jerrybo
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I’ve been following with great interest the progress of the Red to the Rio Loop on TWT.
Thought I’d share some info on the Lone Star Loop I just finished developing.
The Loop is 2,180 miles in length. I haven’t verified the numbers but my guess is it is 70% dirt county roads and 30% pavement. Of that 30%, probably 10-15% is blacktop county roads. My goal was to include as much dirt as possible but when you get close to highly urbanized areas, and much of East Texas, it’s hard to find dirt even on county roads.
I have ridden about 98% of the stretch from US 82 west Of Benjamin south to Rock Springs, a little over 600 miles. The rest of the Loop I have verified on the TXDOT County Grid Map and have “flown” the entire loop on Google Earth. I have attached a snapshot of the Loop and a Goodle Earth kmz file.
The numbering of the routes begins at Jayton, 90 miles east of Lubbock. I have a master .gdb file consisting of 17 routes and 49 tracks. Also, I have broken the master down into three segments, i.e., three separate .gdb files in order to keep the track total under 20 to fit my Garmin 60 CSX limitations.
If anyone is interested in the .gdb files email me and I’ll send then. Also, if anyone has opportunity to ride a portion of the Loop I’d appreciate any feedback. My plan is to ride the entire Loop next fall as weather wise that seems to be best .
Thought I’d share some info on the Lone Star Loop I just finished developing.
The Loop is 2,180 miles in length. I haven’t verified the numbers but my guess is it is 70% dirt county roads and 30% pavement. Of that 30%, probably 10-15% is blacktop county roads. My goal was to include as much dirt as possible but when you get close to highly urbanized areas, and much of East Texas, it’s hard to find dirt even on county roads.
I have ridden about 98% of the stretch from US 82 west Of Benjamin south to Rock Springs, a little over 600 miles. The rest of the Loop I have verified on the TXDOT County Grid Map and have “flown” the entire loop on Google Earth. I have attached a snapshot of the Loop and a Goodle Earth kmz file.
The numbering of the routes begins at Jayton, 90 miles east of Lubbock. I have a master .gdb file consisting of 17 routes and 49 tracks. Also, I have broken the master down into three segments, i.e., three separate .gdb files in order to keep the track total under 20 to fit my Garmin 60 CSX limitations.
If anyone is interested in the .gdb files email me and I’ll send then. Also, if anyone has opportunity to ride a portion of the Loop I’d appreciate any feedback. My plan is to ride the entire Loop next fall as weather wise that seems to be best .