[DVBC] Bicycling Vacations

[Drew Knox]

No one else in DVBC that I know of, Dave. In the cc: box are two names of
*other* friends (I know, I know, I better use the term loosely and make sure
everyones' payments are up-to-date) who can tell you about the ride and the
area.

To paint more of the picture, there are no food stops and you're damn lucky
if you can find SAG support. However, you can ride with a group or be on
your own. I did both. Even though there is a century option every day, I
rode 65-80 miles for 8 days and thought that was plenty for mid-March. There
is a day-trip where most people carpool an hour to the ride start in Bandera
then ride to Leakey. Although most rides go to food stops, you should carry
enough food and water as you won't be seeing any Quickie Marts (yes, there
is Wawa withdrawal). Most days I was back in Fredericksburg in time for a
leisurely late lunch. There is one group dinner but overall this is more of
a do-it-yourself ride compared to waiting in a chow line of, say, 1000
people.

Temps ranged from the high 50s some morning to the mid-80s by mid-day. Most
of the flowers, including, unfortunately the blue bonnets, were not yet
flowering, so the landscape is more barren than you are used to seeing here
in the three good seasons but much better than snow. Because Federalsburg is
further west in their time zone than we are, the sun rises and sets about 45
minutes later.

Other logistics: I shipped my bike to a nearby bike store and rented a car
in San Antonio. Door-to-door travel was pretty easy.




On 11/29/06, Dave Hartrum <dhartrum at mac.com> wrote:
>
> Texas Hellweek looks pretty interesting.
> I gonna give this one some serious thought.
> Drew, has anyone else in DVBC been on this one? I always like to have
> second opinions:-)
>
> ----------------
> Dave Hartrum
> dhartrum at mac.com
>
>
> On Wednesday, November 29, 2006, at 09:55AM, "Drew Knox" <agknox at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >DVBCers,
> >
> >I'll throw another tour into the mix for your consideration: Texas
> >Hellweek (http://www.hellweek.com/texas.html) which I plan to do again
> this
> >March.
> >
> >This ride should appeal to people who want to get in some early season
> >miles, seek warm weather, need minimal support, and who do not like to
> camp.
> >Riders stay in motels and spend the entire week at Fredericksburg, TX
> (more
> >about accomodations in a minute) doing 1-day rides of various distances
> >with A, B, or C groups or optionally riding alone and following cue
> sheets.
> >The routes are in the heart of Texas Hill Country which is comprised of
> >scenic, open rolling hills between Austin and San Antonio. There is
> nothing
> >similar on the east coast to compare it to but it's much, much more
> >interesting than any place I've seen in the 1500 miles or so I've biked
> in
> >Florida.
> >
> >One friend whom I met last year is trying to arrange a house rental, so
> let
> >me know if you are interested.
> >
> >Drew
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On 11/29/06, Doug Bower <Bowerdou at verizon.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>  Calling all bicycling tourists!!!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> It is time to start planning the summer vacations.  There are two very
> >> good riding vacations, Bike Florida and GOBA that are worth
> considering.  You
> >> can read about them at the following links, www.GOBA.com<
> http://www.goba.com/>and
> >> www.bikeflorida.org.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I am also starting to plan the DVBC 2007 ToPA.  I have been thinking
> about
> >> starting in Lansdale, traveling north to East Stroudsburg ; jumping
> into
> >> NJ, riding south to Cape May ; ride the ferry to Lewis, travel north
> back
> >> home.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> If you are interested in any of these rides let me know.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Doug
> >>
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