Overview

This page contains the 2025 tour list and the maps we used for the tour group.  Road conditions may have changed or destinations may no longer be present (ie, restaurant has closed or changed hands).  Enjoy our past tours or look for some ideas for your future road travels.

J.O., Phil, Ryan and myself made a few plans for 2025 but if we missed something you’d like to do, please let us know as this is not set in stone as yet.  Thinking of doing a few small-town Thursday dinner events in summer just to change things up a little (probably a meet-you-there type so you can go early if you’d like to avoid traffic).  Do you have a small town place you say we should stop by?

1/1 (Wed): 9:00a Hair of the Dog Tour: Ring in the New Year with a enjoyable drive starting from Mansfield’s Kroger Marketplace (3300 E Broad St, Mansfield, TX76063).  We’ll make a loop down toward Waco and then end at Del Norte Tacos in Godley, TX.  Please email tours@lscbmwcca.org if you are planning to join us with your car, car color and a phone number to reach you in the event we get separated. Maps

2/1 (Saturday): McKinney to Mineola. Starting from BMW of McKinney (2601 N Central Expy, McKinney, TX 75071) at 9:00a, we’ll head out toward Mineola with plans to stop at the East Texas Burger Company(126 E Broad St Mineola, TX 75773).  Please email tours@lscbmwcca.org if you are planning to join us with your car, car color and a phone number to reach you in the event we get separated. Maps

3/8 (Saturday) 1:00p – after dinner – Dinner in Waco at Homestead Café.  In 2022, a group of us drove a twisty route down to visit Waco Homestead Craft Village (https://www.homesteadcraftvillage.com/),explored the various hand-crafted products and had dinner at the Café.  In December 2022, the café actually burned down.  They were able to rebuild better in 4 months (https://youtu.be/ryra7BXgaC8) and we’ll head back and see what’s changed.  Please email tours@lscbmwcca.org if you are planning to join us with your car, car color and a phone number to reach you and how many people will be attending as we will need to get reservations for the group. Maps

3/25/2025 (Tues): Medal of Honor Museum opens in Arlington, TX.  We’ll make plans to attend soon after (please watch the Facebook page and our member emails).

4/5 (Sat): Bluebonnet Tour. (10:00a) meet in Palmer, Texas (1639 N I-45, Palmer, TX 75152).  We’ll enjoy a very low speed caravan around the Ennis, TX area to look at Bluebonnets.  J.O. Miller will be leading this one so please RSVP to jojylmiller@aol.com if you can join us. Part 1, Part 2

4/13-4/16 (Sun-Wed): Big Bend Tour.  The Lone Star Chapter is setting up a 2025 Big Bend trip.  Typically, we stop in Big Bend National Park, McDonald Observatory and try to see the Marfa Lights. 

5/15-5/18 (Thu-Sun): Texas Roundel Roundup.  Our first Texas-based chapters are creating a mini-O’fest in Granbury, TX.  The Mini O’fest will include a car show, driving tours, Gymkana and a few social events.  For hotel details and registration costs to signup, visit https://roundelroundup.bmwcca.org/ Day 1 Maps, Day 2 Maps

6/12(Thu): Dinner at Branded Burger Co (Hillsboro, TX) (7:00p). For a few summer-social events, we’ll have dinner at a few different places in the DFW area.  For our first, we’ll meet up in Hillsboro around 7:00p at Branded Burger Co (100 W Elm St, Hillsboro, TX76645).  They are open until 8:00p and then we’ll head back to DFW.  Please email tours@lscbmwcca.org if you are planning to join so we can let the restaurant know.

