Ride w/ Bill L.

Event date: 
Sat, 10/10/2026 - 7:00am

 

We’re going to have lunch at Barb’s BBQ. It’s a relatively new place (at least by Texas BBQ standards), but it has awesome reviews. And as of today, they are NOT planning on being on vacation on the 10th!

 

You may be thinking “Bill, you magnificent BBQ guy: If it’s so great, won’t it have a line out front? We don’t want to wait!”

 

It may very well have a line out front when we get there. But fortunately, Lockhart has a number of great BBQ joints we can use as an alternate. There’s Kreuz, Terry Black’s, Black’s (the other side of the family). Smitty’s, and so on. Don’t worry, we’ll find a place and it’ll be AWESOME!

 

The details:

 

Meet at RHD at 7:00 AM with KSU at 7:30. Yes, it’s an early KSU. But we want to get there as early as possible to beat at least a little bit of the crowd. We’ll ride a combination of highways and back roads and should arrive at Barb’s at 11:30.  That’s about 172 miles. We’ll have a gas / rest stop in Sealy and another just after we start our return.

 

After eating, we’ll head back mostly on I-10. The ride will end at the Buc-ee’s in Katy. That’s another 125 miles. If everything goes to plan, we’ll finish up around 2 PM. (That’s assuming we don’t get behind some super oversized loads that go 10 mph, take up the entire roadway, are police escorted, and have utility trucks to lift power lines out of the way, and so on….)

 

If you want to go (AND YOU KNOW YOU DO), please RSVP on the chapter website.

 

It’ll probably be still pretty hot, so start hydrating at least 24 hours before the trip. And bring LOTS something to hydrate with: We don’t want any incidents involving dehydration!!:

 

Any questions, please contact me @ bleska@mindpsring.com

 

 

Bill Leska

 

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Event location:
12707 Southwest Freeway
Republic Harley
Stafford TX
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Event Coordinator: 
Bill Leska
Head Road Captain

bill.leska@gmail.com