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The Wind Never Stops and it is Hotter’n Hell 风从未停止，这是hotter'n地狱

June 10, 2008 in WICHITA FALLS, TX: 2008年6月10日在威奇托福尔斯，得克萨斯州：

High Temperature: Actual: 97°F高温度：实际： 97华氏度
Normal: 90°F正常： 90华氏度
Record: 105°F记录： 105华氏度

The Hotter’N Hell Hundred endurance race is one of the oldest and largest cycling events in the USA. 该hotter'n地狱100耐力赛是其中一个最古老和最大的自行车活动，在美国。

With the huge consumer products show, off-road mountain biking and USCF Races over the weekend, the Hotter’N Hell offers an awesome start and the greatest weekend on two wheels.与庞大的消费产品展示，场外道路山地自行车和uscf赛事本周末， hotter'n地狱提供了一个可怕的开始和最大的周末对两个轮子。 Fitness riders and bicycle racers will come to Wichita Falls, in August, from almost everywhere to participate.健身车手和自行车赛车会来威奇托福尔斯，在8月，从几乎处处参与。 Races begin at 7am (sunrise) and end at the Finish Line Village.比赛开始，在上午七时（日出）和结束在终点线上村。 But, first, you must pass through Hell’s Gate.但是，首先，您必须通过地狱的大门。

Off Road Biking on 10-mile off-road trail is open all day. 小康的道路上骑自行车 10英里小康路径是开放所有天。 Help comes for you at 6 pm on Friday and 1 pm on Saturday.来帮助你在下午6时周五时至下午1时在周六。 This natural trail is single track with quick short climbs and drops.这自然步道是单轨与短期快速爬升和下降。 Off-roading requires skill and caution on the part of the rider.场外公路需要的技能和谨慎，对部分骑。

Registration and Races注册和种族

All the excitement of the HH100 begins with Registration for one or all races held during the weekend.所有兴奋的hh100开始登记为一或全部赛事期间举行的周末。

8/22/2008 2008年8月22日
Wee-Chi-Tah Trail Races 凌晨智光大径竞赛
Mountain Bike (13 miles) and Trail Run ( 5, 10, 13 miles) 山地自行车（ 13英里）及TRAIL运行（ 5 ， 10 ， 13英里）
online registration网上登记 closes 8/18/2008 8:00:00 AM ET截止2008年8月18日上午08时00分00秒等

8/22/2008 - 8/23/2008 2008年8月22日-2 008年8月2 3日
Hotter’N Hell Hundred Ultra Road and Criterium (USCF races for licensed racers) hotter'n地狱百超道及criterium （ uscf种族为持牌赛车）
online registration网上登记 closes 8/20/2008 11:00:00 PM ET截止2008年8月20日下午11时00分00秒等

8/23/2008 2008年8月23日
Hotter’n Hell Hundred Endurance Ride - HH100 hotter'n地狱100耐力共度-h h100
10K - 25 mile - 50 mile - 100K - 100 mile 10K的-二十五英里-五十〇英里-1 00 K的-百英里
online registration网上登记 closes 8/18/2008 7:00:00 AM ET截止2008年8月18日上午07时00分00秒等

Consumer Show消费者查看

8/21-8/23/2008
2008 Consumer Show 2008年消费者显示

The Hotter’N Hell Consumer Show is one of the largest consumer bicycle trade shows in the nation.该hotter'n地狱消费者表明，是其中一个最大的消费自行车贸易展在全国的。 Visit old friends and make new ones in the exhibit Hall of the Multi-Purpose Events Center (MPEC), 1000 Fifth St. in downtown Wichita Falls.访问的老朋友，并作出新的在展厅的多用途活动中心（ mpec ） ， 1000年第五圣在市中心的威奇托福尔斯。

