The trip details are at the bottom. All M'ers and BMW'ers are welcome to join us!! It should be an awesome drive thru the hilly, backroads of Austin! It should be pretty exciting and fun as an Austin local (Agent7) has some special roads for our journey.

HOUSTON People: We are planning on meeting at Katy Mills Mall (Fuddruckers Parking Lot) at 9am sharp.

DALLAS people: Contact Austin (krazyklown_12@hotmail.com) for the Dallas convoy plans.

Contact me with any questions: RoadRat@roadfly.org

The DETAILS:
Meet for Lunch:
County Line BBQ (opens at 11:30AM on Sunday)
6500 Bee Caves Rd (1/2 mile west of Hwy 360 and on the right if your going west on Bee Caves Rd.)
(512) 327-1742

The Drive (approx. 165 miles):
Turn right out of the County Line BBQ parking lot. Take Bee Cave Rd. going west for about 8 miles to Hwy 71 and go west (right) on Hwy 71.

Stay on Hwy 71W for 59 miles, which will take you into Llano. At the end of Hwy 71, you'll come to a stop sign, which is Hwy 16 in Llano.

Photo Shoot on Llano River and Rest Area Break:
Take a right on Hwy 16 for 1.2 miles into Llano and cross the Llano River Bridge. Immediately after crossing the Llano River Bridge, take a left on Legion Drive (across the street from the Llano Historical Museum). Go about 100 yards on Legion Dr. and turn left into the American Legion Parking lot and park there. There is a restaurant next door called the Llaneaux Seafood House that has public restrooms.

When leaving the American Legion parking lot, turn right on Hwy 16 and go for 20 miles. Keep a sharp eye out for a little road to the left called "Willow City Loop" (this 13 mile road has tons of photo opportunities). Turn left onto the Willow City Loop and go exactly 2 miles and pull over to the side of the road at the “Buice Rd”. street sign for our second photo shoot of the day (nice view).

After the photo shoot, continue on the Willow City Loop for 11 miles until you get into the tiny town of Willow City (at the stop sign), just continue going straight after going thru the stop sign and this road will become Hwy 1323. Take Hwy 1323 for about 22 miles to Hwy 281.

Take a left (north) onto Hwy 281 and go about 9 miles. Turn right onto 962 for go for about 7 miles. Turn left on 962 at Cypress Mill for 9 miles and you will cross the Pedernales River. After you cross the Pedernales River, the road becomes 3238 (AKA Hamilton Pool Rd.) Follow 3238 for 15 miles to Hwy 71.

Final destination for dinner not yet finalized.

hey I emailed that guy about the details for the dallas to austin caravan... and have yet to hear from him. Its been a good week and a half... is he cking his email??!?

He might be out of town. I emailed him on Monday and haven't heard back from him either. I imagine that he might be on vacation thru the Thanksgiving weekend and will get back to us next week. He runs the BMW Club of Dallas, so I am sure he'll get back to you/us. Give him til middle of next week.

You may also want to ask on this board for where you all are meeting in Dallas for the drive down to Austin on 12/08.

Email me if I can be of any help.

roadrat@roadfly.org

alright... so anyone going where are we meeting up for the caravan down there??? :D

Originally posted by RoadRat
He runs the BMW Club of Dallas


That is non-existent! :biglaughb

Hmmm, I dunno. Maybe so. The link he provided is an Austin yahoo forum. Maybe I am confused as his name is Austin, but I thought he was in Dallas.

In any case, can one of ya'll take the lead here and set up the caravan from Dallas to Austin?

Well I have no problem setting it up assuming i get my friggin car back. Give me until monday to figure that out.... I SHOULD have my car back at that time . If indeed I have my ride.. then I will go ahead and set it all up. Will anyone that is interested please post or PM me or email me and let me know , so I can get a list going of who all is headed?

Austin, as he is known here, does exist and he does have a web-site, www.bmwclubofdallas.com . He used to post on this board a lot but lately I haven't seen any. I haven't officially met him but I've seen him once (BMWCCA Lone Star Chapter autocross).

Thanks for the confirmation on his existence. LOL. I knew I had seen his website before. He was setting up the convoy and a number of people had already signed on. Give it some time for one of those guys to notice this thread and I am sure they will pass along the details.

He'll respond and I'll add this to the website.

Gracias!

Sounds like fun!!

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MattMan - 2003 M3

hey RoadRat - do you know how many people are planning to show up at Katy Mills?

