On October 24th and 25th, 2009 the Trail Riders of Houston will host the 2009 TRH/AMA/KTM National Dual Sport Ride in Study Butte/Terlingua, TX. This year’s event is being held as a tribute to the late Burl Hughes who served as the TRH Chairman of it for 10 years. Burl was dedicated to the TRH and organized this event up through 2006. In 2007 the TRH held the event in "Memory of Burl Hughes" due to his untimely passing. In 2008 the TRH was unable to hold the Ride due to another organization deciding that they wanted to hold it without us.

Now, in 2009……………..WE'RE BACK! Burl’s son, Colin Hughes said it best: "Everything related to motorcycling that dad did was about the TRH" so it’s only fitting that we honor Burl by making this year's event a re-creation of his 2006 TRH Terlingua National Dual Sport Ride! It promises to be a FUN time for all! The 2006 ride was the last one that Burl was active in so we’ve renamed this year’s ride "Burlingua" in his honor (he loved it when we called it that!) and are taking this opportunity to ride the same last route that he closed with as a tribute to his dedication to the Trail Riders of Houston. As always, the TRH will be providing lunch and fuel for both days for all entrants. Lunch will be served on Saturday at Tivo's, at the Longhorn Ranch Motel. You'll enjoy chicken fried steaks, mashed potatoes & gravy, and all the fix'ns including Tres Leches for dessert. Lunch will be served on Sunday offering a scenic view of the Rio Grande, at "The Rock House" in Lajitas. Lunch will be delicious BBQ beef buffet w/ all the fix'ns and dessert. The Rock House has been remodeled and Kathy the Kosmic Kowgirl is catering the Sunday lunch for us so it's going to be one you won't soon forget.

I'd like to thank some TRH'ers that have already stepped up to help make this year's Burlingua National Dual Sport Ride a First Class National caliber event!

Ed Keeley – Co-Chairman, Lee Jordan – Day One Course Captain, Randy Nemitz- Day Two Course Captain, Vaughn Ivey – Day One Course and Publicity, Sam Stacy & Shawn Osburn- Gas Marshalls, Patrick Cummings – Publicity, and Colin Hughes – PR and Course Preparation.

Our "Burlingua" flyer is posted here and on the events page. Just print off the Registration form and send it in as soon as possible!