Rider 538 (Andrew Cole) rode from Arkansas to Texas to ride the 2021 Grand Tour. He writes an interesting blog about his motorcycle travels. He wrote a nine part blog about his time riding in the Motorcycle Grand Tour of Texas. Check-out his blog at www.AndyAcrossAmerica.com.

I enjoyed reading Andy's blog. If you have a blog about your motorcycle travels, let me know.

Mark your calendars. Plans for a Sept. 11th weekend event in Kerrville are being developed. This event will benefit Veterans Assistance Dogs of Texas.

Events being considered are:

Stay tuned for info...

The discount rate is good for nights of September 10th and 11th. The last 10 are likely to sell-out soon.

Register now, at the discounted rate, before they book-up the remaining rooms established at the special rate room.

Use the button below to book a reservation and get the discounted rate for the tour riders.

Rider 209 at Kerrville National Cemetery. Please remember, this cemetery is the replacement stop for Stop 40.

I am now offering tour stickers in the tour shop. These are high quality stickers that will look great on your bike and car.

Please do not reply to this newsletter email. Instead, use the "Contact Tour Director" button, if you have a question. Thank you.

South Main Iron (SMI) hosted a great fund raising event for Lone Star Rider's Riding for a Cure campaign. The event raised $700 for the American Diabetes Association.

It was great to see tour riders come out for the event. I enjoyed riding with several of the tour riders on the run that was arranged by SMI.

Lone Star Rider has moved his trailer to a location where the tour riders can get a picture with it to get credit for tour stop 44. You can find the location of the trailer via his GPS tracker at this link.

To make a donation to the American Diabetes Association via his Riding for a Cure page, use this link.

Lone Star Rider will be at the Hill Country Motorhead's Museum on July 10, 2021 and at the Y.O. Ranch Hotel on September 11, 2021.

Rider 32 at the Hico Sign

The sign had been temporarily taken down for repairs, but the sign is back up now.

If you want an opportunity to win a prize, submit receipts (up to 3 per specified sponsor) during the tour.

In accordance with the rules for participation, receipts from specified tour sponsors earn additional points. The receipts must have been issued on or after March 15, 2021.

Be sure that the name of the sponsor or non-profit, date of purchase, and amount of purchase/donation is visible on the pictures of receipts that you submit. Be sure to write your flag number on receipts you submit. If a receipt is to be split by a couple (hotel, food), write both of your flag numbers on the receipt. The split receipt will need to be uploaded twice (once for each participant).

BONUS POINTS – For five (5) bonus points, take one picture of your bike at a tour stop with your tour flag and a copy of Ride Texas magazine. You pick the tour stop location, but only submit one picture. Submitting multiple pictures with the magazine in the picture will not increase the bonus points – just send one. The Ride Texas bonus points selection is right after stop 50 on the drop-down selector in the picture portal. For a list of where you can get an issue of Ride Texas magazine, see this link.

American Diabetes Association (Lone Star Rider's Mission)

To make donations to Lone Star Rider's Fund Raising page for the American Diabetes Association (ADA), submit a picture of the receipt you receive via email from the ADA. When you fill-out the on-line donation form, put your name in the "name recognition box" and in the personal note box, enter a note to state that you are participating in the Motorcycle Grand Tour of Texas.

Riders who make 25 or more of the stops are considered tour finishers and receive a patch identifying them as Tour Finishers.

However, there are always some riders who make it to all 50 tour stops! Those riders are recognized here and will receive a patch indicating that they are 50 Stop Tour Finishers.

If you have made 50 tour stops and I have not yet updated your record, please contact me so I can review your pictures out of sequence.

Here is the list of those who have made all 50 tour stops (as of May 31, 2021):

The stone has been wet a lot lately!