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De Cycloon van Comanche

De Cycloon van Comanche

Comanche, Texas
Zaterdag, 7 Juni, 2008 8 am
Dwars Land

300 verwachte fietsers

Speciale route voor kereltjes 10 en onder. De achter-wegen van het land, geen verkeer, en zeer toneel. Er zijn sommige toneelroutes vermeld op de website voor het geval dat u de race niet kunt maken. Dit is een mooi deel van Texas.

Routes

Allen zijn PDFs.

De Kaart van de Route van de cycloon - 10 Mijlen
De Kaart van de Route van de cycloon - 22 Mijlen
De Kaart van de Route van de cycloon - 28 Mijlen
De Kaart van de Route van de cycloon - 42 Mijlen
De Kaart van de Route van de cycloon - 55 Mijlen
De Kaart van de Route van de cycloon - 75 Mijlen

RVers: U kunt willen blijven bij Proctor Meer (de Korpsen van het Leger van het Park van Ingenieurs)

Rodeo van Mesquite de Rit van de Fiets

U zult met uw rit van Arena Resistol op Rodeo Centrum beginnen dat bij 1818 Rodeo Aandrijving wordt gevestigd. I-635 (Snelweg LBJ) Militaire Parkway/Scyene van de uitgang. Als u naar het zuiden reist, ga door beide signaallichten verder aan de Arena. Als u naar het noorden bent, draai links op Militaire Parkway, nemen een directe linkerzijde na het viaduct op Rodeo Centrum Blvd.Thousands van fietsers zal beginnen van het Rodeo Mesquite Centrum. Breng uw familie, vrienden en medewerkers.

Rodeo van Mesquite de Rit van de Fiets

Mesquite, Texas
Zaterdag, 7 Juni, 2008 8 am
2000 verwachte fietsers.

Route Details

RVers: Ik verblijf bij het Park van de Plaats rv van de Aanplanting.

De Rit van de Fiets van het Pedaal van de perzik

De Rit van de Fiets van het Pedaal van de perzik
Weatherford, Texas
Zaterdag, 12 Juli, 2008
2500 verwachte fietsers

Routes van 100K, 39 mijlen, 26 mijlen en 9 mijlen. Deze cursus heeft sommige taaie heuvels. but the hills are interspersed with flat stretches. Check in advance of the state of the roads in the area. Sometimes spring floods can wash roads away.

After the ride, shuttle buses will take riders from the start/finish to the Parker County Peach Festival in downtown Weatherford, where you’ll enjoy lots of food, crafts, music and country hospitality.

RVers: Stay at the Lake Mineral Wells State Park & Trailway. The Trailway provides opportunities for hikers, bicyclists and equestrians.

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Horseback Trails

McKinney Roughs Nature Park is located about 15 miles east of Austin on Highway 71. McKinney Roughs spreads over 1,100 acres and includes horseback riding (not camping). McKinney Roughs has two equestrian trail heads. Several of the trails offer scenic overlooks, cross pine groves and grasslands, as well as offer access to the Colorado River.

Trailhead gates are opened at sunrise and closed at sunset every day to allow trail riders access to the trails during optimal riding times. Fee is $10 per rider. Equestrian passbooks can be purchased for $250, which includes 50 passes. To check if equestrian trails are open, call the 24-hour trail information hotline at 1-800-776-5272, Ext. 7427.  Link to the trail map in PDF.

BastropTexas.net has some great photographs of McKinney Roughs park.

Hiking Trails

McKinney Roughs contains the most extensive collection of hiking trails to be found in Central Texas. The official park website mentions over 15 miles of trails, with more planned in the future. $3 per person. No biking and no dogs on trails. View the details at Texas Hiking website.

Photograph from Happy Horse Hotel website. All rights reserved.

Area Campground

Happy Horse Hotel has tent and rig camping (water and electric only). There are a few openings for the May Full Moon Ride on May 16 and May 17) . $35 for each horse/rider, which will include the $5 ride ticket. 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. Call 512-303-0589 for more details and exact times.

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Photography by Earl Nottingham © Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

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? The story is told in the sandstone cliffs and multicolored clays that form gypsum-laced pedestals, hoodoos and slides of the canyonlands. Standing on the bedrock of the Southern Plains, you will agree that Caprock Canyons State Park amd Trailway is unlike any other area of Texas.

Caprock Canyons State Park was Park of the Month November 2007. Below is an excerpt from this article:

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 . . .

After the Visitors Center and the Discovery Center, the park road winds from the escarpment to the canyonlands below. Lake Theo, accessed by the first turn-in to the left along the park road, offers fishing, swimming and non-motorized boating. The next right is Honea Flat Camping Area, where you park your RV. Down the road and to the right is Wild Horse Camping Area, the equestrian camping area.

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. The road ends at South Prong Tent Camping Area. There are two primitive camping areas on the canyon trails.

Caprock Canyons State Park includes the Trailway, a 64-mile Rail-to-Trail conversion. 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. 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).

Notes:

• All visitors must obtain an entrance permit to use parking area and trailway.
• Overnight campers must obtain permits at the park headquarters.
• Day-use fees may be paid at pay stations located at each trailhead.
• Do not tie animals to man-made structures.
• The Mexican free-tailed bats living in Clarity tunnel are very sensitive to traffic, noise, light and human presence. Walk your bike through the tunnel.

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