Lone Star BMW Riders Present:
Big Bend
March 7, 8 & 9 of 2008
Please note that this will not be an easy ride
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Big Bend March 7, 8 & 9 of 2008
Please note that this will not be an easy ride
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| Attention Riders: This is the overall game-plan. (We are a loose-knit group. It is not necessary to stay with the group, we just appreciate it if you advise one of the group members, friend, roommate, etc of your plans as we travel. We want to look-after each other without having to be responsible or controlling of each other. We want to have fun as adults. You are very welcome to stay with me the whole trip or travel as you please.) We will depart from Brownwood, TX Friday morning, 3/7/08 at 8 am. Plan on having breakfast and fueling up on your own to be ready to depart by 8. Please keep in mind the following checkpoints so we can meet-up down the road if we get separated. We'll go southwest through Brady and Menard before stopping at Fort McKavett to take a quick break for a cold drink. We'll continue southwest to Sonora for fuel (Sonora is 145 miles from Brownwood. Stop in Menard and get fuel if you can't make the 145 miles). We'll continue southwest through Juno and down to Comstock before turning west. We'll stop at Flatrock Crossing Store for lunch, then continue to Langtry for fuel (120 miles from sonora). Going west will take us to Marathon for our last fuel stop of the day (115 miles), unless you decide to ride around the park. The Big Bend Park has fuel at the Main entrance.. We'll roam around the park for a little while (depending on how you feel) before landing at our hotel in Study Butte. I plan on eating dinner at the Cave in Terlingua Friday night, but we'll make that decision upon arrival. Saturday morning will be an easy day of as little as 150 miles if you choose. It will be a leisure day. Some of you may choose to go back into the Big Bend Park for further discovery. Some of you may choose to go quickly through Presidio and up to Fort Davis so you can do the Mc Donald observatory and loop. I plan on riding to Lajitas for breakfast, then taking a leisure ride (maybe some photos) to Presidio and crossing the border. My border crossing would only be a brief ride through town and back. (You will need a passport or birth certificate and two photo i.d.'s to return to the states. It won't require anything on the Mexico side to enter. They don't check your paperwork until you get about 15 miles into the country.) Leaving Presidio, I will probably take a leisure ride north to Fort Davis to hang out and enjoy the area. I highly recommend the pie at the local drug store and soda fountain. I'll wait and decide on lunch and dinner as travel dictates. We'll get up Sunday morning and head home. Please feel free to take any route you choose at any time you choose. I will probably go north on 17 to Pecos, then take I-20 toward home. Checkpoints for Friday: (These
are not mandatory, but good locations for us to check on each other) |
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| NOTICE: Our Commitment of Rooms are full, however there are still some rooms available at the Eldorado in Terlingua and the Fort Davis Motel. You are welcome to find a room on your own and join us. Or, if you need a partner let us know and we'll look for one. | ||||||
| Links | ||||||
| Days Inn | ||||||
| Big Bend National Park | ||||||
| Big Bend Motel in Study Butte | ||||||
| Eldorado Motel in Terlingua | ||||||
| Voni's recommendation for lodging | ||||||
| Link to Lajitas | ||||||
| The highly recommended Limpia Hotel in Fort Davis | ||||||
| Indian Lodge at Fort Davis State Park | ||||||
| Rattlesnake Roundup at Sweetwater, TX for a stop on the way home if you choose | ||||||
| GPS route from Brownwood down to Study Butte and back up to Fort Davis | ||||||
| Version 3 GDB | ||||||
| Version 2 GDB | ||||||
| GPX file, can be used with Google Earth or other conversions | ||||||
| We'll be having lunch Friday at Flatrock Crossing Store near Langtry. Easy (the proprietor) said he would fix us up something to fill our belly. It might be BBQ or burritos or something? We just need to call him along the way (432-291-3212) and tell him when we'll be there. His store is on Hwy 90 just before the bridge that crosses the Pecos River near Judge Roy Bean. | ||||||
| Lodging for Thursday night, 3/6/08 | ||||||
| Days Inn at Brownwood, TX Make your own reservations. We will depart at 8 am Friday morning. | ||||||
| Lodging for Friday night, 3/7/08 | ||||||
| Big Bend Motor Inn, 432-371-2218 and fax no. 432-371-2555 | ||||||
Room One |
Room Two Conf#18790 Two Beds non-smoking $98 Charles Smith Ben Lower |
Room Three |
Room Four Conf#18792 Two Beds non-smoking $98 Richard Swim Jim Wright |
Room Five Conf#18793 Two Beds non-smoking $98 Bobby Fox Dianne Fox |
Room Six Conf#18908 One Bed King Size non-smoking $98 Gary Howell Pam Howell |
Room Seven Conf#18989 Two Beds non-smoking $92 Betsy Young |
| Eldorado Motel in Terlingua (800-371-3588). (They have more rooms) | ||||||
Room One |
Room Two One Bed $89 Keith Krug Jim Cassidy |
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| Lodging for Saturday night, 3/8/08 | ||||||
| Fort Davis Motor Inn, 432-426-2112 and fax no. 432-426-3376 | |||
| Room One Two Beds non-smoking $69 Bo Griffin Allan Hanoski |
Room Two Two Beds non-smoking $69 Charles Smith Ben Lower |
Room Three Two Beds non-smoking $69 Bert Simpson Joe Tokarz |
Room Four Two Beds non-smoking $69 Richard Swim Jim Wright |
| Room Five One Bed (King Size) non-smoking $69 Bobby Fox Dianne Fox |
Room Six One Bed (King Size) non-smoking $69 Gary Howell Pam Howell |
Room Seven One Bed non-smoking $59 Betsy Young |
Room Eight Sam Breitling Colin Josey |
| Room Nine Keith Krug Jim Cassidy |
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For all those that dare
to travel out west of Presidio, here is a picture of Ruidoso. |
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Ruidoso, TX is just Northwest
of Presidio |
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This is the road that
runs north of Ruidoso to Marfa, TX (Definitely not required) |
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| Click on the Map above to enlarge. This Map depicts Friday's
route from Brownsville to Study Butte. It's a little over 500 miles with
the Big Bend loop or you can cut it down to 470 by not riding around Big Bend Park |
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