Texas Road Trip Lathom Pages

Hour by hour

Beast · Surfside to Texas · leave by Mon Sep 7 · Flight 14 NET Tue Sep 15 · Cowboys Sun Sep 20 bought.

Sep 7Leave 9–10RNC Dallas 11–13Austin Sep 15Flight 14 Sep 17Wings 18 / 19Tour · Rally Sep 20Cowboys ThenSA or CO
RNC held Ranch $200 Cowboys ×1 Wings open Tour / Rally Parking open
Mon
Sep 7
Leave Surfside
I-20 west · overnight Meridian · times ET then CT
Drive
  1. Roll from Surfside Beach. Cybertruck Beast · FSD supervised.
  2. Lexington SC Supercharger
    12×250 · Roses · first plug
  3. Augusta GA · Belair Frontage
    10×150 · Chick-fil-A
  4. Conyers GA · Dogwood Dr
    12×325 · Atlanta bypass
  5. Birmingham AL · 1st Ave S
    28×325 · lunch + long charge
  6. Tuscaloosa Target
    8×325
  7. Meridian MS overnight
    US-11 · 12×325 · stop driving
Tue
Sep 8
Into Dallas
Times CT · hotel near Victory Park / AAC
Drive
  1. Leave Meridian west on I-20.
  2. Vicksburg Supercharger
    12×250
  3. Shreveport
    8×150 · Tesla nav may insert Jackson if live
  4. Terrell Buc-ee’s
    36×325 · last fat charge
  5. Dallas · hotel / Victory Park walk
    Road closures around AAC ~Sep 7–11
  6. Quiet night. RNC starts 9:00a tomorrow.
Wed
Sep 9
RNC · Day 1
American Airlines Center · tickets held
Held
  1. Coffee + walk to AAC / Victory Park.
  2. Doors / Day 1 program
    Tickets ready (campaignnucleus · Aug 28)
  3. Vance keynote night.
Thu
Sep 10
RNC · Day 2
Trump keynote tonight
Held
  1. Day 2 program · AAC.
  2. Trump keynote. Stay through the end.
  3. Pack for Austin in the morning.
Fri
Sep 11
Dallas → Austin
Giga drive-by only · Cybercab / Robotaxi
Drive
  1. Leave Dallas south.
  2. Waco · Collin St Bakery Supercharger
    22×250
  3. Giga Texas drive-by
    1 Tesla Rd / SH-130 · no walk-in factory tour
  4. Austin check-in.
  5. Cybercab / Robotaxi if running. Town, not a plant tour.
Sat
Sep 12
Austin weekend
Robotaxi · rest · no factory tour
Open
  1. Cybercab / Robotaxi loops if available.
  2. Second Giga drive-by only if you want the light.
  3. Early night. Southbound Monday.
Sun
Sep 13
Austin · buffer
Cowboys are at Giants tonight — you are not there
Rest
  1. Easy Austin day. Charge full overnight.
  2. If you want extra SPI time, leave late afternoon instead of Monday dawn.
Mon
Sep 14
Austin → Starbase
Rocket Ranch check-in · $200 held Jul 25
Ranch
  1. Leave Austin. Charge before the island.
  2. Corpus Christi · S Padre Island Dr
    16×500 · Target
  3. Harlingen · W Expy 83
    12×250
  4. Brownsville · Via Del Mar / Boca Chica
    16×325 · use this, not island 72 kW
  5. SPI / Isla Blanca / Rocket Ranch
    Visit Starbase app on phone · SH-4 while open
  6. Sleep on the gulf. Recheck SpaceX / FAA before bed.
Tue
Sep 15
Starship Flight 14 NET
Pad 2 · B21 + Ship 41 · T-0 not posted
NET
  1. Ranch / viewing. Working NET — not a locked T-0.
  2. Orbital-class attempt · Starlink V3 · ship Indian Ocean · booster Gulf
    No tower catch this flight. FAA license still pending as of Sep 2 pull.
  3. Hold Wed 16 on SPI. Do not sprint north until it flies or slips.
Wed
Sep 16
Buffer · north if it flew
SPI → Dallas is a full Cybertruck day
If flew
  1. If launched: Brownsville charge, then north.
  2. Corpus Christi Supercharger.
  3. Austin or San Antonio plug.
  4. Waco.
  5. Dallas hotel. Wings tomorrow night.
  6. If scrub: stay SPI. Do not burn the Wings seat hunt on a maybe.
Thu
Sep 17
Dallas Wings vs Sparks
College Park Center · Arlington · not bought
Open
  1. Luka loop if you want it · Crescent / mural / AAC outside.
  2. Wings vs LA Sparks
    Best find was Sec 202 Row AA. GameTime quotes ~$99–$159. Do not buy from this page.
  3. Sat 19 Mercury collides Rally Day — prefer tonight if you go at all.
Fri
Sep 18
AT&T Stadium tour
Jerry World · not bought · or wait for Rally Saturday
Pick one
  1. Stadium tour window if you buy Friday.
  2. If you tour today, skip Rally Day Saturday.
  3. Dallas night. Cowboys are Sunday.
Sat
Sep 19
Rally Day · or skip
10a–4p · parking free that day · not bought
Pick one
  1. Rally Day self-guided $25 · VIP $45 · locker VIP $55.
  2. Wings vs Mercury ~12p — skip if you are at the stadium.
  3. Done. Charge for Sunday parking hunt.
Sun
Sep 20
Cowboys vs Washington
AT&T Stadium · 3:25p FOX · qty 1 bought
Bought
  1. Parking still open · cannot buy at the gate. SeatGeek / GameTime before you roll.
  2. Kickoff · home opener · FOX.
  3. Then San Antonio or Colorado. Not both from here without a slip.

