Last year's Texas Adventure Ride was so much fun, Lone Star co-owner Robert Krull and his wife Carla Cay decided to do it again. They headed off to Junction, Texas on Thursday afternoon to join up with lots of other dual sport motorcycle enthusiasts for a weekend of springtime riding in the beautiful Texas Hill Country. Junction is about 115 miles west of Austin and is surrounded by the rolling hills and clear blue skies of the hill country. Robert thinks he is so cool, using his fancy iPhone to send us photos during the Texas Adventure Ride. We know he is sending the photos just to make us jealous since we are all working back in Austin while he is out riding his motorcycle in the Hill Country. He succeeded. We are jealous. Carla Cay is pictured here taking a break on her red BMW F650GS. Click for photos from last year's 2008 Texas Adventure Ride.

Robert and Carla Cay's riding group is shown here taking a break to stretch their legs and enjoy the peace and quiet of the Hill Country. The Texas Adventure Ride takes place each April when the bluebonnets are blooming and the spring rains and warm sunshine begin to turn the countryside green. This year Central Texas is suffering from an extreme drought, but some recent rains have helped a little. That looks like Robert Stallones in the center of the photo, taking a snapshot. Robert S. lives in Houston, but he buys all of his BMW motorcycles at Lone Star in Austin. He's a good guy.

Thanks to the Legends Motel in Junction, Texas for their Texas-friendly hospitality.

It was plenty warm on Saturday and a stop under a shade tree seemed like a good idea. That is Robert Krull's BMW F650GS Dakar on the right, and it looks like Robert Stallone's BMW G650 XChallenge on the left.

One of the highlights of the Texas Adventure Ride is the riders banquet on Saturday night. Good food and drinks and lots of lots of motorcycle talk. Some of the tales told at the banquet might actually have some microscopic basis in the truth. Connie and Carla Cay are pictured here at the check-in table.