6/14 (Sat): McKinney Loop Tour (9:00a) We’ll start from the historic downtown McKinney and head out for a loop around McKinney area and then return back to historic downtown.  This tour is to allow us to bring an spouses that would like to shop or explore while we drive the cars around the area.  Please email tours@lscbmwcca.org if you are planning to join us with your car, car color and a phone number to reach you. Maps

6/19(Thu): Dinner at Rustico Wood Fired Grill and Wine Bar (Flower Mound, TX) (7:00p). This is an up-scale dinner destination and does have a dress code (see https://www.therusticogrill.com).  We may have limited seating so please email tours@lscbmwcca.org if you are planning to join so we can let the restaurant know.

6/26(Thu): Dinner at Bin 303 (Rockwall, TX) (7:00p). For our last social summer dinners, we’ll try Bin 303 in Rockwall (http://bin303.com). If you can join us, please email tours@lscbmwcca.org if you are planning to join so we can let the restaurant know.

7/12 (Sat): Talimena Scenic Byway (8:30a).  Staring from Buc-ee’s Melissa, we’ll take an all-day trip up to the Talimena Scenic Byway. We’ll have plans to stop at the Queen Wilimena State Park and then head back after lunch.  Please email tours@lscbmwcca.org  if you are planning to join us with your car, car color and a phone number to reach you. Maps

7/18 (Fri) (8:30a): Blue Bell Creamery Visit –Brenham, TX – Bring your kids for a quick trip down (hah, 4 hours) to Brenham, TX where we will attempt to visit the creamery (opened M-F 8a-2p) and the visitor center is open until 5p. We’ll have lunch, check out some ice cream and then head back home.  We’ll plan to start from Waxahachie, TX.  Please email tours@lscbmwcca.org if you are planning to join us with your car, car color and a phone number to reach you. Maps

8/2 (Sat): Caddo Lake Tour 9:00a. Starting from Buc-ees in Terrell, TX, we’ll head out East, stopping at BMW of Tyler and then going further out East to have lunch on the lake.  Plan for an all-day trip but if you can join us, please email tours@lscbmwcca.org if you are planning to join us with your car, car color and a phone number to reach you. Maps

CANCELLED 9/12-9/14 (Fri-Sun): Galveston Trip. Phil will lead the group down to Galveston and find some interesting adventures for us.  We’ll potentially visit NASA, San Jacinto, eat dinner on the Gulf of Mexico and see some interesting colors and architecture. 

10/19-10/21 (Sun-Tues): Eureka Springs Tour. The Lone Star Chapter is planning to return to Eureka Springs for 2025. We’ll explore the area around Boston Mountain and hopefully enjoy some fall leaves. We’ll plan to stay at the Best Western Inn of the Ozarks for our stay. Our group rate is 107.00/night (with tax that is 122.39/night) and does not include any breakfast (but there is a restaurant on-site). Please call 479-253-9768 and request the group rate for Lone Star BMW. Once you reserve your room(s), please email tours@lscbmwcca.org to let us know you are joining us.  You have until September 19th for these room rates.  

11/1/2025 Gran Prix 1 Arlington Preview.  We’ll be doing the proposed loop (surface streets) and then visit the National Medal of Honor Museum after you finish your loop.  We’ll start at Cermanic Pro in Arlington.  RSVP to J.O. at jojylmiller@aol.com to communicate your interest?  There would be an admission fee for the museum but we might be able to get a private tour guide. 

11/8 (Sat), 10a-2p: Veteran’s Day Trip to Fortuna Winery. Join us in Grapevine, TX as we celebrate Veteran’s day. From Grapevine, we’ll circle around and end up in Aubrey, TX for a late lunch/early dinner at Fortuna Winery. 

12/6 (Sat): Toy Run. Starting from BMW of McKinney, we’ll have a trip along some interesting roads for a Christmas Toy drive. 

12/18(Thu): Christmas Lights Tour.  Watch our announcement for what our Christmas Lights destination will be – this has been the Interlochen Neighborhood in Arlington, the Deerfield Neighborhood in Plano, Texas Motor Speedway Lights or we can look at a few other options.  After looking at lights, we like to have dinner together and enjoy the holidays.