There will rarely be a day that goes by where there will not be someone driving or flying by. If you end up doing a lot of soft sand, gas mileage is going to suffer. I dumped it in the tank before I started back but forgot to check how much was left when I finished. I carried an extra quart of gas for a total of about 3 3/4 gallons of gas. If you can plug in to your bike, or have extra batteries, you can pass the time playing scrabble or whatever. LED strobe light (Mine is a cheap bicycle tail light)Ĭellphone (depending on your service and location, it may or may not work but it has a flashlight/signalling capabilities. Signal Mirrors (They're mounted on the handlebars! Lightweight blaze orange nylon signal panel 2'X4' (about $2.00 from any good fabric store. If my memory serves me correctly, my emergency gear for that trip:Ĥ Camelback type water bladders for a total of about 1.5 -2 gallons of water. Make sure you let them know when you get back. Tell them your plans and when you expect to be back. The most important thing you can do is to check in with the Rangers before you head down the beach. It's a one of a kind experience in the states, so tread lightly! I hear where he's coming from, and would hate to lose the ability to ride an unspoiled beach like Padre. He gave me a bit of a lecture me about that, actually. The Ranger told me that riders have a tendency to go where they aren't supposed to. The reason there is animosity towards motorcycles is that they're noisy and often don't stick to the shoreline like they're supposed to. I shouldn't have to put this here, but I will. I didn't see a single Ranger the entire trip while I was actually riding other than that though. It did make me a bit paranoid at the beginning, figuring that he was going to radio ahead to his buddies patrolling the beach. He didn't like it, but he couldn't do anything about it. I got sort of pissed and asked him run the plates. He was convinced that it was not a street legal bike. I had one attempt to keep me from riding while I was unloading from my pickup. There are kids, dogs, and invisible fishing lines that you do not want to wrap your neck around. I've been told that they have very little tolerance for speeding, but once you get down a few miles, and there are fewer people, you can see for a long ways.īe courteous when you do ride by people. Not to mention, it'll take a LONG time to get to the end if you adhere to it. It's hard to go that slow on a bike when you hit soft sand. The biggest challenge I had was the speed limit. It can be very desolate towards the end, but every time I've been down there, I've ran into the Park Rangers, Environmental workers like the turtle patrol, and almost daily Coast Guard low level fly overs. I carried enough to survive for a couple of days if something did go wrong. He got there the day before me and carried most of the fishing and camping gear. I rode it solo both ways, but was meeting a fishing buddy with a jeep at about the 55 mile mark or so.
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