Date: October 8-10, 2011 — Ride starts 8:30 AM
Event: Texas Forts Tour – A Ride Through History
Route Distances: 3 Days-3 Forts 108 To 276 mile
About the Ride: This great adventure will start Friday, Oct. 7, 2011 with Packet Pick-Up from 4 to 7 PM continuing Sat. from 6:30 to 7:30 AM with Packet Pick-Up at the Halliburton Building adjacent to (north of) Fort Richardson State Park, on the southern edge of Jacksboro, Texas. We’ll offer a Spaghetti Dinner and Ice Cream contest hosted by Friends of Fort Richardson (small additional fee) and Living History exhibits. The Fort will be open for your viewing pleasure.
Saturday, Oct 8–three ride options! 105 miles – Fort Richardson to Albany, the scenic tour! 61 miles — We’ll load up you and your bike, after a Trivia Stop in Graham we’ll drop you and your bike at Fort Belknap where you’ll ride on into Albany. 29 miles — We’ll drop you and your bike at Woodson after Trivia Stops at Graham and Fort Belknap.
Sunday, Oct 9– two ride options! 89 miles — Our test riders really liked this course, lots of beautiful Texas landscape! 34 miles — This is last year’s course from Albany to Breckenridge; you’ll miss the Trivia Stops the long course folks get… But, don’t worry; we have some special ones for you!
Monday, Oct 10– two ride options! 82 miles — The same wonderful course as last year. 45 miles — You and your bike will be dropped off at the Old Jail Museum, don’t worry you still get to ride the famous Three Amigo’s! Each day we’ll all gather at 8 am with the Long Ride people for a sendoff, then we’ll hang out for a bit, load the trailers, busses, trucks or whatever else we have to transport you in. We’ll drop you at the designated place for your ride into the next overnight.
Location: Ride starts and end at Fort Richardson State Park, Jacksboro, TX
Event Website: http://www.texasfortstour.com/
Registration details: Online Registration via Active.com
$150 Registration Fee for registering before midnight on Monday, October 3, 2011.
$175-$200 Registration Fee Tuesday, October 4, 2011.
Contact info: 940-322-3223, fax is 940-322-1118 OR email [email protected]
