TTC ☆ OFFICIAL

Mern'n

 

Leaving Austin to head back home. We came up here early this morning to look at a motorcycle for the boyfriend. Heading home with it now.

 

I got one of those too!

 

He's really excited to get it home and mess around with it.

 

Hi all. I’m heading down for a road trip soon in July. No it’s not a good idea.

Heading down with my truck, my dog, a chair and my hammock and hitting the open road to explore the country. I have two weeks, when else will I ever get a two week stretch to do something like this?

anyway. Looking for suggestions for stuff to check out and do, obviously with the limited availability. Planning to swing by spider mountain park to check it out, won’t have my bike or anything so I won’t be able to ride it but, whatever. Worth swinging by to see.

cities: Dallas Austin San Antonio Corpus Christi Houston.

if anyone has any recommendations let me know. Ultimately this trip is one really long drive for takeout.

 

Is that all the cities you plan to visit? Passing through any other states or nah?

 

In Texas yeah.

I’m coming down from Rhode Island. Over through NY to Michigan then down to Nashville over to Kansas City then down to Texas. Then from Texas our to New Orleans. From there either Jacksonville FL or Atlanta. Then from either of those up to Charleston, outer banks then up to DC, then back up swinging wide around nyc going to Scranton area then back to R.I.

Basically a ring around the eastern half of the country. If I planned the routes right, only 4 miles from my house to providence will overlap, after that it’s a giant ring.

 

Trying to think outside of Covid times, but shit, that's tough right now.. guess I'll try to be inkeeping with the take-out theme..

Come down to Austin after KC asap. There is a pretty damn awesome looking Off-road park near Dallas I've never been to, maybe NW OHV Park.?.
Come down to Austin area as soon as possible, get some Franklin BBQ, yes, stand in the line, bring beer & your chair & meet people while waiting. Hipcamp is probably your friend for booking campsites & being away from crowds while meeting interesting owners. I say, make reservations (because of Covid) to hit up Barton Springs a couple hours to relax one day. Enter from the south side & sunbathe on the hill. Ask people around you about things that are open & available while out there. If you get no answers, go to S Lamar & get some Ramen TatSuya and then head over to the east side to explore a little before going back to camp. If ABGB is back open, check for live music there too.
I'd book it Houston the next day, not really sure where to camp stay but I can tell you my 3 fave moderate eating spots. Blue Water has better Cajun food than most of Louisiana, Kenny & Ziggy's probably rivals the Bronx for fine Jewish delicatessen. Lastly, a lil known place called the Petrol Station serves the best beers on tap, chill ass vibe & burgers or a Reuben to die for.
On to Louisiana, I'd leave Houston in the morning & Barrell through all the way to Lafayette, LA. In Lafayette, you can take Hwy49 N to Get 90 E. Take Hwy 90 E, drive to St. Francesville via going through New Roads, LA. Should be some Air BnB/Camp sites b/w New Roads & St Francesville. I'm from Louisiana, trust me, these are the areas you wanna see.
From St. Francesville, bolt towards New Orleans, stay where ever you can but try to hang out mostly on Frenchman St., & In the Bywater area. A drive uptown will probably be interesting too. Stay away from Bourbon, you'll get that same vibe on Frenchman without the tourists.
You can easily make it from NOLA to Panama City Beach the next day. Will be a short almost refreshing drive. If you can, camp at St. Andrews State Park at the east end of the beach & check out the strip at night if you're not too tired.
After that, someone else may need to chime in. I've beat up the paths from Austin to Panama City Beach many times, ask me anything about anything between here & there along the I-10 corridor. Guess the only thing I forgot is, instead of actually staying in Houston, you could camp down in Galveston that night. I love Galveston, it's a weird mix of coastal reggae / Texas / Cajun / trashy side. It's a great mix & there's a place called 'The Spot' I never miss when going, all the best!!!

 

That’s a lot of driving. Will you have any time to stop & smell the roses?

 

realistically, in Grand Rapids and in Texas. Otherwise it’s all about exploring. The way I see it right now there’s either not going to be stuff to do museums and whatnot, or I won’t want to be joining in a big group of people as a traveler, being Typhoid Mary. It’s mostly driving but enough stops to check stuff out. Might regret not seeing some stuff in the Great Lakes area and maybe down in the Carolinas. Fortunately the Carolinas are near the end so if I have extra time by that point I’ll adapt and add more.

 

hot damn thanks for the write up. We did go to Austin over the Christmas to NY stretch, and I loved browns. Franklin is good I’m sure but I am not about to wait in line for 4 hours for bbq after having world class bbq for an entire week prior through Nashville, KC and the rest of Texas. Plus what else Austin has on offer.

I’ll check out PCB might try to camp there. I will say, my schedule would put me there Saturday night. So that might not be ideal.

it’s not that I’ll be tired, it’s that I’ll (a) have my dog and (b) will want to avoid joining in on crowds, especially in Florida after going through Texas! I won’t say my thoughts on the virus, but I don’t want to be that guy, yknow?

I wasn’t planning on off reading on my travels but, hey I might be able to squeeze in a few dirt roads and Class IV roads for a few miles from time to time

 

There's certainly other BBQ, but Franklin's really does it right for the record

Have fun!!

 

I was just comin’ for Jambo & to finally meet Chad before all the Wheels fell off.

 

Piss on the cities and the take out, eat camp food and see the state. Palo Duro, Caprock Canyons, Davis Mountains, Big Bend, Enchanted Rock, float the Frio, drive to the south end of PINS and pee of the jetty rocks. You can see pavement, people, and restaurants anywhere, we have stuff in Texas that you can only see in Texas.

 

Mornin TTC Mornin World

 

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I don’t disagree to that. And I might skip Austin San Antonio in favor of that (been to Austin before). But, part of this trip is scouting for a move to Texas once we’re down there we can do weekend trips all the time.

 

Morning, TTC

 

Ah...be glad to have you! I have been working on a set of new immigration rules for those considering coming to Texas though, so if you do decide to come we'll need to have a talk first.

 

This is a cool way to stagger through the hill country without going WAY out of your way to parks that take days to see ending at Garner State Park. There are neat towns like Lukenbach & Bandera slightly off this trail that would be cool additions semi going in the direction you're trying to head in.. eventually south heading back east..