Joyce and I are often get asked where in all our travels is the best place we have visited. That question is always hard to answer since we have seen so much in our nine years of full-time RVing.
In that light I have decided to add a new feature on our blog highlighting places we have been and where you might want to visit as well. I may not do this in every issue of the blog but I hope you like the posts when I do.
The Texas Hill Country
As y’all know Joyce and I have spent a lot of time in Texas. One of our favorite places in this beautiful state is The Hill Country, a region situated roughly north of San Antonio, west of Austin and centered in Fredericksburg.
One of the most unique places we have visited in that area is Lukenbach, a small village made famous by the song recorded by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.
There are just a few buildings in Lukenbach, one being the General Store and the other a dance hall. Even though the town is small there is always a lot going on, especially on the weekends. You can always check out the Picker’s Circle and the many dances they have throughout the year. In January they have their Annual Blues Festival and the annual Hill Country Run Motorcycle Rally in May.
The following site has some great pictures of Lukenbach: https://www.google.com/search?q=luckenbach+texas+photos&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi1sp21wrLQAhUH3YMKHf1dA8kQsAQIHg&biw=1280&bih=698
“In Lukenbach Texas, ain’t nobody feelin’ no pain”.
November 20, 2016
Goliad, TX
We also took a drive down to Port Aransas.
On the ferry from Aranass Pass to Port Aransas.
On the ferry from Aranass Pass to Port Aransas.
Happy Anniversary to my beautiful wife. We have been married for 23 years today and after all of this time she is still putting up with me.
Yesterday we took a drive up to Hallettsville, TX to check out their Market Days. We both thought that it wasn’t as good as the last time we were there but we did pick up some pickles and candied jalapeños.
Some of the best salsa on the planet!
Since we didn’t have anything else to do we decided to go to Schulenburg just for the heck of it and we’re very glad we did.
Who knew there was such a place.
As always, when we visit a new place our first stop is at the the visitor’s center if one is available. At the one here we learned about a couple of museums in town and something that really intrigued us, the “Painted Church Tour”, a self-guided driving tour though the countryside of Fayette County.
I don’t have time to tell you about each church on the tour but suffice it to say it is amazing. However, I do want to relate what we learned at the Catholic church in the small village of Praha.
During World War II Praha lost nine of the town's young men in a community with only one hundred folks at that time. This gave Praha the unfortunate distinction of being the U.S. town with largest ratio of war deaths to residents.
There are three of these on the church grounds.
November 24, 2016
Yesterday was Joyce’s birthday and even though we had some work to do in the park later in the day we took in a movie in Victoria. She wanted to see “Allied” but didn’t know the movie would end the way it did.
Our next stop was at the HEB to get a couple of beautiful rib-eye steaks for Joyce’s birthday supper. We had a nice evening at home.
November 26, 2016
The other night at the Commercial Street Bar in Goliad we got word that the Scott Taylor Band will be playing at the TKO’s Bar ’N Grill in Shiner, TX for New Years. Since we really like the band we decided to drive up check it out and find us a place to park our rig for the night.
We stopped in and the bartender confirmed that Scott would be there but she had no idea where we could park a 40’ motor home. So we went to plan two, go to the police department. No one was in the office but there was a number to call and the officer said he would be right there.
Officer A. K. “Trey” Hermann III said, “Y’all follow me and I’ll show y’all where to park ‘er”. We did and it’s only a half block from the bar. So, on December 31st we’ll head up that way and do some two-steppin’ and maybe have a Shiner Bock or two. Anyone out there want to join us?
After that we went over to a restaurant to have lunch and guess who showed up? Yep, Officer A. K. “Trey” Hermann III and Chris, his ride-along for the day. We had a good time getting to know them while we ate lunch.
Later!
Barry & Joyce
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