The spring GOAT (Green Country Oklahoma Adventure Tour) Rally was coming up. My 25 year-old daughter Kristin said she’d like to try it. I was surprised since for the last five or six years, she’s only been riding about once a year. This is a two-day ride of 400+ miles. We took the old race trailer and camped in it at Eagle Bluff Resort on the Illinois River. We showed up on Friday afternoon.
The ride organizer’s primary bike was broken down so he brought his Grom. Kristin stole it for a few laps around the campground.
Many began arriving that evening. This is Kristin with Sylvie. She’s a French woman, married to an English man, now living in Dallas. Coincidentally, Kristin lives in Dallas now too. I rode with Sylvie and her husband Gary at the Sooner Adventure Ride last year. She’s a good rider.
Saturday morning, the group met and rode out about 9:30.
We rode a relaxed pace, mostly just looking at the scenery.
I check this eagle’s nest every time I ride by. I finally got to see the birds.
The falls on Falls Branch.
The now-closed low water crossing on the Illinois.
This was Proctor School II.
A mossy slough.
The ride organizer’s primary bike was broken down so he brought his Grom. Kristin stole it for a few laps around the campground.
Many began arriving that evening. This is Kristin with Sylvie. She’s a French woman, married to an English man, now living in Dallas. Coincidentally, Kristin lives in Dallas now too. I rode with Sylvie and her husband Gary at the Sooner Adventure Ride last year. She’s a good rider.
Saturday morning, the group met and rode out about 9:30.
We rode a relaxed pace, mostly just looking at the scenery.
I check this eagle’s nest every time I ride by. I finally got to see the birds.
The falls on Falls Branch.
The now-closed low water crossing on the Illinois.
This was Proctor School II.
A mossy slough.