3/8/07 - Houston, TX
Carolyn's
last day at work will be tomorrow. We've stopped the papers, forwarded
the mail to her son in Dayton, and put the Miata in the garage. We'll
leave the Avalon with her brother so he can use it to take Mae Bell on
trips away from the nursing home. The Pathfinder is gassed up and
loaded. As soon as I have a permanent crown installed at the dentist on
Friday we are out of here! First stop will be Frederickburg where we
will be staying at the Fredericksburg KOA, about equadistant from
Fredericksburg and Luckenbach. Carolyn's friend Martha, her daughter,
and grandson are also staying there in a cabin.
3/9/07 - Fredericksburgh, TX
We pulled into the Fredericksburg KOA around 6 PM and set up the trailer next to a small cabin Martha had rented. This is a very nice campground on the outskirts of Fredericksburg. The only drawback is that our RV site is right next to the road to Luckenbach, and the noise from the Harleys and the jacked up pickup trucks is deafening. We grilled some hot dogs and then drove down to Luckenbach around 10 PM to see what was happening. There was a jam session outside which moved into the bar about the time we got there because it was getting chilly. We had a few beers and listened to the music. They actually played "Luchenbach, Texas". Very groovy.
3/10/07 - Fredericksburg, TX
Today we climbed to the top of Enchanted Rock. It is a huge granite dome (kind of like Ayer's Rock in Australia). The precambrian rock is over a billion years old. It contains enough Texas pink granite to supply countertops for millions (maybe even billions) of kitchens. We almost ran out of gas on the way back -- I forgot to look at the gas gage.
3/11/07 - Pipe Creek & Bandera, TX
On Sunday afternoon we pulled into the Cowboy Capital RV Park between Pipe Creek and Bandera. The place was fairly primitive but for $10 a night for full hookups we can't complain. It started raining just after we set up camp so we went into Bandera and went to a few antique shops. We had a beer in a touristy old west type bar. Sunday night a huge thunderstorm dumped buckets of rain. Thunderbolt and lightning, very very frightening.
3/12/07 & 3/13/07 - Boerne, TX
Monday
We checked into the Top of the Hill RV Resort a couple of miles outside Boerne off I10. The resort has a pool, hot tub, a big club house with a gym, big kitchen and living room with books, pool table, foosball table and 2 computers. We are on the edge of a hill with a great view of the Hill Country. The view from our Casita is awesome! We went into Boerne and Jim had a beer at the Dodging Duck Brew Pub. Then we did a tour of Cave Without A Name. This is a really nice cave with unique formations. (Martha, Missy and Coleby went here on Sunday on their way home.) It was sunny nearly all day. Then around 10:30 pm it rained a little more.
Tuesday
It rained all day so we drove a circle between Boerne, Bandera, Kerrvile and Comfort. Went to the Museum of Western Art in Kerrville. It had some beautiful paintings and bronze sculptures of cowboy life, including some paintings by the artist who drew the Red Ryder comic strip. It rained 2" at our campsite between 2 and 6 PM. We played Yahtzee to pass the time.
3/14/07 - New Braunfels, TX
Wednesday
The weather was misty and rainy all day. We checked into the Lazy L&L Campground on the banks of the Guadalupe River between Canyon Lake and New Braunfels
3/15/07 - New Braunfels, TX
It finally cleared off about noon. We drove down the River Road into Greune. We had a beer at Gruene Hall (the oldest dance hall in Texas) and ate pulled pork tacos at the Greune River Grill. Then we went into New Braunfels and piddled around in some antique shops.
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