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Alright, figured I'd just start a thread dedicated to this trip. Just makes sense to do so. I'll be making the run this coming Saturday, May 23rd and all are welcome to join as usual. For this trip, we'll be starting up near San Saba and driving gravel in that area in the morning with the really cool suspension bridge (only vehicle traversable suspension bridge in Texas). We will also be driving on gravel through a huge pecan grove (one of the larger ones in the state). We will then be heading back south along numerous new gravel roads my father and I scouted last weekend. Those roads will eventually lead us back to Llano. I figure we'll picnic along the way. I'll research San Saba and see if they have any good BBQ places (surely they do, it is TX afterall). Last week, my father and I left Liberty Hill at 8am and made it all the way back to Pflugerville by 7:00pm (we stopped for a LONG time at Coopers in Llano and then had to nurse the rig all the way home as the alternator was going out and the battery was dying).
Anyway, on to the plan:
Figure we meet at the Valero near Liberty Hill. This one will be the one on the EAST side of 183 (see map below)....that we, if there are a bunch of rigs, we can all make a right onto 29 and then merge onto 183 (much safer that way).
For the people coming from South Austin, it make sense to roll west on 71 and intersect 281 where you'll head North thru Marble Falls and intersect 183 in Lampasas. Map it on Google and see which is shorter. If you decide to go that route, be at the Stripes in Lampasas by 9:00am and we will roll out directly. Address: 801 Key Ave., Lampasas, TX 76550
We will roll-out at 8:15am and head up 183 to Lampasas and then continue on NW towards Lometa where we'll had W on 190 to the trailhead. It will take about 1-1.25 hours to get to the trailhead. We generally make a quick stop at the Stripes in Lampasas to top of the tanks, get a 2nd (or 3rd coffee) and then roll on.
I don't suspect there will be any water crossings at all on this trip as things have started to dry up pretty good. Hopefully we get some more rain this week which will "green" everything up quite a bit.
Let me know by Friday if you can go so I have a headcount and don't leave anyone behind.
~Gary
(512) 800-1421
HAM/GMRS: 462.675 MHz
Alright, figured I'd just start a thread dedicated to this trip. Just makes sense to do so. I'll be making the run this coming Saturday, May 23rd and all are welcome to join as usual. For this trip, we'll be starting up near San Saba and driving gravel in that area in the morning with the really cool suspension bridge (only vehicle traversable suspension bridge in Texas). We will also be driving on gravel through a huge pecan grove (one of the larger ones in the state). We will then be heading back south along numerous new gravel roads my father and I scouted last weekend. Those roads will eventually lead us back to Llano. I figure we'll picnic along the way. I'll research San Saba and see if they have any good BBQ places (surely they do, it is TX afterall). Last week, my father and I left Liberty Hill at 8am and made it all the way back to Pflugerville by 7:00pm (we stopped for a LONG time at Coopers in Llano and then had to nurse the rig all the way home as the alternator was going out and the battery was dying).
Anyway, on to the plan:
Figure we meet at the Valero near Liberty Hill. This one will be the one on the EAST side of 183 (see map below)....that we, if there are a bunch of rigs, we can all make a right onto 29 and then merge onto 183 (much safer that way).
For the people coming from South Austin, it make sense to roll west on 71 and intersect 281 where you'll head North thru Marble Falls and intersect 183 in Lampasas. Map it on Google and see which is shorter. If you decide to go that route, be at the Stripes in Lampasas by 9:00am and we will roll out directly. Address: 801 Key Ave., Lampasas, TX 76550
We will roll-out at 8:15am and head up 183 to Lampasas and then continue on NW towards Lometa where we'll had W on 190 to the trailhead. It will take about 1-1.25 hours to get to the trailhead. We generally make a quick stop at the Stripes in Lampasas to top of the tanks, get a 2nd (or 3rd coffee) and then roll on.
I don't suspect there will be any water crossings at all on this trip as things have started to dry up pretty good. Hopefully we get some more rain this week which will "green" everything up quite a bit.
Let me know by Friday if you can go so I have a headcount and don't leave anyone behind.
~Gary
(512) 800-1421
HAM/GMRS: 462.675 MHz