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Houston to Roswell Caravan Official Information - June 2007
Thursday, June 28th
Houston -- Meet at the Denny's Restaurant on FM1960 just north of Highway 290 by 7:30am for a short meeting before cruising out at 8am.
Route – UP 290 towards Austin. 290 to TX-21 which turns into TX-71 West. Take the 290 exit to the left and the Albertson's parking lot will be an immediate right.
Austin – Meet at the Albertson's parking lot at the junction of 290 and TX-71 in Oak Hill at 11am and we should be ready to cruise by 11:30am.
Route – Down 290 straight into Fredericksburg – 67.9 miles. Once in Fredericksburg, Chilli's will be on your right side , 515 East Main St.
Fredericksburg – We should be there by 1pm and we'll cruise out again at 2:30pm. There are plenty of gas stations in Fredericksburg, and several other restaurants if you want to eat somewhere else.
Route – Through town, pick up US-87 North. 145 miles and we're in San Angelo.
San Angelo – the Day's Inn (325/658-6594) is on US-87 North on the left hand side. We should be there by 5:30pm. We'll probably be heading out to the local Sonic to hang with the local VW club for dinner.
Friday, June 29th
San Angelo – Meet at 8:30am to cruise out at 9am.
Route – Go South on US-87 for a short distance,".Then North into Lamesa – 130 miles. K-Bob's Restaurant is on the freeway at 2200 Lubbock Highway on the left hand side of the road.
Lamesa – K-Bob's Restaurant. We should be here by 11:30am – Eat and refuel and we're out of here by 1pm.
Route – Continue up US-87 for a short distance, turn right onto US-180 for .6 mile, turn right onto TX-137 for 35.5 miles, turn left onto US-385 for .2 miles, turn sharp right onto TX-137 for 1.2 miles, turn left onto US-380 which will take us right into Roswell!
Roswell – Enter on US-380, right on Main Street, Sally Port Inn (Host Hotel) is at 2000 N Main Street, 505/622-6430. We'll park there, get our reservations taken care of and snarf the goodie bags – then scatter for our prospective hotels.