I made arrangements to meet up with Chandra at the train station this morning. The plan was to ride on over and see what was happening at the 25th Annual Main Street Arts Festival in downtown Fort Worth. We had originally intended to do an S24O this weekend but things fell through.
I was running late so I took a few shortcuts as I headed from home to the train station.
This pulled up behind me as I was waiting for the light to change at Cantey and 8th.
Just before we left the train station we saw this Apache coming in for a landing. Of course we then had to search it out to get a look.
I'm not sure what it was doing here. It's possible they were getting ready to roll it into the convention center.
Having the corral available made for a pleasant visit. Last year I walked my bike through the crowds.
Fort Worth aka Panther City
I don't know who they were but they played a nice rendition of Tumbling Tumbleweeds.
After taking in the sights at the festival we headed south to Spiral Diner. Chandra is a vegetarian so this is the first place that came to mind.
I had a portabello quesadilla. Since this is a vegan restaraunt there was no cheese in the thing but whatever the substitute was, it was tasty.
Chandra rode back to the train station on his new Rohloff equipped Thorn Nomad. This is a serious touring bike. The placement of the front brake behind the fork was something that I hadn't seen before. I suppose its to prevent interference from the panniers.
Looks like a great time. That quesadilla looked delicious!
ReplyDeleteIt was a pleasant afternoon. I almost always ride alone so it was nice to have some company for a change.
ReplyDeleteThe meal was good and was surprisingly filling. I expected to still be hungry afterwards, like when I eat a salad.
I would have liked to join you, except... this weekend just kind of filled up on me. I never even made it to the Art Festival.
ReplyDeletehey myles, very nice post with great photos. you have done a very thorough job!
ReplyDeletethanks for a great tour of the fest and parts of fw.
peace :)
Doohickie-We'll get a group together next year. Hopefully you can make it to Trinity Bikes on Friday.
ReplyDeleteChandra-I enjoyed it.
Excellent!
ReplyDeleteEspecially the background story on Pantherville...more usefull/less information to stick into the cerebral archives. LOL
Aaron
Vegan restaurant? I spent 11 years as a vegetarian, the last four as a vegan. And not once did I come across a vegan restaurant. I would have been in heaven.
ReplyDeletei really enjoy seeing all the posts by my texan bloggy friends :DDDDD
ReplyDeletemakes me smile big, i really like that star rack?! we should have bear ones here in calif. je jeee
chandra beardless, almost didnt recognized him!!
so cool - you guys are the best
greetings from SF + much caffeinated luv
meli