Joint GTG April 10 SATURDAY for CTC AND HOUSTON XFIRES, information will be posted here to eliminate confusion. Bill F (CTC) and Beep HOUSTON) will coordinate the details.Post any updated Wildflower info to this thread. Suggest a list of tentative attendees sign on below:
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CTC
Billl F
FTroopChief

 

THE LIST

CTC

1. Bill

2. John

3. Lenn




HOUSTON

1. The Beep

2. Marine 05

3. TX_xfire

4. magredvet

5. burkerust (maybe)

 

Just drove from Houston to San Antonio this morning. Lots and lots of nifty blue and red flowers along the road.

 

Any ideas yet for a meeting spot and drive route? Combining some ideas posted what about meeting in Giddings to start the blubonnet trail On the Trail of Texas Bluebonnets. Go south on U.S. Hwy 77 to LaGrange (20 miles), do the Lake Fayette Loop- 36 Miles (sounds good for pics), have lunch or lunch then Lake Loop, then continue the bluebonnet trail north on TX 159 and 237 which will get you back to U.S. 290 in the city of Burton.

 

Bill, add burkerust to the Houston list as a maybe. ~ Nathon

 

THE PLAN

Meet at the Murphy's Steakhouse eatatmurphys.com at 11:30 Saturday the 10th. After socializing and feeding our faces, we do the
Lake Fayette Loop- 36 Miles stopping somewhere along the lake for photo ops and some more socializing. Finish the loop or anything else we decide and vanish. We need to get a good count who is going so we can notify the restaurant in advance, so please respond by at least Wednesday the 7th.

THE LIST

CTC

1. Bill

2. John

3. Lenn

4. Hal

5. Ron

6. Ron's Son

HOUSTON

1. The Beep

2. Marine 05

3. TX_xfire

4. magredvet

5. burkerust (maybe)

 

C'mon you CTC people. Houston's kicking your butt so far. This aint right.

 

Wild flower sightings: Wildflower Viewing Map East

 

View Murphy's Menu:
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ANYBODY KNOW WHERE MURPHY'S IS AT?

 

Find Us on Mapquest!

About 15.19 miles northwest of La Grange.

 

This has the makings of a GREAT GTG but unfortunately for us we have plans for that Saturday or we would join yall. I hope you have a great run.

Paul & Reeca

 

Sign me up Bill ... I'll have new brakes and tires on Rosey by then !!!

 

Any idaes on where us Houston guy's should meet, so we can all drive together to La Grange.............

 

Probably somewhere on I-10. Maybe I-10 and HWY 6?

 

Maybe at that "Coffee and Cars" parking lot. It's on the right side of town. Howz that?

 

That's in the opposite direction for those of us on the North West side of town .............how about 2 or 3 meeting points ?
Depending on the meeting time in La Grange, (and if I can persuade them to come )we have friends who have a Xfire, who know the back roads out to La Grange. Is anyone interested in a more scenic drive than I-10 ?

 

I'm in for the more scenic drive. If we do that you pick the meeting point. If not I think somewhere on I-10 on the West side of town near Katy is the best choice. Everyone will have to drive that direction anyway.

 

Ya, I'm catchin the drift. We need to meet a little more west but multiple meeting points would kinda suck.
There's a Walmart on the NW corner of the Sam Houston and I10.
What say we meet in the parking lot there near the street at...oh...9:30 or so.
We jump on I10 to 71 and poof, we're there. Even if you have to drive south a little, it still looks faster than taking 290.

 

If you're all for fast, that's OK, but If we can get a backroads route (If I can persuade Richard to go), I would rather do that, what does anyone else think ?
If we go the fast route, you still want to meet further west, at say SH6 and I-10, like Nathan said, or even Barker Cypress and I-10
Have you seen the traffic at I-10 and beltway 8 at 9.30 on a Saturday ?

 

I was trying to make it as easy as possible to get there so we would have the best participation. The plan was to have lunch, and then buzz around the countryside and scope out the flowers, take photo's and hang.
I'll do the back roads but does anyone know them? Getting hung up on 20 miles of washboard would be less than ideal.
Depending on where we end up, we could take the back roads back when we're not on a timeline.
Just my .02