Date: April 7 to 13, 2012
Event: Texas Hill Country Cycling Adventure
Route Distances: 298 Miles (Average Miles Per Day: 59.6)
About the Ride: If you’ve been led to believe that all of the Lone Star State is pancake flat, this weeklong bike tour through the rolling Texas Hill Country will dash away that notion.
This cycling adventure begins and ends in New Braunfels, a small town deep in the heart of Hill Country. We’ll make our way on quiet farm and ranch roads through this region of Texas celebrated for its dazzling displays of spring wildflowers – most notably bluebonnets, which grow so thickly, they sometimes appear to be distant lakes on the horizon.
We’ll visit historic settlements including Blanco, Luckenbach, Fredericksburg, and Johnson City, and we’ll parallel crystal-clear streams, surmount oak-covered hills, and camp beside rivers with names that evoke the old Southwest (e.g., Guadalupe and Pedernales). Along the way, German-style biergartens, Texas barbecue, and Tex-Mex specialties will tempt our taste buds. And we’ll surely succumb to these temptations on a regular basis on this, one of our most popular trips.
Registration includes lunch: turkey sandwich, chips, ice tea, water or lemonade.
Location: New Braunfels, TX
Event Website: http://www.adventurecycling.org
Registration details: Online Registration
Contact Info: Call (800) 755-2453/(406) 721-1776 OR Email tours@adventurecycling.org