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Itinerary for April 13-16, 2023 Rally
Rally fee: $10 per person
Rocky Creek Campground on Lake Somerville, Somerville, Texas
Thursday April 13
Arrive at campground
Meet at site 84 BRING FOLDING CHAIRS!!
Everyone needs to pay their $10 rally fee and $7 museum fee to Kathy Metzger or Judy Blain
Bring cans or cooked meat for hobo stew (we throw everything in a big pot and heat it up). This can be tomatoes, potatoes, mixed canned or frozen vegetables. Bring bread, crackers, or desserts.
Friday April 14
Breakfast on your own
Leave campground by 815 to arrive at Washington on the Brazos by 900am. Carpool if possible. (38 miles)
Admission fee is $7 for the museum and the grounds (to be paid in advance)
Each of the buildings has its own parking lot.
Washington on the Brazos State Historical Site
23400 Park Rd 12
Washington, TX 77880
936-878-2214
washington-on-the-brazos@thc.texas.gov
1130am- Blue Bell Creamery (19 mi)
Go straight to observation deck on the 2nd floor (elevator available), then back downstairs for big scoop of Bluebell for $1. Visitors museum is next.
1101 S Blue Bell Rd
Brenham, TX 77833
Late lunch at Chappell Hill Bakery and Café for lunch. (8 mi)
8900 US-290 E
Chappell Hill, TX 77426
The rest of the afternoon is on your own. If you feel like walking, then go to downtown Brenham and look at the 16 murals on the buildings, lots of shops, a pharmacy from the 1920’s, and the city cisterns from the 1880s.
For a less walking option, take a scenic way back to the campground by heading north on FM- 50 to Independence, Texas to Antique Rose Emporium
10000 FM-50
Brenham, TX 77833
They have gardens and lots of award winning roses to see.
From there, take a left on Hwy 390, and see the old homestead cabins and the original Baylor College remains on the right.
Meet back at the campground for snacks and visiting 630. Bring chips, dips, finger foods, desserts.
Saturday April 15th
Men’s Pancake Breakfast (the men cook, everyone eats) site 84
Head out to Burton (11 mi) for the Cotton Gin Festival
The cotton gin was built in 1913, got a new engine in 1925. It is housed in a three-story tin building, and is the oldest one still running in the country. Tours start at 11 am ($7). They start the gin at 3pm and feed cotton into it.
Things to do in Burton:
Cotton gin museum (free)
307 N Main St
Railroad depot museum
507 N Railroad St
(979) 803-0393
2 small restaurants for lunch on your own
Blue Willow Café. 12513 W Washington St (8-1pm)
Burton Short Stop. 12400 FM-390
6pm Back to the campground for hamburgers. Bring desserts and chips.
Chapter 10 meeting after eating.
Sunday April 16
Donuts and head home.
The Bluebonnet Festival (>250 vendors) is in Chappell Hill both Saturday and Sunday. You may want to extend your stay another night to go there on Sunday.