Thursday 3 -8 pm周四下午3 -8
Friday 1-10 pm周五1月10日下午
Saturday 9-3 pm周六9月3日下午

Camping露营

There are lots of opportunities to camp–from full hookups to tent camping to indoor camping in a hall with A/C.有很多的机会营-从充分hookups ，以帐篷露营，室内野营地在大厅与一/三 Visit the访问 camping page of HH100 website露营页hh100网站 for more information.以获取更多信息。 There are also hotels listed.也有酒店上市。

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Horseback Trails 骑马步道

McKinney Roughs Nature Park is located about 15 miles east of Austin on Highway 71. mckinney roughs自然公园是位于约15英里以东的奥斯汀对公路71 。 McKinney Roughs spreads over 1,100 acres and includes horseback riding (not camping). mckinney roughs差一一○○英亩，并包括骑马（不露营） 。 McKinney Roughs has two equestrian trail heads. mckinney roughs有两个马术径元首。 Several of the trails offer scenic overlooks, cross pine groves and grasslands, as well as offer access to the Colorado River.几个径提供的风景忽略了，两岸的松树林和草原，以及提供获得的科罗拉多河。

Trailhead gates are opened at sunrise and closed at sunset every day to allow trail riders access to the trails during optimal riding times. trailhead的大门打开封闭的日出和日落，每天让径车手接触到的最优路径，在骑倍。 Fee is $10 per rider.费是10元骑士。 Equestrian passbooks can be purchased for $250, which includes 50 passes.马术存折可以购买为250元，其中包括50个合格。 To check if equestrian trails are open, call the 24-hour trail information hotline at 1-800-776-5272, Ext.检查如果马术步道是公开，要求24小时跟踪的信息热线： 1-800-776-5272 ，电话分机。 7427. 7427 。 Link to the trail map in PDF链接到径地图PDF格式 . 。

BastropTexas.net bastroptexas.net has some great photographs of McKinney Roughs park.有一些伟大的照片mckinney roughs公园。

Hiking Trails 远足径

McKinney Roughs contains the most extensive collection of hiking trails to be found in Central Texas. mckinney roughs包含最广泛的收集的远足径，以发现在德州中部。 The official park website mentions over 15 miles of trails, with more planned in the future.官方网站提到公园超过15英里的小径，更计划在未来的。 $3 per person. 3元每人。 No biking and no dogs on trails.没有骑山地自行车和没有狗就行山径。 View the details at查看详情 Texas Hiking德州远足 website.网站。

 Photograph from Happy Horse Hotel website.照片由Happy马酒店网站。 All rights reserved.保留所有权利。 

Area Campground 露营区

Happy Horse Hotel高兴马酒店 has tent and rig camping (water and electric only).有帐篷和钻机露营（水和电，只有） 。 There are a few openings for the May Full Moon Ride on May 16 and May 17) .有几个开口为5月的满月坐于5月16日和5月17日） 。 $35 for each horse/rider, which will include the $5 ride ticket. 35元，为每匹马/骑士，其中将包括5元的坐票。 The ride will last 60 to 90 minutes after mounting up, and riders must be able to comfortably trot and canter their horses, since timing is everything.乘车将持续60至90分钟后，安装起来，车手必须能够从容地逐渐达到自己的战略和坎特他们的马匹，因为时间就是一切。 Call 512-303-0589 for more details and exact times.电话512-303-0589需要更详细的资料和精确的时代。

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Photography by Earl Nottingham © Texas Parks and Wildlife Departmen t摄影是由厄尔诺丁汉©得克萨斯州公园和野生动物departmen 吨

Did you know there is a place in Texas where you may view the history of the Great Plains, which includes 260+ million years and six major geologic periods?你知道有一个地方，在德克萨斯州，您可查看的历史大平原，其中包括260万+年和6个主要地质时期？ The story is told in the sandstone cliffs and multicolored clays that form gypsum-laced pedestals, hoodoos and slides of the canyonlands.故事是说，在砂岩悬崖和五彩粘土，形成石膏费城的基座，石林和幻灯片的canyonlands 。 Standing on the bedrock of the Southern Plains, you will agree that常委会对的基石，南部平原，你会同意 Caprock Canyons State Park amd Trailway盖层峡谷国家公园的AMD trailway is unlike any other area of Texas.不像任何其他领域的德克萨斯州。

