[SA] Church of the Three Sisters Drive

Anyone up for a drive first thing tomorrow morning?

I drove the Three Sisters with the San Antonio Lotus group last month, and it's a glorious run. I loathe mornings, but this is really worth waking up early for.

I'll be in front of Gold's Gym at 1604 and Bandera 6.28 AM tomorrow morning, and will leave promptly at 6.48 AM. Civil dawn departure is essential to beat the heat, literally and figuratively. Look for a titanium Elise and a silver Corvette if you'd like to join us!

Since this is an impromptu run without any advance planning, unless someone volunteers to fly lead with a radar detector, the drive may be slightly conservative. Feel free to pass along this invitation responsibly.

 

...i ended up flying solo this morning, not unexpected due to the short notice, but i think i'm going to make this a regular monthly engagement with a bit more advance notice in the future...

...it's a very nice route, 260 miles and about four and a half hours driving conservatively, twisty with plenty of elevation changes, perfect for taking the lotus out the way it was meant to be driven...leaving at civil dawn (six degrees before sunrise) offered good visibility with nothing but running lights, and kept pleasantly cool and starkly empty roads nearly the entire way - it only started heating up and i only encountered other traffic on the return leg...

...keep your eyes open for next month's church of the three sisters!..

 

...indeed, that was me...

 

Experience your car the way it was meant to be driven - join us for one of the Hill Country's most glorious runs next Sunday, October 12.

We'll meet behind Exxon at 1604 and Bandera 6.55 AM Sunday morning, and will leave promptly at 7.15 AM. Civil dawn departure is essential to keeping clear roads; this is really worth waking early for.

Our spirited drive will cover approximately 260 miles in four to five hours, driven conservatively. Due to low water crossings along the route, a postponement will be announced in the event of heavy rains 24 hours before departure. Feel free to pass along this invitation responsibly.

 

Church of the Three Sisters is an at-will drive open to all makes and models of sportscars.

Our circuit features many twisted roads and elevation changes with a few nice deserted straights for good measure. Although this is a technically challenging circuit, there's absolutely no pressure for anyone to drive faster than they're comfortable - we'll wait for the entire group at each waypoint before moving onward. It's a gorgeous drive at any speed.

Maps will be distributed before our departure Sunday morning. Hope to see you there!

 

Experience your car the way it was meant to be driven - join us for one of the Hill Country's most glorious runs next Sunday, November 16.

We'll meet behind Exxon at 1604 and Bandera 6.15 AM Sunday morning, and will leave promptly at 6.35 AM. Civil dawn departure is essential to keeping clear roads; this is really worth waking early for.

Our spirited drive will cover approximately 260 miles in four to five hours, driven conservatively. Due to low water crossings along the route, a postponement will be announced in the event of heavy rains 24 hours before departure. Feel free to pass along this invitation responsibly.

 

Church of the Three Sisters is an at-will drive open to all makes and models of sportscars.

Our route features many twisted roads and elevation changes with a few nice deserted straights for good measure. Although this is a technically challenging circuit, there's absolutely no pressure for anyone to drive faster than they're comfortable - we'll wait for the entire group at each waypoint before moving onward. It's a gorgeous drive at any speed.

Maps will be distributed before our departure Sunday morning. Hope to see you there!

 

Announcement

Drive Time
0.59 - Waypoint 1
0.15 - Waypoint 2
0.20 - Waypoint 3
0.26 - Waypoint 4
0.22 - Waypoint 5
0.17 - Waypoint 6
1.15 - Finish
6.03 - Elapsed Time

67.1 Average Speed
2.09 Idle Time

Attendance
(1) Ferrari 348TS
(1) Fiat 124 Sport Spider 2000
(4) Lotus Elise
(1) Porsche 924S

Previous drive reports are always available at LotusTalk.

 

Experience your car the way it was meant to be driven - join us for one of the Hill Country's most glorious runs next Sunday, December 14.

We'll meet behind Exxon at 1604 and Bandera 6.37 AM Sunday morning, and will leave promptly at 6.57 AM. Civil dawn departure is essential to keeping clear roads; this is really worth waking early for.

Our spirited drive will cover approximately 260 miles in four to five hours, driven conservatively. Due to low water crossings along the route, a postponement will be announced in the event of heavy rains 24 hours before departure. Feel free to pass along this invitation responsibly.

 

Church of the Three Sisters is an at-will drive open to all makes and models of sportscars.

Our route features many twisted roads and elevation changes with a few nice deserted straights for good measure. Although this is a technically challenging circuit, there's absolutely no pressure for anyone to drive faster than they're comfortable - we'll wait for the entire group at each waypoint before moving onward. It's a gorgeous drive at any speed.

Maps will be distributed before our departure Sunday morning. Hope to see you there!

 

It's time for our first drive of 2009! Join us for one of the Hill Country's most glorious runs next Sunday, January 25.

We'll meet behind Exxon at 1604 and Bandera 6.43 AM Sunday morning, and will leave promptly at 7.03 AM. Civil dawn departure is essential to keeping clear roads; this is really worth waking early for.

Our spirited tour will cover approximately 260 miles in four to five hours, driven conservatively. Due to low water crossings along the route, a postponement will be announced in the event of heavy rains 24 hours before departure. Feel free to pass along this invitation responsibly.

Previous drive reports are always available here.

 

...november and december it was paved all the way through, but there was still a stretch which hadn't received its final topcoat over the coarse tarmac...

 

Church of the Three Sisters is an at-will drive open to all makes and models of sportscars.

Our route features many twisted roads and elevation changes with a few nice deserted straights for good measure. Although this is a technically challenging circuit, there's absolutely no pressure for anyone to drive faster than they're comfortable - we'll wait for the entire group at each waypoint before moving onward. It's a gorgeous drive at any speed.

Maps will be distributed before our departure Sunday morning, 7.03 AM behind Exxon at Bandera and 1604. Hope to see you there!

 

Experience your car the way it was meant to be driven - join us for one of the Hill Country's most glorious runs next Sunday, February 15.

Note the new location! By popular request, we're experimenting with alternative staging routes throughout our second six months. We'll meet in front of Exxon at Interstate 10 and Ralph Fair Road 3351 at 6.29 AM Sunday morning, and will leave promptly at 6.49 AM. Civil dawn departure is essential to keeping clear roads; this is really worth waking early for.

Our spirited drive will cover approximately 260 miles in four to five hours, driven conservatively. Due to low water crossings along the route, a postponement will be announced in the event of heavy rains 24 hours before departure. Feel free to pass along this invitation responsibly.

Previous drive reports are always available here.

 

Church of the Three Sisters is an at-will drive open to all makes and models of sportscars.

Our route features many twisted roads and elevation changes with a few nice deserted straights for good measure. Although this is a technically challenging circuit, there's absolutely no pressure for anyone to drive faster than they're comfortable - we'll wait for the entire group at each waypoint before moving onward. It's a gorgeous drive at any speed.

Note the new location: we'll meet in front of Exxon at Interstate 10 and Ralph Fair Road 3351. Maps will be distributed before our departure Sunday morning. Hope to see you there!

 

...whereabouts?..we've seen constable walters many times along 337 between medina and vanderpool, and in fact have adjusted our route accordingly, but never any law enforcement passing through the leakey area...