BMWDFW – Welcome!

All 2010 BMWDFW club members are invited to the Spring Picnic on Saturday May 22.  Sharon Seelig, with some minor assistance from Ralph Schwartz, will host the event at Sharon’s ranch NE of Stephenville.  After breakfast at LePeep on May 22 Don Mills will lead a ride on back roads to the picnic.  We encourage as many of you to ride as can, the countryside is beautiful this time of year.  Members and/or spouses / S.O.s that will be riding or driving 4 wheelers to the picnic on their own may use the written directions at the end of this invitation.  Everyone should plan to arrive about noon.  You are welcome to hike around the ranch after lunch; walking shoes or boots are advised.

The hosts will assemble the food and soft drinks/tea/water at the picnic sight.  We will be serving Schwartzenburgers with secret spices and additives, burger fixin’s, hot and cold side dishes of various kinds and a little something sweet at the end.  A modest donation is requested from those partaking of the meal to defray the cost of the food and drinks.  The price will be set once we have all the groceries but you should plan on about $7 per person.  For those wanting a second Schwartzenburger, and who wouldn’t, it will be $3.  All payments are on the honor system and will go into the donations jar at the picnic.

Please RSVP to Ralph and Sharon no later than Saturday, May 19; preferably buy using the RSVP form below! (Scroll down to the end of this announcement)

Or you may email me directly at texas254@tx.rr.com or confirm by phone 972.821.6484.  Let me know if you are coming and the number in your party so each of you are assured of a Schwartzenburger all your own.

Directions to the BMWDFW Spring Picnic at the Ranch: (Warning! Do NOT rely on any internet based mapping software or you will end up on a dirt road somewhere north of where the picnic is.)

For most folks; get yourself southbound on US 377 just south of I-20 in Benbrook.  Continue southwest on US 377 through Granbury, Tolar and Bluff Dale.  Continue 6 mi southwest of Bluff Dale on US 377.  When the southbound lane becomes two lanes, move to the right lane.  Within a mile you will see the small CR 513 sign, slow down; make hard right onto CR 513 into Timber Hills Estates.  Go 0.2 mi northwest on CR 513 until you see a new two-story house on your right, then make a hard left onto CR 514 just before you hit the barb wire fence and go 0.2 mi southwest to 654 CR 514 (2nd drive on your right.  The house number, 654, is in stone near the base of the mail box).  Turn right onto the rock hard pack driveway and proceed to the single story house.  Please try to park bikes on the concrete or hard pack driveway near there without blocking the main loop drive that goes past the front of the house.  Four wheelers should park on the main loop drive in the front of the house.  PLEASE, do not park on the yard! There is a sprinkler system in the yard. The driveway will easily hold all bikes and cages. We’ll put signs up where you are to turn and hope they don’t blow over.

If lost call Ralph, 972.821.6484, or Sharon, 254.965.7758. (Note: Ralph will be busy cooking and may become grumpy if interrupted too many times…better call Sharon, she will be cooking too but she’s much nicer.)