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336. This stretch starts off pretty straight, but
then bucks and snorts and twists and turns in
an effort to throw us like a bull in a Bandera
rodeo. But we use good judgment and take
her on with a calm head and a steady throttle
hand—fast enough to be fun, but in control
and ready for the unexpected. This is whitetail
deer country, and they will pop up at the most
inopportune times, like in the middle of a
downhill, off camber, decreasing radius turn!
Then there's the occasional cage….they can be
as unpredictable as a deer and seem to show
up at inopportune times, as well.
But today it's cows! A herd of them is
leisurely making its way up the highway to
where their owner has a feed wagon. We slow
Left: I think a little gasoline and a new battery and the Farmall
might run! The rubber on it looks better than my bike tire!
"Rust N Peace" is just east of Camp Wood on Ranch Road 337.
Above: The Lone Star Flag was adopted by the Republic of Texas
in 1838, which became the 28th U.S. state in 1845.