Locked vs open

WhatWhenStatus
RNC Midterm · AACWed 9 + Thu 10 · 9:00a CTHeld
Rocket RanchFlight 14 window$200 held
Visit Starbase appannualSubscribed
Cowboys vs WASSun 20 · 3:25pQty 1 bought
Cowboys parkingSun 20Not bought
Wings vs SparksThu 17 · ~7pNot bought
AT&T tourFri 18Not bought
Rally DaySat 19 · 10a–4pNot bought
Hotels / SPI roomwhole tripNot sourced

No buys from this page. Tesla app not pulled — truck nav is truth on the road.

Flight 14

Working NET Tue Sep 15 2026 · Starbase Pad 2 · Booster 21 + Ship 41. First orbital-class attempt. ~20 Starlink V3. Ship splashdown Indian Ocean. No tower catch this flight.

  • SpaceX has not posted a T-0. FAA license pending on the Sep 2 pull.
  • Sep 30 on some trackers is Launch Library 2 month encoding — not a confirmed slip.
  • Recheck morning-of: SpaceX, NextSpaceflight, Starbase Events, FAA.

Public map · not the Tesla app

Cybertruck Beast. Plan a plug about every 150–200 miles. Island is 2×72 kW — charge Brownsville before SPI. No Supercharger on Pecan Island.

Surfside → Dallas Dallas → Austin Austin → SPI SPI → Dallas

Mon 7 · I-20 to Meridian

#StopkW
1Lexington SC · 1123 S Lake Dr250
2Augusta GA · Belair Frontage150
3Conyers GA · Dogwood Dr325
4Birmingham · 1st Ave S325
5Tuscaloosa Target325
6Meridian US-11325

Tue 8 · Meridian to Dallas

#StopkW
1Vicksburg250
2Shreveport150
3Terrell Buc-ee’s325

Fri 11 · Dallas to Austin

#StopkW
1Waco · Collin St Bakery250
2Austin · Spirit of Texas Dr (or Bastrop Buc-ee’s)325

Mon 14 · Austin to SPI

#StopkW
1Corpus Christi · S Padre Island Dr500
2Harlingen · W Expy 83250
3Brownsville · Via Del Mar / Boca Chica325
—SPI Holiday Inn 100 Padre Blvd · urban only72

Pecan Island look-see later: charge Lafayette 24×325 before LA-82. Lake Charles 6×150 backup.

After kickoff · pick one

San Antonio — about four hours from Arlington. Easy Monday if you want a short Texas close.

Colorado — Beth + Marshall cousins. Wanted. No city or street sourced. Call Beth before pointing west. Not on the gulf spine until a pin exists.

East return · if you come home

  • Pecan Island LA-82 look-see · Gene is FIL · no house pin · charge Lafayette first.
  • Memphis Colossus = Pyramid / Bass Pro giants — not Fiesta Texas.
  • Friends on the return only: Rick in Loudon TN · Cam in Mountain Page NC.
  • Spring Hope NC on the home run.

Dentist

Thu Sep 24 1:50p ET Dr. Bunn is movable. Do not treat it as a hard wall if a real launch window slips. GCal trip block is Sep 7–20.