Just a heads up...

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...but I won't be online for most of the day on Friday, Oct. 2, because I will be on a field trip through the Texas Hill Country. The trip will include Blanco, Johnson City, Marble Falls, Llano, Mason, Fredericksburg, and Luckenbach. I am looking forward to getting out there for a day trip.

I will be back online either very late that night, or the following Saturday.

Nice! Enjoy the roadtrip. I hope you have good weather for it.

It's supposed to be nice. Highs of about 85 during the day, 60 at night.

Oooh, have fun! I haven't been to the Hill Country in a few years, but I remember enjoying myself quite a bit.

I have never been to Llano, Mason, or Luckenbach, but I have been to all the other places.

Here is the synopsis for my trip today:

1. Left San Marcos around 8:00am.

2. Passed through Wimberley, an art colony-type town (a la Taos, Park City, etc.).

3. Stopped in Fischer to see an old dancing hall, and an old bowling alley (when they still employed "pin boys", no robotic pin-setting).

4. Stopped at an old German Catholic cemetery.

5. Stopped for brunch in Blanco. I had a brownie and a jar of seasoned feta cheese.

6. Stopped in Johnson City and went to the LBJ Museum. I got a biography of LBJ on DVD. He went to the same university I do. Anyone know that he grew his hair long after leaving office in 1969?

7. Passed through Marble Falls, named for the marble quarries in the area, some of which was used to built the State Capitol building in Austin.

8. Passed through Horseshoe Bay, a high-dollar community on Lake Buchanan (cheapest houses are $750,000 and up to $3 million).

9. Stopped in Llano for lunch. We went to Cooper's BBQ. I ordered jalapeno sausage and a pork loin, and potato salad. Since everything was a la carte, no combo meals, it ended up coming to $16 for me.

10. Passed Enchanted Rock near Fredericksburg (we didn't get to go up there due to time constraints), then went to Fredericksburg. Since I was still full from BBQ in Llano, I just ate a cream cheese croissant. It was the first day of Oktoberfest, a major event in Fredericksburg, but since it was Friday, it wasn't as crowded.

11. Went to Luckenbach, made famous by the Waylon Jennings song. It's just a beer joint, general store, and a dance hall.

12. Stopped in Blanco for a restroom break, then got back to San Marcos around 8:00pm.

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i.e.:
1.- first stop, San Marcos town, wow, lots of pretty girls and lots of vegetation, I'd love to live there!!!1!!!11!
4.- took some great pics at a sematary, BTW I misstep on someone's else's grave!1! *shudders*

Hello Tim Tex,

Was it a bus ride or where you on your own, in a car?

It was a bus ride. There were about 30 or 40 people on the trip.

That's cool.

... Well, that's cool if the other passengers were as cool as you look like on the forum.

Did you enjoy your journey?

I thoroughly enjoyed myself. The only down side was the BBQ in Llano being pricier than I was expecting. But all in all, it was a very fun experience.