at last

... biking freedom!!

Thursday was a scorcher down here, almost a record high, approx 95. We enjoyed the completely sunny skies while checking out the Texas landscape near San Antonio.

Some areas looked like this, mostly flat and dry. Greg thinks it's boring. I kind of like it - big wide open spaces. And actually, these pictures aren't even the most flat and boring - we were in Texas Hill Country!



This was a neat road - kind of the Texas version of a tree-covered road. Sure the trees aren't lush and green, but they definitely have character.


The next picture was definitely taken in Hill Country. We were driving along the top of a ridge and you could see into the valleys on both sides at times. And yes, GREEN vegetation! This was pretty even to Greg's standards.

Being Hill Country, there were also curvy roads. wahoo! This was definitely a "Greg road" - with the twisty turnies. I thought it looked funny with the left arrows then the right arrows - doh - which way are you supposed to go?!

Out in the middle of nowhere Texas, a dude decided to erect his vision of Stonehenge. Yes, he calls it Stonehenge II. It's about 2/3rds the size of the original. It's in a book we have about roadside attractions.

That same dude apparently decided that his Stonehenge needed a couple Easter Island statues to protect his Stonehenge. LOL Not sure why he added two of these, but they're kind of fun too.

We ate at a tiny little roadside BBQ place - ok, maybe it wasn't tiny, I think there were about 10 tables. All the walls were decorated as you see, with pictures, letters, articles, and of course the inevitable deer heads. Oh yeah... the BBQ was quite nummy.

The great RV park we're at right now is a members park, but they allow Passport America folks to stay if there is availability. It's normally very peaceful, and it's really pretty, right next to a lake, lots of trees, etc. There are deer that roam freely around here and are seemingly quite ok with humans. This first picture shows the back corner of our RV, and the second picture is from the little window in our dinette.

We decided against riding the bike to Houston to tour the Space Center. It's over 3 hours each way, and many reviews ripped on it, saying that only kids and space buffs enjoy it. We're neither. We obviously weren't around for the first space missions, and don't remember much from the heyday of the space program. So we decided to tour around San Antonio more and relax a bit.