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Meridian, TX. Trip Plans

Okay I did some driving and planning today for the Saturday trip to Meridian, TX.

We can meet at J.J. Mochas Coffee Shop at 108 S. Main St., Burleson, TX. (Old Historic Downtown Burleson)

http://jjmochas.com/

Plan to arrive at J.J. Mochas at 7:30 A.M.

It’s a nice little local coffee shop and there should be plenty of parking that early in the morning. Saturday morning will be a little chilly, so it will be a good spot for you guys from N. Dallas / Plano area to warm up a little.

Getting to J.J. Mochas should be pretty easy. If coming from the DFW area, come to Burleson on I-35W.

South on I-35W to Renfro St. EXIT.
Right (West) on Renfro St. Stay on Renfro St. for a few blocks and cross some RR tracks.
Immediately after crossing the tracks turn Left (South) on Main St. and J.J. Mochas is immediately to your right.

At 8:00 A.M. we need to leave J.J. Mochas and head to Meridian, TX. The trip to Meridian, TX. should take a little over an hour.

** Driving Directions to Meridian**

I was going to take some more remote roads to Meridian, but I didn’t find anything I liked for Cobras, due to being too bumpy or gravel covered roads. The following route is a nice easy route that turns very scenic during the last half of the trip.

Leave J.J. Mochas and head South on I-35W to Hwy. 917 Exit
Turn right (West) on Hwy. 917 to Hwy. 174 (Joshua, TX.)
Turn left (South) on Hwy. 174 to Hwy. 67 (Cleburne, TX.)
Turn right (West) on Hwy. 67 to Hwy. 144 (Glenrose, TX.)
Turn left (South) on Hwy. 144 to MERIDIAN, TX.

This should put us into Meridian, TX. by 9:15 A.M. The cars have to be checked into the car show by 10:30 A.M. and there is a parade that we can apparently drive in, which starts at 10 A.M.

I have been unable to find anything called Bosque Bottoms on Mapquest or Google, so unless someone can tell me EXACTLY where the car show is suppose to be at, we will just have to wing it when we get to town. This is apparently a big deal in Meridian, so it should be pretty easy to find. While I was in Meridian today two different people came up to me and asked if I was going to bring the Cobra back on Saturday for the parade/car show.

See you there!

Joe - -