Texas Hill Country

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Its been a few days since I updated my blog. The day after we toured the bat caves we woke to snow flurries. This was quite a surprise since it had been 75 degrees during the day and not cloudy when we went to bed. We packed up the RV and headed east towards Texas.
No silly snow flurries were going to stop us. Before we out of Carlsbad the flurries were done and blue sky broke out. Today's destination was Ozuma Texas 200 miles to the east. More high desert country, a few ranches and oil fields. Not much in the way scenery. Texas's speed limit for autos is 80 m/hr for trucks it's 70. M / hr. The traffic moves fast though this part of the world, the road is in excellent condition; Texas must spend more money then California on ther roads. They have all been in excellent condition. FYI Texas also has a 20 billion dollar deficit like California and are looking at steep cuts in spending.

We arrived in Ozuma too early in the day to quit driving so we pressed on. We finally reached Junction TX about 80 miles east of Ozuma and 130 miles from San Antonio our destination for the night. We stayed at a very nice KOA on the banks of the North Llano River. Big sites, pool, pic nick tables and the river. If I'm ever back in this part of the world in the spring or summer I would stay here. It's to cold to take advantage of the location the night is suppose to drop to 22. During the drive to Junction, the desert gave way to rolling hills studded with oak trees and Texas junipers. The landscape looks like the Auburn area.

The North Llano River KOA was just a short trip to our next stop, Guadalupe River State Park located out side of Boerne Texas. Boerne is a town about 40 miles north west of San Antonio. The main drag of Boerne has lots of cute shops, cafes, wine stores etc. Quite a nice place and looks prosperous. The main drag lies along the banks of the Guadalupe river. Boerne looks like a place that I could live in. Guadalupe  state park is about 12 miles out of town we have a large site with water and electricity for $20 per night after paying for a Texas state park card which costs $60. This is just a great park located between San Antonio and Austin that we are going to stay for 5 nights. Wow, I just saw my first armadillo.... What a funny looking creature.

Today, we drove up to Austin. Nice drive of 80 miles. Downtown Austin is dominated by Lake Lady Bird. Quite a nice lake with walking and biking trails. Austin must be an out doorsy town as there were lots and lots of runners and bikers moving around down town. We toured the state Capitol. The Texas state legislature only meets of 140 days ever other year something that California should consider. Perhaps something. The Texas state Capitol building is larger than the Capitol building in Washington.  Once we finished our tour of the capitol we ventured off to the LBJ Library and Museum.   Good tour, free of charge the only presidential library that is free with exhibitions highlighting LBJs life.  LBJ was born in the Texas Hill country and lived in Johnson City as a child.  I wanted to tour the LBJ ranch we probably will not get to it.  Tomorrow we are off to San Antonio.

San Antonio, another interesting city.  We toured The Alamo, walked the river walk, toured San Fernando Cathedral (oldest Catholic church in the USA).  All very interesting and worth the effort.  The River Walk was neat.  The City really did a fine job with it.  All in all both Austin and San Antonio is worth a visit.

Next stop Corpus Christie and the gulf of Mexico....  Hopefully nice beach weather ahead.