Alright, I'm officially in! Sorry it took so long. This was our first holiday season with my family since way before our kids were born, so it was a HUGE deal for everybody, and then the selling of our house in Denver that closed on New Year's eve, and then four birthdays just in the first half of January, so I've been a little busy, but now I can start looking a little farther into the future.
The biggest hurdle I see right now is the vast expanse of West Texas between I-35 and the panhandle. We seem to have plenty of members in the Dallas and Austin area, and Justin in Lubbock, but nobody in the 350 miles in-between. We need some folks in the Abilene or San Angelo areas, and possibly Midland-Odessa, too.
I propose going South from the DFW area via 377 to 281 through Stephenville, and then meeting up the the Austin-area riders in either Johnson City or Fredricksburg. There's some good BBQ in that part of the state
, and it's great hill-country riding. The problem then is getting it from there all the way to Lubbock.
For now, all I can really commit to is riding down to the Fredricksburg area. We either need somebody who lives in the vicinity of San Angelo to come get it, or somebody in the Austin area to ride as far as Justin would be willing to ride South-East to meet them.
I thought I remembered somebody being from around there, or maybe Big Spring, but I don't know who it was.
Edit: I didn't look at the map of proposed routes first.
DFW to Junction could work, too, but it would be up to the Austin folks as to how far West they'll want to ride to meet the others.