Actually, it is much prettier than we anticipated. We spent
several days at the large and very nice Garner State Park where folks are still
swimming in the river and we rode our bikes around and spent time in the shade
of the oak trees. Still hot here, in the high 80’s in the days and at 70’s at
night. Went exploring up to Kerrville for the night. It seems like ATT is dominant in a lot of areas so we are having poor cell service. Better when we are near the major highways but very poor in the hills and state parks unless we are near their visitor centers or antennas. Most of the state parks are broadcasting free wifi in some areas. Nice if we are close by or can park near it for a while.
Lots
of rolling hills and gated ranches and grassy oak tree hills. Lots of 'ranches' everywhere. And a lot of wildlife ranches. Big fences.
Don't think this is to "protect" the wildlife, think this is to keep
them in so they can shoot them for sport. Did you know that there are nearly as many lions, kept as pets in Texas, as there are in the wild? Interesting.
We stop in
Bandera, supposedly the cowboy capital, where we walk around the Winthrop-like
(except it is the real thing) town and stop in at the famous Old Spanish Trail
restaurant for a Tex-mex lunch. The decor is John Wayne oriented (we are close to the Hondo River) and the
waitress asks us “what y’all would like”. My enchiladas were velveeta-style
cheese and onions rolled up and then the
whole mess covered with chili con carne with beans. Hmm… not impressed. It was ok, but I
guess I am spoiled with loving the real ‘Mex’ enchiladas.
Maybe I need to try this again somewhere else? Or maybe not.
The Texas back roads are narrow and lumpy (a lot like small county roads at home) but the speed
limits are 60mph!! Too fast!! These are roads
that we are comfortable driving at 45mph. Luckily there is not much traffic and
we can let folks pass us when they come screaming up behind. But lots of dips,
and now with the bikes on back it makes us heavier in the back and less
balanced and we are tired of the clunking in the rear end, so we decide to stop
stalling and go ahead and replace our Mor-ryde suspension that we knew was getting worn
out. So a trip to Boerne, north of San Antonio, and parts need to be ordered out
of Indiana, and we have a week or so to wait for them. Cold front coming and weather
predicted to be nights down into the 30’s. So we are off to wait in more heat and sun
and will come back to get the work done later.
Actually, it is much prettier than we anticipated. We spent
several days at the large and very nice Garner State Park where folks are still
swimming in the river and we rode our bikes around and spent time in the shade
of the oak trees. Still hot here, in the high 80’s in the days and at 70’s at
night. Went exploring up to Kerrville for the night. It seems like ATT is dominant in a lot of areas so we are having poor cell service. Better when we are near the major highways but very poor in the hills and state parks unless we are near their visitor centers or antennas. Most of the state parks are broadcasting free wifi in some areas. Nice if we are close by or can park near it for a while. 
Lots
of rolling hills and gated ranches and grassy oak tree hills. Lots of 'ranches' everywhere. And a lot of wildlife ranches. Big fences.
Don't think this is to "protect" the wildlife, think this is to keep
them in so they can shoot them for sport. Did you know that there are nearly as many lions, kept as pets in Texas, as there are in the wild? Interesting.
The Texas back roads are narrow and lumpy (a lot like small county roads at home) but the speed limits are 60mph!! Too fast!! These are roads
that we are comfortable driving at 45mph. Luckily there is not much traffic and
we can let folks pass us when they come screaming up behind. But lots of dips,
and now with the bikes on back it makes us heavier in the back and less
balanced and we are tired of the clunking in the rear end, so we decide to stop
stalling and go ahead and replace our Mor-ryde suspension that we knew was getting worn
out. So a trip to Boerne, north of San Antonio, and parts need to be ordered out
of Indiana, and we have a week or so to wait for them. Cold front coming and weather
predicted to be nights down into the 30’s. So we are off to wait in more heat and sun
and will come back to get the work done later.
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