Caprock Canyons State Park was盖层峡谷国家公园 Park of the Month November 2007公园本月底于2007年11月 . 。 Below is an excerpt from this article:下面是摘自这篇文章的看法：

Imagine a place where marbled redrock canyons slice through a vast landscape dominated by table top-flat plains, where miniature mountains pierce an azure sky, where historic railroad bridges seem to float in space and the descendants of ancient bison herds graze native grasses .想象的地方， marbled redrock峡谷片通过了广阔景观为主的表顶端扁平平原，那里的缩影山皮尔斯一湛蓝的天空，那里历史性的铁路桥梁，似乎在浮动的空间和后裔古代野牛畜群放牧本土草种。 . 。 . 。

After the Visitors Center and the Discovery Center, the park road winds from the escarpment to the canyonlands below.之后，游客中心和发现中心，园道风，从escarpment向canyonlands下面。 Lake Theo, accessed by the first turn-in to the left along the park road, offers fishing, swimming and non-motorized boating.湖西奥，进入第一轮-在到左边沿公园路，提供钓鱼，游泳和非机动游艇。 The next right is Honea Flat Camping Area, where you park your RV.未来的权利，是honea单位露营区，在那里您您的RV公园。 Down the road and to the right is Wild Horse Camping Area, the equestrian camping area.下跌的道路和右边是野马露营区，露营区的马术。

After a couple of miles, as the road descends into the canyons of the North Prong and South Prong of the Little Red River, you will find Red Tent Camping Area on the left, the trailhead of the Upper and Lower Canyon Trails to the right.后两英里，由于道路降入峡谷的北部和南部双管齐下双管齐下的小红河，你会发现红色的帐篷露营区在左边， trailhead的上，下大峡谷步道，以正确的。 The road ends at South Prong Tent Camping Area.道路两端在南双管齐下帐篷露营区。 There are two primitive camping areas on the canyon trails.有两个原始露营的地方，大峡谷的步道。

Caprock Canyons State Park includes the Trailway, a 64-mile Rail-to-Trail conversion.盖层峡谷国家公园，包括trailway ， 64英里的Rail - to -径转换。 Used for hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding, this multi-use trail begins at South Plains on top of the caprock escarpment and ends at Estelline in the Red River Valley.用于徒步旅行，山地自行车和骑马，这多用径开始在南部平原，再加上盖层escarpment结束estelline ，在红河流域。 On the way from escarpment to river valley, the Trailway crosses 46 bridges and includes a trip through Clarity tunnel, home to a colony of Mexican free-tailed bats (April through October).就如何从escarpment ，以流域， trailway十字架46的桥梁和包括行通过明确的隧道，在家中的殖民地，墨西哥的自由尾蝙蝠（ 4月至10月） 。

Notes:注释：

• All visitors must obtain an entrance permit to use parking area and trailway.所有旅客必须取得一个入口使用许可证的停车面积和trailway 。
• Overnight campers must obtain permits at the park headquarters.通宵营，必须取得许可证，在公园的总部。
• Day-use fees may be paid at pay stations located at each trailhead.日间使用费可支付在支付监测站位于每个trailhead 。
• Do not tie animals to man-made structures.不配合动物，以人为制造的结构。
• The Mexican free-tailed bats living in Clarity tunnel are very sensitive to traffic, noise, light and human presence.墨西哥自由尾蝙蝠生活在清晰隧道是非常敏感的交通，噪音，光照和人类的存在。 Walk your bike through the tunnel.步行您的自行车通过隧道。

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Enchanted Rock State Natural Area 魔法岩国家自然区

