached a wind farm I got to experience my first dust storm while riding a bike. It was short, but interesting. We took a quick break afterwards

I know right…..lol

We continued our ride making good time. It did get hot, but as long as you were riding the wind kept you cool. If you have ever rode a bike you know what I mean when I say the wind will beat you down.

So true story….the whole trip people would stop and look at Randy’s bike a Triumph (the one I was riding) and comment on how much they liked it. It really is a great looking bike that looks like a beast. Unfortunately, nobody ever said anything about Dads Harley (sorry dad). Until today when we pulled into a gas station in a small small town. This old man pulls up in his old truck and gets out. He looks at both bikes and starts talking to us. He asked about both bikes then he says and I quote “I prefer a Harley made in America vs. some Triumph bike made in China”. What the what 🙄🤬🙄😂🤢🤮. Whatever…….

Dad and I finally made it to Mineral Wells for some much needed lunch.

After lunch we rode on and finally made it home.

It was a great trip and I super enjoyed hanging out with dad. Oh and it’s suppose to be gearsandbeers not gearsandbears. I’m blaming auto correct 🤔.

Gearsandbeers round 2 is in the books. Until next year…….

Today was an interesting, but fun day of riding. We did 320 miles as we are headed home.

We started out at 6:45 am heading to Tucumcari, NM. The temperature outside was a perfect 52 degrees. The ride was amazing, just us and the road. Then all of a sudden we transitioned from flat prairie land to being on the side of a mountain. It was a little surreal to be honest

The mountain ride was a little crazy, especially as I spotted the damaged guardrail which had a strait drop off on the other side. As we continued the twisty roads with 45 degree turns I began to get a little nervous. Dad later said I was going to slow. My response was I only had one shot of not falling off the mountain. 🙄

This picture does not show the few thousand foot drop right behind us.

After the mountain we road on. The temperature quickly rose and the wind significantly picked up. Upon arriving in Tucumcari we stopped for a quick break and gas. Unfortunately for me I discovered bird sh** on me.

🤢🤮🤢….whatever I cleaned it off and moved on.

As we road on the wind continued to pick up with 25 mph gust. It made me nervous especially as big 18 wheelers passed us. So we slowed down a little bit, temperature at 96 degrees 😢.

Finally we made it to Tejas .

You can see we were tired and wind beaten. At this point we had about 100 miles aka eternity to Lubbock. The wind was still crazy and driving Dad and I bonkers.

Finally after what seemed like forever we arrived in Lubbock. We stopped at Embassy Suites to get some much needed rest

You can tell we were tired and I was a little grumpy. The last 100 miles were tough. We went and had dinner at a great local brewery, but I didn’t take any pics. I’m exhausted. Good night…..

Today was a great riding day. Not many miles but a lot of fun.

The day began with a 5 star breakfast at the Quality Inn 🙄. Gourmet stale toast was the special.

It was 52 degrees when we left out for Taos. We rode through San Juan National Forrest and it was picturesque.

Next we made our way down to Carson National Forrest. This part of the ride was very tricky as a massive storm system came through. We literally stopped on the side of the mountain so dad could figure out our plan. Somehow he brilliantly maneuvered us for hours down the mountain. Dad nicknamed himself “Howard Taft” 🙄 after the well known Dallas meteorologist. I know I know …..

We continued on down making multiple stops on the side of the mountain….did a bunch of twisty roads and a few Gatorade breaks. Some of the twisty roads were a little scary as the road was wet, but we made it. Well kind of….coming out of the National Forrest a deer decided to surprise visit us. Luckily Dad saw it coming and we avoided having to bring back deer meat.

We then stopped at the “Gorge” and it was really cool.

Sorry my pictures do not do it justice. It’s very cool.

We finally made it to Taos. Hot, tired, hungry and ready for a break. So where did we go …..

I guess everyone’s says you have to eat at Michaels. So that’s where we landed. The food was good, but I was little worried about dad after ordering….

We still had another 140 miles to to next stop. Good luck old man. 😂

After finishing our late lunch we got back on the road. About 15 miles outside of town we quickly realized the rain was back and we were about to get poured on. So we pulled off and “Mr. Taft” went to work. Meantime a crazy driver coming from the opposite direction decided to pass a dump truck right beside us. I had a few choice words for that idiot🤬.

We then spent the next few hours making our way to Vegas. I know right Las Vegas, NM. Unfortunately I was disappointed with no casinos or cool shows in sight. So we settled for the next best thing….

Yep you guessed correctly ice cream at DQ. What better to do in Vegas than visit DQ.

