Date: Weekend of April 26, 27 and 28
Destination: Fort Davis, Texas, and surrounding area (Marfa and Alpine)
Place to stay: Mountain Trails Lodge has 10 cabins at $129 per night; one 1-Bedroom suite for $179, and one 2-Bedroom suite for $199. They are willing to block these rooms for 7 days only.
Additional amenities: Mountain Trails Lodge has a cafe where they serve breakfast and lunch. They are willing to cater a dinner on Saturday night, but it would be something simple such as hamburgers or chicken fried steak.
Mountain Trails Lodge, 501 S.Hwy. 118, Ft. Davis, Tx. 79734. 432-426-3481 " Jeanne"
DATES: FRIDAY April 26th check in- SUNDAY April 28th checkout.
RATES: $ 129.00 plus tax per room. There are 6 rooms with two full beds and 2 rooms with single king beds. If we end up taking 5 rooms total at least (out of 8 reserved) then we can receive a 10% discount per room.
CANCELLATION POLICY: The hotel REQUIRES a 7 DAY NOTICE on cancellation. This means on FRIDAY APRIL 19th I need to call her, find out what rooms are not taken and cancel those.
When you call to get a room, mention my name and " West Texas Porsche Club" to take a room.
What to do for the weekend: This is proposed.
Friday night: Have a get together on Friday night. Mountain Trails Lodge has a place to do that, or if someone rents the 1-Bedroom or 2-Bedroom we could have it there. Lodge Telephone: 432-426-3481. Ask for Jeanine.
Saturday: Breakfast on your own. Options for Saturday day:
Fort Davis: Drive out through very scenic country on nice Porsche roads, a couple of options. Old Fort Davis at the U.S. National Park's historic site. McDonald Observatory Visitor's Center is open from 12:00 to 4:30, with solar viewing at 1:00 p.m., a guided tour at 2:00 p.m., and Star Party at 9:30 p.m. (highly recommended).
Marfa: Drive to Marfa, about 20 miles. Marfa has art galleries and related activities, too many to mention. See the Marfa Chamber of Commerce website for the options. View the Marfa Lights if you are lucky. They are strange.
Alpine: drive to Alpine. It has the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center and other things to do. Again, research it on the web.
Big Bend National Park: take a long scenic drive to Big Bend; will take all day.
Saturday night: Meet somewhere for dinner; several options.
Sunday: return home.
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