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Comanche Cyclone科曼奇气旋

Comanche Cyclone科曼奇气旋

Comanche, Texas科曼奇，德克萨斯州
Saturday, June 7, 2008 8 am周六， 2008年6月7日上午8时
Cross Country跨国家

300 cyclists expected 300骑单车预期

Special route for youngsters 10 and under.特别路线为青少年和10下。 Country back-roads, no traffic, and very scenic.国家后勤道路，没有交通，风景非常。 There are some scenic routes有一些风景路线 listed on the website in case you cannot make the race.网站上列出的情况下，你不能把军备竞赛。 This is a pretty part of Texas.这是一个漂亮的一部分，德克萨斯州。

Routes 路线

All are PDFs.都是PDF格式的文件。

Cyclone Route Map - 10 Miles气旋路线图-1 0英里
Cyclone Route Map - 22 Miles气旋路线图-二十二英里
Cyclone Route Map - 28 Miles气旋路线图-二八英里
Cyclone Route Map - 42 Miles气旋路线图-四十二英里
Cyclone Route Map - 55 Miles气旋路线图-5 5英里
Cyclone Route Map - 75 Miles气旋路线图-7 5英里

RVers : You may want to stay at rvers ：您可能会想要留在 Proctor Lake (Army Corps of Engineers Park) Proctor的湖（陆军工程兵部队园）

Mesquite Rodeo Bike Ride mesquite rodeo自行车转乘

You will begin your ride from Resistol Arena at Rodeo Center located at 1818 Rodeo Drive.您将开始您乘坐从resistol在舞台上rodeo中心位于1818 rodeo驱动器。 I-635 (LBJ Freeway) exit Military Parkway/Scyene.一635 （ lbj高速公路）出口军事百汇/ scyene 。 If you are traveling southbound, continue through both signal lights to the Arena.如果您是行南行，继续通过信号灯向舞台上。 If you’re northbound, turn left on Military Parkway, take an immediate left after the overpass at Rodeo Center Blvd.Thousands of cyclists will start out from the Mesquite Rodeo Center.如果您在北行，左转就军事百汇，采取立即离开后，立交桥在rodeo中心blvd.thousands骑单车将开始从mesquite rodeo中心。 Bring your family, friends and co-workers.使您的家人，朋友和合作的工人。

Mesquite Rodeo Bike Ride mesquite rodeo自行车转乘

Mesquite, Texas mesquite ，德克萨斯州
Saturday, June 7, 2008 8 am周六， 2008年6月7日上午8时
2000 cyclists expected. 2000年骑单车预期。

Route 路线 Details 详情

RVers : I would rvers ：我想 stay at the Plantation Place RV Park停留在种植地点的RV公园 . 。

Peach Pedal Bike Ride桃踏板自行车转乘

Peach Pedal Bike Ride桃踏板自行车转乘
Weatherford, Texas weatherford ，德克萨斯州
Saturday, July 12, 2008周六， 2008年7月12日
2500 cyclists expected 2500骑单车预期

Routes of 100K, 39 miles, 26 miles and 9 miles.路线100K的， 39英里， 26英里和九英里。 This course has some tough hills.这当然有一些强硬的山丘。 but the hills are interspersed with flat stretches.但山interspersed与单位延伸。 Check in advance of the state of the roads in the area.检查在推进该国的道路，在该地区。 Sometimes spring floods can wash roads away.有时春季洪水可以洗手远离道路。

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.后坐，穿梭巴士将采取车手从一开始/结束向帕克县桃节在市中心weatherford ，在这里您可以享受大量的食品，手工艺，音乐和国家的盛情款待。

RVers: Stay at the rvers ：留在 Lake Mineral Wells State Park & Trailway.湖矿产水井国家公园及trailway 。 The Trailway provides opportunities for hikers, bicyclists and equestrians.该trailway提供了机会，远足，骑自行车和equestrians 。

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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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Did you know that the United Kingdom is the largest overseas market for travel to Texas and the US?您是否知道，在美国，英国是世界上最大的海外市场，为旅行，以德克萨斯州和美国？ Even with restrictions on and the expense of air travel, people from the UK are still jumping on即使限制和牺牲的航空旅行，人们从英国仍然是跳就 Flights to USA.飞往美国。

The main purpose for visits from the United Kingdom to Texas are categorized as leisure & visiting friends and relatives, with popular destinations being (1) Houston, (2) Dallas/Fort Worth, (3) San Antonio and (4) Austin.主要目的是参观由联合王国德州是被归类为休闲与来访的朋友和亲戚，与热门的目的地正（ 1 ）休斯顿， （ 2 ）达拉斯/沃思堡， （ 3 ）圣安东尼奥马刺和（ 4 ）奥斯汀。 Visitors from UK love shopping, dining, visiting historical sites and small towns, touring the countryside and sightseeing in cities.旅客从英国爱购物，餐饮，参观历史遗址和小城镇，农村旅游和观光的城市。 (Texas Travel Research 2006). （得克萨斯州旅行的研究2006年） 。

What is the one thing I would do if I flew in from the UK to Texas?什么是一件事，我想如果我飞抵在从英国到德州？ I would visit the musical capital of the world, Austin, Texas.我想访问的音乐资本的世界，美国德克萨斯州的奥斯汀。 While Houston, San Antonio and the D/FW metroplex offer many worthy attractions, there is no place like Austin.同时，休斯顿，圣安东尼奥马刺和/购物metroplex提供了许多有价值的景点，有没有地方一样，奥斯汀。

During the day, there is the natural beauty of the Wildflower Center, the Lady Bird Lake Hike and Bike Trail and the spring-fed waters of Barton Springs to enjoy.在白天，有自然美丽的野花中心，夫人的鸟湖上调和自行车径及春季馈水域巴顿温泉享受。

For shoppers, the West End offers an eclectic collection of art, antiques, and collectible shops in cottages and storefronts built in the 1930s and 1940s.购物，西尾提供了一个折衷的收集艺术品，古董，收藏品商店，别墅和店面，建于1930年代和1940年代。 There are restaurants, bakeries and coffee houses in the area. 有餐厅，面包店和咖啡的房屋在该地区。

Sixth Street, a seven-block stretch of Victorian-era buildings once known as Pecan Street is lined with cafes, nightclubs, pubs, dance clubs, live music venues, restaurants, galleries and shops.第六街，七块舒展的维多利亚时代的建筑物，一旦被称为美国山核桃街是一条与咖啡馆，夜总会，酒吧，歌舞娱乐，现场音乐表演场地，餐厅，画廊和商店。 On the weekend, the street is closed as the district explodes with music.上周末，街封闭作为区爆炸与音乐。

Welcome to Texas!欢迎德州！

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