Made It

[flgfish]

When you & pops go for you LTC find a place that does everything, classroom, range

Spring Guns & Ammo in Spring is where I did mine. It was efficient and my instructor was good (Kris Mayfield - he does their defensive pistol & AR classes as well). They push a lot of people through here. There were 3 classes going with 25+ per class when I was there.

Spring Events

www.springgunsandammo.com

Saddle River on FM1488 is closer to Magnolia & also holds classes. I keep a membership here but I have never done training with them.

Texas License to Carry (CHL)

saddleriverrange.com

 

[6shooterTX]

The drive across the state from Kerrick to Magnolia was fun and interesting, and it was kind of eye opening for my wife and mother in law - they seemed to think that Texas was like it was portrayed in old western movies - arid, brown, full of tumble weeds, cowboys on horse back, and stuck in the 1860s.

You can take them to the West Texas small towns for that!

 

[deemus]

You’ll be disappointed with Austin. Pretty much everything you just left.

If you’re going to Lockhart, make it a trip. Start in Luling @ Snow’s. Be there early, they’ll be sold out before noon, and hit up City Market. Then go over Lockhart for Kreuz, Black’s, and Smitty’s. Finish your day at Southside in Elgin if you’re not already in a meat coma.

Snow’s is in Lexington. Luling City Market is good too.

I liked Smitty’s beef sausage, bought a box to take home. Blacks beef rib was really good. Kreuz was all good.

 

[toddnjoyce]

Snow’s is in Lexington. Luling City Market is good too.

I liked Smitty’s beef sausage, bought a box to take home. Blacks beef rib was really good. Kreuz was all good.

Yep. Brain fart on snows.

 

[deemus]

Yep. Brain fart on snows.

Rare for you, They are regular for me.

 

[toddnjoyce]

Rare for you..

That’s gracious.

 

[Sasquatch]

You can take them to the West Texas small towns for that!

My wife has a cousin currently stationed at Fort Bliss. Have told her once the COVID nonsense dies down, we've got to get together. She's one of my wife's favorite cousins - and probably the one with her head screwed on the straightest. She's been both a Marine and a soldier. The trip west might be fun, though it would likely entail more driving than time visiting, since it's about a 4 day round trip by road.

 

[flgfish]

My wife has a cousin currently stationed at Fort Bliss. Have told her once the COVID nonsense dies down, we've got to get together. She's one of my wife's favorite cousins - and probably the one with her head screwed on the straightest. She's been both a Marine and a soldier. The trip west might be fun, though it would likely entail more driving than time visiting, since it's about a 4 day round trip by road.

It's ~11 hours to El Paso from here. And you're exactly 1/2 way to LA when you get there.
If you're going that way, you owe it to yourselves to go down & see Big Bend as well.
If you like the night sky, the McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis is also a favorite place of ours to visit.

 

[Sasquatch]

It's ~11 hours to El Paso from here. And you're exactly 1/2 way to LA when you get there.
If you're going that way, you owe it to yourselves to go down & see Big Bend as well.
If you like the night sky, the McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis is also a favorite place of ours to visit.

We have lots of places on the list to visit, Big Bend was already there, but I didn't know about McDonald Observatory. That'd be cool to take my kiddo too. I had a telescope as a kid and loved stargazing.

 

[6shooterTX]

It's ~11 hours to El Paso from here. And you're exactly 1/2 way to LA when you get there.
If you're going that way, you owe it to yourselves to go down & see Big Bend as well.
If you like the night sky, the McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis is also a favorite place of ours to visit.

In Texas, that's a one day drive

 

[Coyote9]

Welcome, Texas is now where I hang my hat also.

 

[Sasquatch]

In Texas, that's a one day drive

Still a day & a half for me if my mother in law is with us. 69 years old, bladder the size of a grape fruit it seems, plus leg swelling and mobility issues. We're good for about 7-8 hours per day. I pushed us a couple days on the drive here from Oregon, but when we got here, her lower legs were bigger around than my fat head.

 

[6shooterTX]

Still a day & a half for me if my mother in law is with us. 69 years old, bladder the size of a grape fruit it seems, plus leg swelling and mobility issues. We're good for about 7-8 hours per day. I pushed us a couple days on the drive here from Oregon, but when we got here, her lower legs were bigger around than my fat head.

True, the ole circulation does not do well sitting for long periods. We've made many stops on long trip for the pregnant or nursing wife. Makes for a very long day to stop every 2 hours .