16710 Ranch Road 965 16710牧场道965
Fredericksburg, TX 78624 fredericksburg ，德克萨斯州78624
(325) 247-3903 （ 325 ） 247-3903

To Native Americans, Enchanted Rock was the gateway to the next world.以土著美国人，魔法石是通往未来世界。 They named it Gahe , meaning Spirit of the Mountain .他们命名为gahe ，意思是精神的山区 。 Kiowas, Apaches and Comanches journeyed to Enchanted Rock to achieve enlightenment. kiowas ， Apache的和comanches journeyed ，以魔法岩石实现的启示。 There are some phenomena that keep the spirits of Enchanted Rock alive.有一些现象，保持精神的魔法石活着。 Ghost lights, moaning, creaking and drumming are reported periodically by visitors to and residents of the area.鬼灯，呻吟， creaking和击鼓据报道，定期旅客和区内居民。

Enchanted Rock State Natural Area consists of 1643+ acres on Big Sandy Creek, north of Fredericksburg, Texas, between Gillespie and Llano Counties.魔法岩国家自然区组成， 1643 +英亩的大砂河，北fredericksburg ，得克萨斯州之间，吉莱斯皮和llano县。 At the urging of Lady Bird Johnson,The Nature Conservancy of Texas purchased Enchanted Rock in 1978.在催促夫人鸟约翰逊，自然养护德克萨斯州购买的魔法石在1978年。 In 1984, it opened under the aegis of在1984年，它开放的主持下， Texas Parks and Wildlife得克萨斯州公园和野生动物 . 。 Enchanted Rock is a huge, pink granite exfoliation dome, that rises 425 feet above ground, 1825 feet above sea level and covers 640 acres.魔法石是一个巨大的，粉红色花岗岩脱落的圆顶，即上升四百二十五英尺地面以上，一千八百二十五英尺海平面以上，涵盖六百四十○英亩。 It is only one of many batholiths in the area and several in the park.这是只有一个，很多batholiths在该地区和几个在公园里。

The islands of vegetation, called Vernal Pools, on the bare granite summit of Enchanted Rock are some of the most ecologically significant and severely threatened features of this state natural area.岛上的植被，所谓的春季泳池，在光秃秃的花岗岩首脑会议的魔法石是一些最显着的生态和严重威胁的特点，这国家的自然区。 While in the SNA, do not disturb ANY plant or animal life, geological features, or Indian or historical artifacts.而在国民核算体系，请勿打扰任何植物或动物的生命，地质特征，或者印度或历史价值的文物。 No trailers or RVs over 20 feet are allowed.没有挂车或rvs超过20英尺，是不能允许的。 Some of the camping is primitive (hike in), fires are only allowed in fire rings at each site, and wood gathering of any type is not allowed.一些露营是原始的（在加） ，火灾是只允许在消防戒指在每个网站，和木材收集任何类型是不允许的。

This is a gorgeous rock and a wonderful natural area.这是一个美丽的岩石和美好的自然区。 For an aerial or walking tour, pictures from the top, and many other pictures and information, please visit the为空中或步行游览，图片从上方，以及其他许多图片和资料，请浏览 E-rock website电子摇滚网站 , maintained by an Enchanted Rock aficionado. ，所保持的1魔法石迷。 Another website that has some wonderful photographs and useful information, please visit the另一个网站，有一些精彩的照片和有用的信息，请访问 Enchanted Rock page on American Southwest魔法石页对美国西南地区 . 。 Enchanted Rock is a wonderful place to learn to climb.魔法石是一个美好的地方去学习攀登。 Check the检查 ErockOnline forum erockonline论坛 for help.为帮助。

