Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Howdy from Johnson City Texas

I will be your driver today
This looks very familiar

Too bad there was'nt some red in here also


A lot of Bull



Prickly Pear Cactus among the Blue Bonnets




More Color





This guy showed up in the road (2 lane 60 m.p.h.!)






We pulled into the Roadrunner RV Park in Johnson City Texas about 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday. After getting set up, we went to the Johnson City Chamber of Commerce for information about the area. It's a pretty area in what is called the Texas Hill Country. It's cattle ranching for the most part. This weekend is the Wildflower festival, so things will be hopping. I think it is their big event of the year. We went to the LBJ National Park here, and took a tour of his boyhood home. It was very interesting, but we had the house tour to ourselves. After that we had a late lunch / early dinner at a cafe that advertised "Authentic Hill Country Cuisine". Seems like Chicken Fried Steak is the local specialty! Later we took a drive out in the hills on about a 40 mile loop to view the flowers. Unfortunately it was an overcast and sometimes rainy day. The flowers were quite spectacular, but if it had been sunny pictures would have been a lot better.
Tomorrow we are going to spend the day between the German themed town of Fredericksburg, and a Tour of the LBJ Ranch, also known as the Western White House. I wonder if they have any Beagles there?? In the evening we will head up to Marble Falls to pick Kristin up for the weekend. We will be going to a BBQ joint called Cooper's. It was recomended to Kristin, so we will see. The rest of the weekend will be consumed by Austin, San Antonio, and whatever else we decide.
See Ya Pardner, Ernie

1 comment:

Ron and Diane said...

Glad you made it without any problems. Those pictures of the wild flowers are great.
Wow, you made it in time for the Wildflower Festival (food, wine, music and shopping) you know it really does sound like fun. Apparently there's some winery's around there.....wine tasting yeah!!!!! Diane