Realistically, probably a dozen or so. There are 35 from Houston that are on our distribution list.

Are you on the list? Email me so I can add you.

We have an Austin meeting place change coming as the location we selected will be closed due to a charity event and the manager (after talking to him 3 times) just let us know.

RR
roadrat@roadfly.org

nope, not on the list - just emailed you :)

IMPORTANT UPDATE regarding Austin Run!!!

We had to change the initial meeting place in Austin. Here is the revised info:

Austin Hill Country Drive
Sunday 12/8/02

Important new updates. Disregard previous versions.

Please print this information for the drive.

Contact:
roadrat@roadfly.org
agent7@roadfly.org


Lunch and Gathering: 11:30AM-1PM
County Line BBQ on the Lake from 11:30AM-1PM.
The restaurant is open for lunch beginning at 11:30AM if you’d like to eat. Please park in the grassy area on the right side of the parking lot.

County Line BBQ on the Lake
Important note:There are 2 County Line restaurants. Make sure you are at the right one. *

5204 Fm Hwy 2222 Austin, TX.
(1/2 mile east of Hwy 360 on Hwy 2222/Bull Creek Rd.)
(512) 346-3664

*Directions to County Line on the Lake: If going north on Hwy 360, take the Hwy. 2222/Bull Creek Road exit and turn right. Go ½ mile and the County Line BBQ will be on the right.


We will depart at 1PM sharp for the drive. Please be back at your car and ready to depart at 1PM.

The Drive (approx. 170 miles):
Turn left out of the County Line BBQ parking lot, go ½ mile and go south (left) on Hwy 360 for 7.1 miles. Take Bee Cave Rd./FM Hwy 2244 going west (right) for about 9 miles to Hwy 71 and go west (right) on Hwy 71.

Stay on Hwy 71W for 59 miles, which will take you into Llano. At the end of Hwy 71, you'll come to a stop sign, which is Hwy 16 in Llano.

Photo shoot on the Llano River and rest area break (30 minutes):
Take a right on Hwy 16 for 1.2 miles into Llano and cross the Llano River Bridge. Immediately after crossing the Llano River Bridge, take a left on Legion Drive (across the street from the Llano Historical Museum). Go about 100 yards on Legion Dr. and turn left into the American Legion Parking lot and park there. There is a restaurant next door called the Llaneaux Seafood House that has public restrooms.

When leaving the American Legion parking lot, turn right on Hwy 16 and go for 20 miles. Keep a sharp eye out for a little road to the left called "Willow City Loop" (this 13 mile road has tons of photo opportunities and is not on the map you were provided with). Turn left onto the Willow City Loop and go exactly 2 miles and pull over to the side of the road at the “Buice Rd”. street sign for our second photo shoot of the day (30 minutes).

After the photo shoot, continue on the Willow City Loop for 11 miles until you get into the tiny town of Willow City (at the stop sign), just continue going straight after going thru the stop sign and this road will become Hwy 1323. Take Hwy 1323 for about 22 miles to Hwy 281.


Take a left (north) onto Hwy 281 and go about 9 miles. Turn right onto 962 (at old white building) for go for about 7 miles. Turn left on 962 at Cypress Mill for 9 miles and you will cross the Pedernales River. After you cross the Pedernales River, the road becomes 3238 (aka Hamilton Pool Rd.) Follow 3238 for 15 miles to Hwy 71.


Dinner, fun and libations at The Oasis (incredible view overlooking Lake Travis). Approximately 4:30PM* until.

Turn right onto Hwy 71 going east for 1.2 miles and turn left at the traffic light onto Hwy 620. Stay on Hwy 620 for 11.6 miles crossing the Mansfield Dam and turn left onto Comanche Trail (1.5 miles past Mansfield Dam at traffic light). Go 1 mile and The Oasis is on the left at 6550 Comanche Trail. *The group will arrive at The Oasis at approx 4:30PM.

The Oasis
6550 Comanche Trail
(512) 266-2441.


Thus far, we have over 80 people on our list and should have 30-50 cars show!!!

any pics of the meet? :D

We are working on another pic site since mine crashed with all the hits, but here is another one. http://www.qubic.net/~adamp/Austinmeet/

good pics.... wish i was there :(

So how many people acctually were from austin? To this day it amazes me how few bimmer people are in Austin. Sounded like a fun drive though! If I had been in town I would have called up my buddie and would could have gone in his dad's 540.