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While researching the information for the Big Bend Open Road Race, I found a wonderful tool to use to explore Big Bend.而研究资料，以供大弯开阔的道路上的种族，我发现一个奇妙的工具，用来探索大弯。 VisitBigBend.com visitbigbend.com has added an 增加了一 interactive map 互动地图 that allows you to take a virtual trip to Big Bend. 让您一次虚拟之旅，以大弯。 There is a layer for Google Earth that you download. 有一个层为Google地球您下载。

However, if you do not want to download a layer for Google Earth, there are two other interactive maps you may view. 不过，如果你不想下载了一层为Google地球，还有其他两个互动地图，您可以检视。 These maps are annotated with photographs, points of interest, driving loops, trails and parks. 这些地图都注明与照片，兴趣点，驾驶循环，步道和公园。

• River Road Flyby Video河道飞视频
• National Park Flyby Video国家公园飞视频

Over one million acres of public land in Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park offer endless opportunities for camping, hiking, mountain biking, canoing, kayaking, horseback riding and off roading.超过1万英亩的公共土地，在大弯国家公园和大弯的牧场，国家公园提供了无穷的机会，露营，远足，骑山地车， canoing ，独木舟，骑马和小康公路。 Click a link below to find out more about Big Bend activities.点击下面的链接了解更多关于大弯活动。

• River Trips河人次
• Backcountry Vehicle, ATV & Jeep Tours backcountry车辆，亚洲电视本港台及吉普车之旅
• Horseback Trips骑马旅行
• Mountain Bicycles山地自行车
• Hiking远足
• Bird Watching观鸟

RVers rvers

Big Bend National Park has three campgrounds with paved access that are suitable for tent camping, trailers, and RVs.大弯曲国家公园有三个露营地与铺平了准入适合帐篷露营，拖车，和rvs 。 Campsites are $10 per night, and a small fee is charged for using the reservations system (露营地是10元，每夜晚，和少量费用，是收取使用预约系统（ www.ReserveUSA.com www.reserveusa.com or 1-877-444-6777).或1-877-444-6777 ） 。 Each of the three improved campgrounds has a dedicated group campsite available for reservation, for $3 per camper.三年中的每改善露营地有一个专责组的营地，供保留，为3 ％ ，野营。

Rio Grande Village , located on the east side of the park, has the only available hook ups for RVs. 里奥格兰德村 ，位于东边的公园，唯一可用的钩子的UPS为rvs 。 No reservations taken, just register at Rio Grande Village Store.所采取的任何保留，只要登记在里奥格兰德村商店。 The campground has 100 sites, flush toilets, running water and a dump station.该露营已100个网站，抽水马桶，自来水和转储站。

The Basin Campground , Is rugged and hilly, most sites are unsuitable for RVs. 盆地的露营地 ，是凹凸不平的丘陵，大多数的网站不适合rvs 。 The main road to the basin has lots of curves, and a 15% grade.主要道路，以盆地有很多曲线，以及15 ％的职系。 Trailers over 20 feet and RVs over 24 feet are discouraged.拖车超过20英尺和rvs超过24脚气馁。 Of 60 sites, 23 are on the reservation system. 60个网站， 23对保留的制度。

Cottonwood Campground , on the west side of the park, is along the banks of the Rio Grande, near Castolon and convenient to Santa Elena Canyon. cottonwood露营 ，对西侧公园，是沿着银行的格兰德河，近卡斯特伦和方便圣塔elena峡谷。 There is potable water pit toilets, but no dumping station.有食水坑厕所，但没有倾销站。 The 31 sites are open year round and are first-come, first-served basis. 31个网站是全年无休，并以先到先得，额满即止。

Primitive Backroad Sites exist at 30 locations scattered along back roads in the park. 原始backroad网站存在的30个地点分散，沿回的道路在该公园内。 Many of these sites require a high-clearance or 4-wheel drive vehicle to reach.许多这些网站需要一个高关或4轮驱动的车辆达到。 Camping at these back road sites is free, but a back country permit from Park Headquarters is required.露营，在这些回道网站是免费的，但是一回到许可证由国家公园总部是必需的。

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