2014 Spring Texas Trip

I'm in C/S, considering an adventure to Billy the Kid's grave site in New Mexico and the High Point of Llano Estacado. The Llano Estacado is is a very large plateau located in Eastern New Mexico and Western Texas. I'd like to spend a few days in Lubbock, Texas. See the Texas Tech University campus, home of the Red Raiders. There's a museum or two in Lubbock that may be interesting as well as a golf course with no trees. Continue on to Fredericksburg, TX for the annual VW festival and Blue Bonnet Tour. Perhaps stop by the Atwater Prairie Chicken reserve near Eagle Lake and then continue onto Big Bend National Park - the bird viewing and singing should be prime. On the return home, visit Balmorhea State Park which features the largest naturally spring fed swimming pool in the U.S.A.

Its just a dream ...

So how many miles are really involved?

Colorado Springs to Ft Sumner, NM

This section of your trip is 5 hours 50 minutes based on current traffic  /  370.82 miles

Overnight at Sumner Lake S.P.
Visit Billy the Kid's Grave Site, drive Puerto de Luna valley, take photo of intersection of Pat Garret and Billy the Kid Boulevards.

 

Ft Sumner, NM to Clovis, NM

This section of your trip is 1 hour 5 minutes based on current traffic  /  62.09 miles
Overnight at Oasis S.P
Play golf at the par-3 Clovis Municipal Golf Course.

Clovis, NM to Lubbock, TX

This section of your trip is 1 hour 43 minutes based on current traffic  /  99.90 miles
Overnight for two nights at Rode Way Inn on Avenue Q
Visit Texas Tech Campus and Museum and Ranch Museum
Play golf at tree-less golf course.

Lubbock, Tx to Big Bend National Park, TX

(Bypasses Fredricksburg, TX)

This section of your trip is 6 hours 4 minutes based on current traffic  /  368.45 miles

Drive sections of US-385
Overnight for two nights at shady cotton-wood tree campgrounds, birds chirping.

Big Bend National Park, TX to Balmorhea, TX

This section of your trip is 3 hours based on current traffic  /  178.80 miles

Overnight at Balmorhea S. P., site of largest natural spring fed swimming pool.

Balmorhea, TX to Colorado Springs, CO

This section of your trip is 10 hours 9 minutes based on current traffic  /  643.11 miles

Let's go home.

Let's do more, alternately ...

Big Bend National Park, TX to Fredericksburg, TX
 
This section of your trip is 6 hrs 3 mins  /  383.93 milesc

Go to Annual VW Festival

Alternately again ...

Balmorhea, TX to Fredericksburg, TX



Federicksburg, TX to Whitney, TX

This section of your trip is 3 hours 19 minutes based on current traffic  /  193.22 miles

Camp at Lake Whitney State Park

Whitney, TX to Temple, OK

This section of your trip is 3 hours 18 minutes based on current traffic  /  201.75 miles

Temple, OK to Colorado Springs, CO

This section of your trip is 10 hours 6 minutes based on current traffic  /  622.96 miles





















 

 

 

 

 

 

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