Holy Trinity Ride – Thursday - Saturday
The Ride: A ride that covered 640 miles over three days through the beautiful Texas Hill Country. The ride departed from Austin and took us on the famous "Holy Trinity" of roads including FM 335, 336 and 337, traveling through the historic and beautiful towns of Blanco, Boerne, Bandera, Medina, Leakey, Camp Wood, Hunt, Kerrville, Comfort, Grapetown and Luckenbach. This trip included a loop through Brackettville on scenic FM 674 to visit the famous Alamo Village, the studio set built by John Wayne to stage the original movie version of the Alamo, and a stop at TexHenge in Hunt, plus a lunch stop at Vaquero's in Rock Springs, and a Gabrito Burger Stop in Tarpley.
Thursday, (215 mi., 7 - 7 ½ hrs).
POI: Blanco, Boerne, Polly’s Chapel (Pipe Creek), Leakey, Concan, The Holy Trinity of Texas Roads (FM 335, 336, 337)
Meet at Waterloo Icehouse 7:30 a.m., Loop 360 @ RR 2222
2244 to 71 to 3238
Left on 12
Right on 290 West to Henly
Left on 165
Blanco
Left on Chandler
Left on 281 South
Right on 473 to Kendalia
Left on 474 to Boerne
Boerne
Coffee Stop: Bear Moon Café & Bakery
Southwest on E.Theissen St.
Left on 87
Right on 46
Right on 16
Pipe Creek
Side Trip: Polly’s Chapel
Right on Privilege Creek Rd.
Left on Old School Rd.
Right on Polly’s Chapel Rd.
POI: Polly’s Chapel
Backtrack: Left on Old School Rd
Right on Privilege Creek Rd
Right on 16
Side Trip: Tarpley For Lunch
Left on 470 from Hwy 16
Tarpley
Gabrito Burger at Mac & Ernie's
Backtrack on 470 to 16 to 337 West; or take 187 north to 337 West
Right on 187 to Vanderpool
POI: Lone Star Motorcycle Museum
Backtrack to 337; continue to Leakey
Rio Frio (The Big Tree)
POI: Frio Canyon Motorcycle Stop
POI: Garner State Park
Friday, 165 mi., 6 –6 ½ hrs
POI: The Holy Trinity Loop, Rocksprings
337 to Camp Wood
Left on 55
Right on 334
Brackettville (Gas Stop)
Right on 674
POI: Alamo Village
Right on 377 to Rocksprings
Lunch Stop: Vaquero's
Rocksprings (lunch)
Take 55 South
Left on 335 (The roller coaster)
Right on 41 East
Right on 336 to Leakey
Dinner: Vinnie’s in Leakey (Top 10 places to eat in Ride Texas)
Saturday – Return Home via Comfort, Luckenbach, Fredericksburg
( 201 mi., 7 – 7 ½ hrs)
Hwy 83 N
2005 Route: Right on Hwy 39 to Hwy 27 to Kerrville
2004 Route: Hwy 83 to 41 to FM 1340 to Hunt
POI: TexHenge
To Kerrville
Take Beautiful FM 1350 to Comfort
Comfort
POI: Treue Der Union Monument (Left on High St. to Second Ave.)
Backtrack to 27; Left on 473 East
Left on Old No. 9 Hwy (Old San Antonio Rd)
POI: Old Railroad Tunnel Bat Observatory
Grapetown
Right on Old Grapetown Rd.
Right on 1376 to Luckenbach
Luckenbach
Hwy 1376 to Hwy 290 (Gas Stop)
290 to Johnson City
Left on Hwy 281 to Roundtop (Last Break/Gas Stop)
Right on 962
Left at Cypress Mill
To Hwy 71/620
Best Ride Home
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