After finishing up Mr Taft alerted me about our weather situation. So we decided to stay in Vegas and watch America’s Got Talent. 🤔

Tomorrow we are headed Lubbock….💤

Today was a great riding day. We only did 230 miles, but made a lot of stops. We started our day at the Angel Fire bakery.

For some reason all the parking lots here are gravel. So getting in an out is tough on the heavy bikes. No drops so far…knock on wood.

We then headed to Red River. The ride was amazing. Winding roads, beautiful scenery and 60 weather. Perfect…..

We then stopped in Red River to see dads partner’s (business partner #culturedad) wife Brenda.

It was great to see Brenda and her camp site. It was really cool with this great stream full of trout.

We then left out and headed to Pagosa Springs. The ride started out ok but quickly got hot and windy.

We stopped at this random place for lunch. They had amazing fish tacos and weird potatoes. Dad would not eat the potatoes, to much culture I think.

Finally we arrived at Rio Grande National Park. I was very excited, however the excitement was short lived as thunderstorms rolled in 😢. So we had two options: continue riding in the rain or stop and wait……Of course we decided to ride on. Nothing like winding roads, high elevations, steep cliffs and of course rain. It was actually a lot of fun…Dad and I rocked it all the way down. We may have had a line of cars behind us, but we didn’t care. It took a awhile and we even stopped in a tunnel for a few minutes. That was a little crazy with all the cars flying by.

We finally pulled into Pagosa Springs for a cold beer and some rest.

Another day in the books….tomorrow we are headed to Taos….night💤

Well what a day…300 miles….we started off in Amarillo having breakfast at the steakhouse.

And no I’m not wearing the same shirt as yesterday :). Just same color. For those that asked I know I know….

So after breakfast dad and I were getting back on the bikes, but got interrupted/met the former #3 snow skier in the world. He’s a truck driver now. He suggested we scrap our trip and ride to Alaska 🙄. Finally after what seemed like forever we were about to leave and bam a guy walks up who travels and writes magazine articles about bikes and hotels. He was asking about Randy’s bike (the one I’m riding). Dad told him the bike was his partner’s. The guy smiled….I had to remind dad to add the word business in front of “partner”, #culturedad. We may be famous soon in some travel magazine.

The next 200 miles were what I call the New Mexico wind tunnel. It was hotter than hell and the wind was crazy. There was wind from all directions.

We stopped in Clayton at this famous place dad wanted to go to for lunch.

It was not really famous, but it had air conditioning and water so no complaints. Then it was back to the wind tunnel for another beating.

Finally as we pulled into Cimarron a storm blew in. I have never been so excited to see a big storm. The temp dropped and the clouds blocked the sun. We got rained on a little bit until we pulled into a gas station for a much needed break.

The picture does not do it justice.

We then decided to cut our day short and stay in Cimarron. So the only hotel in town is haunted. The lady had a room for us until she realized we were on bikes. All of a sudden our room was unavailable. #annoyed. So we moved to plan B, book a hotel somewhere close. Dads phone had no coverage, which makes sense for an AT&T customer. My Verizon phone worked like a champ. 🤔

We got a room in Angel Fire about 50 miles away at the ski resort. The ride to Angel Fire was amazing. We rode through Cimarron State Park. Lots of winding roads and a little bit of rain.

Finally arrived at the lodge for some much needed rest. We are exhausted….aka dad is already asleep and snoring

Good night 💤

So it’s super late as day one was a long ride 382 miles. Of course we started the ride going through Weatherford as that’s where all trips start (inside family joke). It was the hotter than hell sprint to Amarillo. You can see I got a little sun burned. The sun block I used was garbage. So tired from the heat and wind. Dad and I were chugging Gatorade and water. We decided last minute to not go to Lubbock. Instead we had steak in Amarillo with a few beers

Yeah we got picked up by a limo with long horns on the front. The driver pulled up to the amazing Super 8 to get us.

All in all day 1 was hot and well West Texas scenery but we had a lot fun.

Tomorrow is NewMexico and then Colorado. It will be a lot of fun. And Josh what the heck does keep your head on the swivel mean. Dad said you would know 🙄.

Hello GearsandBeers fan club. It’s that time again for the annual motorcycle ride. This year’s trip is six days as we travel to New Mexico and Colorado. The plan is to leave tomorrow around noon and head to Lubbock. Hopefully we avoid heat strokes as it will be hot. Unfortunately this year my little brother Josh is unable to go as he decided his honeymoon was more important 🙂 . The blog was a big success last year so we are continuing it this year. I’m looking forward to #culturedad with some more breweries along the way.

Thanks Randy for lending your bike.