Texas Hill Country

Cowgirls in San Antonio

Fields of wildflowers

Texas Longhorn

March 31 - Kerrville to Blanco - 72 miles The group got rather separated today but everyone ended up at the final destination. When I was driving the motor home a big turtle was in the roadway. (I missed it) The Texas Hill Country is beautiful but true to its name. It has warmed up since we entered this area. Huge ranches, longhorn cattle and long roads.

April 1 - Rest day in San Antonio - Today we visited the Alamo and the river walk. We even tagged up with Andi and charles who just finished a week biking the hill country. In fact their bike trailer broke 6 miles out of town and Russ was able to drive to pick them up and transport them to their Bed and Breakfast. We now feel like real cowboys and cowgirls as we each bought cowboy hats in San Antonio.

April 2 - Blanco to McManan - 73 miles. For backroads there sure was a bunch of traffic and no shoulder which made for tense riding and driving. It is hard to describe the fields of wildflowers. Guess we came at the right time.

April 3 - McManan to Bastrop - 29 miles. Today was a short day because of our camping situation over Easter Weekend. (all the state parks are full) It has gotten hot and humid. Our tent was wet when we awoke. No wonder things are so green here. But the highlight of the day is stopping at a chili and BBQ cook-off. I had no idea that Texans take BBQ so seriously. We talked to one guy who goes to about 20 cook-offs a year and they have real get-ups to cook with. You can enter chili, brisket, chicken and ribs. They are all trying to qualify for the champion cook-off held somewhere in Texas. You have to get so many points in a year to qualify for the championship. We were there early in the day before the judging but they told us to come back later for samples. (Doubt if we will since we are well past there now.) They sure did look like they were having fun though and I bet the food tastes great.

We have been 16 days so far in Texas and it looks like we will be another 5-7 days before we cross into Louisiana. Hot and humid makes for tuff rides and long days. We welcome a breeze (head or tail).