Drove from the Texas Hill Country to the Gulf. We enjoyed the cold weather but highs in the low 70’s are much more like we are used to. We are camping within a 1 minute walk from the beach. We can hear the waves from our camp spot. We even drove on the beach here.
Texas countryside:
Port Aransas (near Corpus Christi) camping. See the container ship in the background headed out to sea:
Driving on the beach:
This post will be longer than usual because we had sketchy Internet the last few nights.
We’ve had a fabulous few days on the Texas Hill Country. Here are more pics than I would normally post but can’t decide what to leave out.
Interesting Christmas tradition: people decorate trees along the freeways
St. Edwards hike:
Camping at Pedernales State Park:
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Park. This is not his presidential library but the ranch where he lived as a child and the Texas White House. The small jet was used to travel back and forth from Washington to Texas. LBJ called it Air Force One Half. They built an airstrip to accommodate it that is still there. This is still a working ranch. The docent who took us on a tour through the house is a retiree who volunteers with the National Parks. She and her husband live in the rv. She’s a docent and her husband is working on the ranch. They will be there for 5 months and then apply to work at another national park! While I don’t agree with much of his politics, loves the ranch!
Wine tasting in Fredericksburg. So interesting talking to another retired couple who were traveling from Canada.
Luckenback, Tx. Willie and Waylon and the boys weren’t here but we had a blast! (If you don’t like country music you’ll have no idea what I’m talking about). Luckenbach is on a dirt road and there’s nothing much there than a few old buildings, this bar among them. Local characters would come in and start playing.
Toured the National Museum of the Pacific in Fredericksburg:
Another great day in Austin began with church with old friends, a walk along the river in the downtown, and dinner with more old friends.
Spent a fabulous day in Austin, Texas!
Started the day by having lunch at Frankin. A long time friend got there at 7:30 am (40 degrees) to wait in line with a lot of other crazy people since they run out of meat in the early afternoon.
Capitol of Texas:
Country music and Austin’s version of food trucks:
Not too much going on today. Short drive to Austin, Texas, short hike at McKinney Falls State Park, and football in the trailer. I thought you might be interested in seeing the inside of our little home. It is cozy but we love it. We looked at lots of brands of trailers but once we saw the Lance, that was it. The quality, the front window that opens and the side windows in the slide sealed the deal!
