campermom

We are a week away from the "Big Road Trip". I'm getting new tires and oil change today. Reservations for "Texas", show @ Kwahadi Kiva, Palo Duro by Jeep, are made. There is just one thing I am not looking forward to, I have inventory the night before we leave. I'll be at the store 6pm until about 3 am. ARGH!

Here is the itinerary
1 night in Abilene
3 nights @ Caprock Canyon
we'll take the rail to trail bike riding, bat tour of Clarity tunnel, and horseback ride.
5 nights @ Palo Duro Canyon
we'll go to Panhandle Plains museum, Don Harrington Discovery Center, AQHA Hall of fame, Kwahadi Kiva, Lake Meredith and Alibates Flint Monument, See the show Texas, Tour the canyon by Jeep, take a trail ride, ride bikes and hike
1 night @ Lake Colorado City
On the way, we'll stop at a pick your own apple orchard in Lubbock
3 nights @ South Llano River
On the way we'll visit San Angelo State Park, and possibly stop in Paint rock for a tour of the petroglyphs, at least a lunch stop in Eden.
One at South Llano, we'll swim so much we'll become turtles and never want to return home.

We have another trip scheduled 2 weeks after returning. YEA, Big Bend!

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almitra

Wow! Sounds great!! Want company? LOL!!!

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srds

We will be at South Llano 10 -15 of June can't wait.Be careful on the road and have a great trip.

srds :cool:
Have Fun

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Troop198

Are you doing Abeline SP? swim there too !

Now for the rest, Caprock Canyon ride, we got rained out in June a few years back, you can rent bikes so we had it set up but after rain the trail was too slick as it is low in spots. We stayed in Honey flat real restroom is there.
There is water at the lake.

No water spot in Palo Duro,so do laundry in the city and go to the museum one day. Park does have a grill and store.

Lake Colorado City SP Lake is ok, Park had signs on the rest areas warning of rattlesnakes, (especially when sun comes up or goes down, they like the park road and hard areas according to ranger at that time).
Nice grocery store at Colorado City but not much else.

enjoy and review them all for us

riverrat

Wow! Sounds like a great itinerary! Have loads of fun out there!

huachuca

That sounds like a really great trip! We've visited most of the attractions you've listed and enjoyed everyone of them. Have yet to time a trip so we can catch the Texas play but we will.

Big Bend is our favorite National Park - just be careful of the heat at this time of the year. I'd recommend a stop at the Barton Warnock Nature Center in BB Ranch State Park when in that area. Where will you be camping when you're there?

Another 'gotta go back there' Park we found this past March was Guadalupe Mountains NP. I didn't much care for the Headquarters area around Pine Spring (too many people) but Dog Canyon and McKittrick Canyon had some awesome trails as did Lincoln National Forest in NM (be sure to see Sitting Bull Falls).

Have fun and looking forward to your trip report.

Al

campermom

Thanks for the snake warning. So many parks have signs but seldom have we encountered any. Lake Colorado City will be just a stop over point. I didn't want to drive more than 4 hours. I doubt we'll do more than sleep there.

Has anyone ever had a snake find a shady spot under their tent, and then you discover it later? Things like that just freak me out.

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Troop198

When we did the tent thing and even with the boy scouts, we were more worried about fire ants than snakes.
( But we tend to set up the tents at night so much harder to see)