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Cruising area · Semi Rural, but lots of traffic on HWY 71
Hwy 71 Picnic Area between Austin and Garfield
Long, narrow road (two-way) running down the length of the picnic area. Truckers seem to park on the south side, cars on the north. Lots of room to manuever.
- Best time
- 24 hours Best times: Hard to say, but seen some very discreet action as the…
- Crowd
- Truckers, business men, blue collar workers, repair people.
- Watch out
- Please don't stalk the truckers!
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The guide
Where exactly
From Austin (I35) go east on Ben White (which is also HWY 71, go past the airport a few miles, and just before Garfield (where an interesting little bookstore is) you'll see a nice, long, not too brightly lit Picnic Area on the right side only. Cross street: Navarro Creek Road
Cruisiest spot: East and middle of rest area in cars and trucks. Not a lot of picnic table cruising that I've seen.
When to go
24 hours Best times: Hard to say, but seen some very discreet action as the blue collar guys are heading home to Bastrop and Smithville and back to wifey at late afternoon.
Sunset today · Sunrise tomorrow
Etiquette
Truckers and cruisers who would do some 'discreet' signaling and CB contact from there vehicles seems to draw good responses.
Safety
Please don't stalk the truckers! They don't like attention drawn to them, most will haul if they think that the communication is too obvious. I've seen it time and again. I've seen HWY Patrol and a few sheriffs drive through. Looks like there are some homeless people possibly living in vans but they seem to stay on the east end. Place is clean and nice with tons of possibilty.
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