I would have to say though, that you missed a number of really cool roads. I acctually don't like 71 all that much, there is no center divider, and have seen a nuimber accidents between austin and llano, all VERY ugly looking. Taho vs. volvo both probably at 70mph in either direction...... UGLY. I had a hard time telling that it was a volvo, and it was sent flying prety far off the road.

A few roads that are more or less in austin that are cool are 2222, and if you go out by mansfied dam, and the road that goes to volente beach, are both kick-ass curvy roads. I have to say though, that here in colorado, there are many, many roads that are many many times better than all of those :D :stickoutt

Definatly sounds like it was fun though! The county line is some fine BBQ too.


after looking at the pics: yuk! sucks that it rained.
I live about 5 minutes off of hamilton pool rd. So close to my house! :wave:

does that pic show 100mph...in the RAIN?!?!? If so, you guys are insane.

Nice to see some familiar pics.

Originally posted by blueghost75
So how many people acctually were from austin? To this day it amazes me how few bimmer people are in Austin. Sounded like a fun drive though! If I had been in town I would have called up my buddie and would could have gone in his dad's 540.

I would have to say though, that you missed a number of really cool roads. I acctually don't like 71 all that much, there is no center divider, and have seen a nuimber accidents between austin and llano, all VERY ugly looking. Taho vs. volvo both probably at 70mph in either direction...... UGLY. I had a hard time telling that it was a volvo, and it was sent flying prety far off the road.

A few roads that are more or less in austin that are cool are 2222, and if you go out by mansfied dam, and the road that goes to volente beach, are both kick-ass curvy roads. I have to say though, that here in colorado, there are many, many roads that are many many times better than all of those :D :stickoutt

Definatly sounds like it was fun though! The county line is some fine BBQ too.


after looking at the pics: yuk! sucks that it rained.
I live about 5 minutes off of hamilton pool rd. So close to my house! :wave:

does that pic show 100mph...in the RAIN?!?!? If so, you guys are insane.

Nice to see some familiar pics.

Yea, I have seen some nasty accidents on that part of 71. It all happens to the stupid drunks at night driving 100mph in the opposite lane of traffic. Down my Llano, there are some beautiful roads. That can actually be quite fun.

Where near Hamilton Pool did you live? I'm down near Briarcliff, if you remember where that is (by the Pedernalas river).

Colorado has some fun roads! When I was up there for O'fest during the summer, I saw a turn sign that said 10mph. That sign meant 10 mph too!! I took it at about 25 and had a fun time going down the switchbacks! Some of the roads are boring through the vallies that are straight for 30 miles at a time!

do you know where old Fitzhugh road is? or RR12? I am down in that direction. To get to my house, you would go down old fitzhugh rd, take a left onto fitzhugh rd, and take that for a few miles to a subdivision called big country.

There are two roads that are within 5-10 minutes of boulder that don't just have a 10mph turn, they have 5-10 10mph turns all within a few miles.......

:devillook

And then there is I-70 up in the mountains.....:devillook

Originally posted by blueghost75
do you know where old Fitzhugh road is? or RR12? I am down in that direction. To get to my house, you would go down old fitzhugh rd, take a left onto fitzhugh rd, and take that for a few miles to a subdivision called big country.

There are two roads that are within 5-10 minutes of boulder that don't just have a 10mph turn, they have 5-10 10mph turns all within a few miles.......

:devillook

And then there is I-70 up in the mountains.....:devillook


That is further down Hamilton pool isn't it? I don't go very far back there, so I'm not to sure where that is.

Originally posted by Bry
That is further down Hamilton pool isn't it? I don't go very far back there, so I'm not to sure where that is.

I am prety sure the first one is the first left turn you can make on the road, which is a few miles down. RR12 is a few miles further than that. I don't normaly drive that way, I usually go into austin by going down hwy 290.

does that make sense? i've had a few drinks, it might not.... :rolleyes:

Hmm... I don't know the roads down there. I'll pull out a map later and look, but I think I know what you are talking about.

Colorado has really fun roads, plus the scenery is awesome. I am scared of the big deer though!

Originally posted by Bry
Hmm... I don't know the roads down there. I'll pull out a map later and look, but I think I know what you are talking about.

Colorado has really fun roads, plus the scenery is awesome. I am scared of the big deer though!

yea, I have seen a couple of big deer in CO, but I certainly see a lot more of them around here.