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		<title>Lone Star Bicycle Route</title>
		<link>http://www.texbiker.net/blog/2009/04/18/lone-star-bicycle-route-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Ankrum</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lone Star Bicycle Route]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>A few weeks ago I mentioned that I had found a map from 1976 for the Lone Star Bicycle Route. With the rain today I decide to complete the project. In the 33 years since it was published I thought there would be many changes in the route and/or the route designations. As I plotted [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A few weeks ago I mentioned that I had found a map from 1976 for the Lone Star Bicycle Route. With the rain today I decide to complete the project. In the 33 years since it was published I thought there would be many changes in the route and/or the route designations. As I plotted the route on Bikely.com I was surprised that the original route is still intact except for just a couple of road numbers.</p>
<p>I plotted the route in two parts and have added the links to the <strong><a title="Texbiker.net Bike Ride Maps" href="http://www.texbiker.net/blog/bike-ride-maps/" target="_blank">Bike Ride Maps</a> </strong>page. The page link is also at the top of the page.</p>
<p>From the back of the original map, “The Lone Star Bicycle Route was researched and developed by the Texas College Bicentennial Program and the Texas Cycling Committee. It provides a scenic, safe and reasonably direct route across a large sweep of southern and southwestern landscape. Following paved rural roads and hard-surfaced urban bikeways, the Lone Star Route is designed for cross-country, regional and local travel. For the cross-country bicyclist, the Route connects with major transcontinental routes on either end.</p>
<p>In 1976 bicyclists Brian McCarron and Phil Burden made a 9,000 mile tour of the United States. Their tour included the Austin-Amarillo portion of the Lone Star Bicycle Route. Brian’s evaluation: ‘Both Phil and I felt that it was well routed with excellent camping options. The farm roads we followed offered fantastic scenery with good road surface and virtually no traffic.’ Average riders should be encouraged by Brian and Phil’s tour. Neither rider had extensive bicycle touring experience prior to their trip.”</p>
<p>The back of the map cautions bicyclists between Amarillo and Austin to expect periodic heavy winds, steep hills and long distances between towns. Tire eating stickers may also be present.
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		<title>Today&#8217;s Route Near Huffman Texas</title>
		<link>http://www.texbiker.net/blog/2009/04/11/todays-route-near-huffman-texas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rick Ankrum</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Today&#8217;s route starts in Kingwood and then heads to the area southeast of Huffman on the east side of Lake Houston. You can see the route at this link:</p> <p>http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2717499</p> <p>The roads on this route are smooth and the traffic is light to none once I got across the McKay Causeway over Lake Houston. I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today&#8217;s route starts in Kingwood and then heads to the area southeast of Huffman on the east side of Lake Houston. You can see the route at this link:</p>
<p><a title="Huffman Texas 4-11-09" href="http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2717499" target="_blank"><strong>http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2717499</strong></a></p>
<p>The roads on this route are smooth and the traffic is light to none once I got across the McKay Causeway over Lake Houston. I have not ridden these roads southeast of Huffman on a regular basis before because my preferred routes in the past were to the north and west of Kingwood. This is not practical now due to road construction on US59, FM1314 and FM1485. (Hello fiscal stimulus.)</p>
<p>With these unexplored routes I am beginning to think one of Garmin cycling GPS units might be helpful. So far I have had to stop and look at the map I printed out. Even with this help I still miss a road or turn on my planned route. That happened today but the wrong turn was back towards where I would end up if I had not missed the turn.</p>
<p>I did not expect to see any fellow riders but I there were at least three.
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