Ride to Southfork Ranch-Who Shot J.R.?

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Yesterday was such a beautiful day, my son and I went for a little ride on his Triumph Tiger 800 XC and my CB1100 DLX. We lunched at a great Cajun restaurant in Plano and rode to our intended stop.

Our destination was Southfork Ranch; the set and fictional home of the Ewings on the Dallas TV Show. This TV Show was a huge success and was known Worldwide as the show that put Dallas on the map. If you are old enough to remember, Dallas ended one season on a "cliffhanger" entitled "Who Shot J.R.?". The whole country was talking about the fate of the character Larry Hagman played.

The Southfork Ranch is a tourist destination now and you have to pay to visit it. We, being the cheap riders we are, opted to take our photos from across the street.

On the way back, we got "lost" and ended up way north completely out of our way, However, when you are riding and having fun, getting lost is just a little more riding time to have fun.

Nice!! Great photo as well! I'm based in Dallas as well, had my prom at Southfork in fact.

There are some good twisty roads north of town, Farm Road 455 from Preston east, 1827 North from 380, etc. Give me a shout if you'd ever like to go on a ride somewhere locally!

grover