SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

• Thursday & Friday - Campers arriving. Trail Open.
• Saturday
  All Day Event Set-up
  Trail open for Pre-ride.
  Noon-2PM Kids Kup Sign Up
  1PM Registration Open.
  1PM - First Time Racers Clinic
  2PM-3PM Kids Kup Event
  5PM Registration Closed.

• Rules and info on the Series at www.tmbra.org
• Visit USA Cycling at www.usac.org

• Sunday - Course closed to pre-riders.
  7:00A   Registration Opens
  8:00A  CAT1/SS Open Registration Closed.
  8:30A   Pro/CAT 1/SS Open Races Start.
  10:30A  CAT2 & SingleSpeed Registration Closed.
  11:00A  CAT 2 & SingleSpeed Races Start.
  12:30P  CAT 3 & Juniors Registration Closed.
  1:00P   CAT 3 Races Start.
  1:25-35P Junior Races Start

• The Solavaca is charging a land-use fee for all visitors to the weekend event. For arrivals Friday through Sunday, $5/day per Adult, Kids under 12 are free. This $5 covers pre-ride trail use. Camping is $10 per night per tent, maximum 4 Adults per tent, extras add $2/Adult. RV parking is $15 per night per RV.
• USAC License is required. One Day license (available for CAT2 and CAT3 only) paid at registration - $5 per racer. Pro and CAT1 must have an annual USAC License. Download the WAIVER
• Print a mail-in registration here. Must be postmarked by March 20, 2013.
• Fees are not refundable.
• Online registration  BikeReg.com - Online registration closes April 3, 4PM Central

• Pro and CAT 1: Cash Prizes.
• CAT 2: Merchandise Prizes: Places 1-3 Minumum $1500. Places 1-10 Awards
• CAT 3: Merchandise Prizes: Raffle, Minumum $1000. Places 1-10 Awards
• Prizes and Awards - Details

• STAYING ON THE PROPERTY - Camping will be available on Solavaca Ranch from Wednesday evening to Sunday when the races end. There are a few places to park RV's but no hookups either to electric, water, or sewer. RESERVATIONS ARE NEEDED FOR RV's. The camping is primitive but campsites are accessible by vehicle. PortaJohns will be located in the camping areas as well as around the high traffic areas all weekend. If we have rain, the access to some of these campng and RV spots may be interrupted until the water runs off. Most places can be driven on when wet but not all. If more than 0.5 inches of rain is in the forecast, RVers should plan to use one of the other Glen Rose RV accommodations. Tent campers can get in and out more easily in the event of rain, but can be delayed 2-3 hours if we get a good soaking. The issue there is getting stuck or cutting up the roads while they are very wet. Campers, if you have questions, find a member of the Solavaca Staff to help you. Some will have Solavaca T-Shirts on.
  
  When on the property, please leave all gates in the position you found them - if they were closed, close them behind you. Goats will get out on the road. The gate will remain unlocked at night so campers can leave if necessary.
  
  Late arrivals - If you are arriving after 9 PM, please call the ranch 254.823.6574, and make arrangements for accomodations, paying your land access/camping fees, and submitting waivers.



• LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS - There are a variety of options when staying overnight in the Glen Rose area. In fact, many MetroPlex visitors come to the area just for the overnight accomodations. Bed & Breakfasts, Six motels - 5 of which are new. Quaint old hotels on the square. Dude ranches and the Dinosaur Valley State Park, 5 miles down the road from the Solavaca Ranch. It fills up early, so do not count on finding camping there unless you started very early. A vey good choice is Oakdale Park in the town of Glen Rose, right on the Paluxy river and recently renovated. Oakdale Park is city owned and it's big. With 150 RV hook-ups, cabins, tent camping, and a huge restored pool built in the 20's. But this weekend is a Bluegrass festival, so hurry or it will fill up. Alternates are Chambers RV and Cedar Ridge RV Park. Another retreat with family appeal and upscale cabins just out of Glen Rose is Brazos House Retreat A beautiful getaway for any weekend! To find a list of nearby accomodations go to http://www.glenrosetexas.net/accomodations.html, or contact the Glen Rose Convention&Visitors Bureau. They keep tabs on that information, and can tell you which motels have rooms.

• Geology - Underlying the property is limestone, which outcrops everywhere and affects the character of the land as well as the way that water drains. The limestone is overlain by topsoil in many places from 4" to many feet in the area of the seasonal creek. This topsoil has very little clay content on 98% of the trail , so it drains quickly, and does not tend to build up on bike tires. If it gets wet enough, it will be very slick, having an almost slimy reaction in places where is it totally saturated. It does dry quickly, but that means a few hours. If there has been no rain for some time, say 3 weeks, it will take over 3" to create a state of saturation in all but a few isolated spots. The exposed limestone is old in geological terms which means that it is fractured and crumbly. There are however, areas where younger limestone outcrops and the rocks are dark and solid. It is the crumbly limestone that creates a real challenge on the climbs and in some of the turns. The dominant plant is the cedar (actually a type of juniper). The very oldest ones grow like a tree, but the ones under 100 years old are bushes. There are 3 types of oaks, some elm, cottnwood, mesquite, and ash. The namesake plant, cat claw, can be found on the SE side. Hands stuck into those come out with cat scratches from the ghosts of mountain lions past.
• The Track - The trail is single track, but with many stretches where passes can be made.

• Cell Phone Coverage - Verizon (good), ATT (fair), the rest are poor.
• Current Somervell County Weather - This weather station is 8 miles east of the ranch.
• Temperatures - April is springtime, right? It can be warm, cold, and even wet. But you never know so watch the weather and be prepared. I have seen temps as cold as 20 at night in April - and then get to 75 later that day. If the wind is light, plan for the temperatures here to be 5-10 degrees cooler at night than in the metroplex.