Good drives near central Texas

[Quickurt]

I'll consider that, but they are all for north Florida and south to central Georgia.

[stateofidleness]

aww, thought they were texas routes.

[schnellman]

My wife is from Austin and I lived in Texas for over ten years. I've driven from Houston to El Paso and from Texarkana to Del Rio. The one thing you need to keep in mind that distances in Texas are on a totally different scale than the rest of the lower 48. When you lay out a trip make sure you understand the distances. Having said that, I vote for the hill country west of Austin. Higher altitudes and lower humidity. Houston is for masochists in the summer.

[Scbrindley]

I have done tons of drives around the Hill Country. Check out these specific locations for some great roads,

Devils Backbone
Twin Sisters
Willow City Loop
Hamilton Pool Road
Crabapple Road

Just a few good ones....join up with our local PCA chapter; Hill Country Region. We do some great drives and always find some interesting locations.

SB

[seningen]

Originally Posted by Scbrindley

I have done tons of drives around the Hill Country. Check out these specific locations for some great roads,

Devils Backbone
Twin Sisters
Willow City Loop
Hamilton Pool Road
Crabapple Road

Just a few good ones....join up with our local PCA chapter; Hill Country Region. We do some great drives and always find some interesting locations.

SB

Just keep an eye out for the weather as a lot of those hill country roads have
low water crossings and it doesn't take much this time of year to flood out.

As far as rallying goes -- find a cute little honey --- and on the second
leg through drop her off shopping in F'burg. Then do the second
half of the rally yourself.

Great for driving -- hard on navigation :-)

BTW: my CLH was my wife last year -- and although challenging -- not sure
I'd recommend solo rallying - esp trying to mark off the cattle guards.

Glance at instructions, accelerate, shift, mark cattle guard, brake, down shift,
cattle guard, hard turn, cattle guard, back on the gas, up shift cattle guard,
hard brake, Down shift, more brake, low water crossing, hard gas, cattle guard, sweeping left, hard right, bump, hard left, brake cattle guard, bump, cattle guard, accelerate ..... rinse and repeat. A blast to drive. hard to navigate

The only saving grace was that you knew you should have an even number
of cattle guards :-)

Mike

[mshassere]

Glad y'all are coming. We have around 110 folks signed up right now. 3 distinct drive options, a great dinner, and a whole bunch of door prizes.

The routes are going to be fun this year. A mix of some roads we have been on before, and some new twists and turns. The gimmick rally (clue based route in the Hill Country) is going to be fun for those who choose it.

Just so all know, shirt order date cutoff is tonight, dinner and lunch cutoff is Aug 27.

Fredericksburg Inn is full (we even added an extra 10 room, but they all went in a day). Inn at Baron Creek has a few rooms left.

If anyone has questions or wants more detail, check out www.boxstoberfest.com, or email me at shassere@gmail.com