Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Around Kerrville - Gibson's
Whatever you need Gibson's has it. AND they truly do. We could spend hours going through this store - and we probably will be frequent customers.
Well is it a 10 gallon, 20 gallon, or 30 gallon? Should he get in in black or tan? I think he needs the horse too. Let us know what you think.
Reach Destination - Kerrville KOA
We arrive at the Kerrville KOA
This is where we check in and where we will eventually work several hours a week.
We will fill up the tanks on the RV. Diesel is at a good price right here.
The campground is a smaller one - 50 sites.
Our new home. We have already met our neighbors and we are looking forward to our time spent here.
We have a pecan tree to the right of the RV. Some of our friends gather them and save them for baking. White tailed deer feed in the area behind the RV.
This is where we check in and where we will eventually work several hours a week.
We will fill up the tanks on the RV. Diesel is at a good price right here.
The campground is a smaller one - 50 sites.
Our new home. We have already met our neighbors and we are looking forward to our time spent here.
We have a pecan tree to the right of the RV. Some of our friends gather them and save them for baking. White tailed deer feed in the area behind the RV.
We finally get to the Hill Country
On the road to Kerrville we hit the Hill Country. These were hills not the mountains of Hot Springs.
John has this driving thing down. We had a great day for driving - rains are to come tomorrow.
We actually drove THROUGH Austin. Lucky for us it was Sunday and the traffic was not the headache it usually it. This is a city full of culture and many choices of things to do.
Here comes the Hill Country. Kerrville is not far off.
The hillsides are covered with brush and low vegetation. The population is less dense than the ongoing suburbs and shops flanking the highway earlier.
The hills are high but the roadway provides for a gradual incline and decline. Our ears still popped!
The KOA sign indicating that yes we finally made it. This is our exit from hwy 10.
John has this driving thing down. We had a great day for driving - rains are to come tomorrow.
We actually drove THROUGH Austin. Lucky for us it was Sunday and the traffic was not the headache it usually it. This is a city full of culture and many choices of things to do.
Here comes the Hill Country. Kerrville is not far off.
The hillsides are covered with brush and low vegetation. The population is less dense than the ongoing suburbs and shops flanking the highway earlier.
The hills are high but the roadway provides for a gradual incline and decline. Our ears still popped!
The KOA sign indicating that yes we finally made it. This is our exit from hwy 10.
Church and Supper in Temple TX
Since we were moving on to Kerrville on Sunday, we went to church in Temple, TX. on Saturday night.
Found our first cactus during a walk around the campground.
This is the outside of St. Mary's church in Temple.
An inside view of the church. It was very Spanish in construction and had beautiful wood beams criss-crossing the ceiling.
We were guided to this Taqueria for our dinner after church. It was very good.
Yeah - that is a Margarita and it was good. It is also very large - any bets on walking out of this place under my own power? What happens in Texas - stays in Texas!
Found our first cactus during a walk around the campground.
This is the outside of St. Mary's church in Temple.
An inside view of the church. It was very Spanish in construction and had beautiful wood beams criss-crossing the ceiling.
We were guided to this Taqueria for our dinner after church. It was very good.
Yeah - that is a Margarita and it was good. It is also very large - any bets on walking out of this place under my own power? What happens in Texas - stays in Texas!
Cedar Ridge Campground - Belton Lake
Dallas from a distance - happy to keep it that way. Driving through that city would cause too many white knuckles. Beautiful driving day - we came up to sunny and 82.
Our campsite at Belton Lake was beautiful. We definitely had a water view. The flow from several creeks was dammed for flood control and hydroelectric power. Cedar Ridge Campground (another Corps of Engineers project). Fishing and boating were definitely popular here.
This is looking at the view from the back of our campsite.
The view from the front of our campsite - yes we had a prime spot.
Spending the night at a Wal-Mart lot
The night of Oct. 22 was going to be interesting.
Wal-Mart parking lot. We had planned on staying in Mt. Pleasant Texas after leaving the Hot Springs area. Our reserved place for the night was at Pleasant View Campground (only a year old) which had received wonderful reviews. We should have been more concerned when we could not find the above mentioned place having driven past it twice. We finally asked directions (not the manly thing to do) and eventually pulled in and decided to pull right out again. Too close to Halloween to even consider staying there. Glad we had not put any money into the reservation. So we go back on 30 and continued on to Sulfur Springs, where a Wal-Mart parking lot greeted us. Another couple were also camping for the evening. After permission was given from the manager we proceeded to have dinner Wal-Mart style. Yes - we had FRIED CHICKEN! and we only felt guilty for a second or two.
What the heck is with the birds? We thought birds go somewhere to roost at night. Not at this place - again remember Halloween is just around the corner. These birds whistle, hoot, cackle, you name it they do it. They were a loud, raucous group, flock - whatever. They were brazen and moved slowly to let cars and people through. Note that a group has commandeered a few of the cars. Try to retrieve your car with those birds daring you to come near. We stayed inside the RV and observed from a distance hoping that Alfred Hitchcock was not remaking his movie.
Wal-Mart parking lot. We had planned on staying in Mt. Pleasant Texas after leaving the Hot Springs area. Our reserved place for the night was at Pleasant View Campground (only a year old) which had received wonderful reviews. We should have been more concerned when we could not find the above mentioned place having driven past it twice. We finally asked directions (not the manly thing to do) and eventually pulled in and decided to pull right out again. Too close to Halloween to even consider staying there. Glad we had not put any money into the reservation. So we go back on 30 and continued on to Sulfur Springs, where a Wal-Mart parking lot greeted us. Another couple were also camping for the evening. After permission was given from the manager we proceeded to have dinner Wal-Mart style. Yes - we had FRIED CHICKEN! and we only felt guilty for a second or two.
What the heck is with the birds? We thought birds go somewhere to roost at night. Not at this place - again remember Halloween is just around the corner. These birds whistle, hoot, cackle, you name it they do it. They were a loud, raucous group, flock - whatever. They were brazen and moved slowly to let cars and people through. Note that a group has commandeered a few of the cars. Try to retrieve your car with those birds daring you to come near. We stayed inside the RV and observed from a distance hoping that Alfred Hitchcock was not remaking his movie.
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