Highlights of The Hill Country Tour:
Through
the eastern part of the Texas Hill Country,
we’ll ride to Waco and
the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame.
From
beautiful back country roads in far east Texas
we
head to the charm of
Fredericksburg,
with its great antiquing.
More beautiful Hill Country cruising finds us
passing through New Braunfels
and on to Corpus Christi, home of the
Aircraft Carrier
Museum. We’ll ride
along
the Gulf of Mexico before turning northwest
back to Austin, the
end of our beautiful
one-week Hill Country tour in Texas.
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Saturday –
Arrival in Austin, TX
The riders will
get together in the evening with our Ride America tour guide to discuss the exciting week ahead.
Day 1 – Sunday - Austin to
Waco, TX - 197 miles
Off
we ride, east through Bastrop to Brenham, home of Ride America and
Blue Bell Ice Cream. We'll turn north, past Lake Somerville to
Waco, where the Texas Rangers
Hall of Fame is located.
Day
2 – Monday
– Circle ride to East Texas - 235 miles
We
head into East Texas this morning to Corsicana and Athens, cruising
down great back roads and through beautiful small towns. Down
through Palestine we'll ride, via Mexia back to Waco.
Day
3 –
Tuesday – Waco to Kerrville, TX - 205 miles
West
back into the Hill Country we ride this morning, via Lampasas to Marble
Falls and LBJ National Historical Park outside Johnson City.
After visiting Luckenbach and Fredericksburg, the location of the Admiral Nimitz Museum,
we'll ride into Kerrville.
Day
4 –
Wednesday – Hill Country circle ride - 206 miles
Today
we'll enjoy a true Hill Country ride, through unique small Texas towns
such as Mountain Home, Leakey, Rio Frio, Sabinal, Utopia and Bandera.
Day
5 –
Thursday – Kerrville to Victoria, TX - 210 miles
We
continue our ride through the Hill Country this morning, visiting Comfort, New Braunfels
and Seguin. This afternoon we'll enjoy open road cruising past Sebastopol State
Park to Charco and Goliad, turning northeast to Victoria.
Day
6 – Friday
– Circle ride to Corpus Christi - 222 miles
To
the Gulf of Mexico we head this morning, via Refugio to spectacular Corpus
Christi. Perhaps you might enjoy a visit to the USS Lexington
and the Aircraft Carrier Museum, before we ride across Mustang Island
to Aransas Pass. At Port Lavaca we'll turn back north to Victoria.
Day
7 –
Saturday – Victoria to Austin, TX - 121 miles
It's
time to head back where we started, via Cuero and Gonzales, to Austin.
If you are flying out, plan your flight departure for after 2:00pm.
Ride
America may from time to time make changes to this
tour itinerary, as circumstances require.
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