| Saturday, July 09, 2005 |
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Man, I loves me some Texas Hill Country. If you haven't been, you're missing something. It is awash in clean, natural beauty, friendly people, good food, and oh yeah, deer.
On of the nicest rivers in Texas is the Guadalupe. Its headwaters are in the Hill Country, not far from where I took this picture, northwest of Fredericksburg. A little farther south, near New Braunfels, you'll never find a nicer place to sit on an innertube with a cold beer and float down a stream.
Another beautiful river in Texas is the Colorado. It's the river that was dammed to create the Highland Lakes, which include Buchanan (where we were), LBJ, Inks, Travis and Austin. North of Buchanan the river is in its natural state and provides a wonderful limestone cliffed area where bald eagles come for the winter. This is the waterfalls - fed year round by a natural spring.
Along with the natural beauty comes some strangeness. This is Texas, afterall. If you decide to spend the day driving around in the area of Kerrville taking in all the natural beauty you will eventually come around a curve and be greeted by...Stonehenge. Don't ask me why. You just will be. Oh yeah, there are also a couple of Easter Island heads on the same land. And not real far from here there's a Bavarian Castle, too. No shit.
And the food. Or rather, The BBQ. Go to Llano. Eat at Cooper's. This is how they make their charcoal for their grills. Each of those logs is about five feet long.
And the ribs? Oh. My. God. The ribs. This one - yeah - one rib - weighed in at 2.5 pounds. Pardon my drool.
In Texas, White Tail Deer are thought of by many as sort of the same way that rats are thought of by NYC residents. They're a menace. They're freaking everywhere. They eat your gardens, eat your grass. They cause lots of traffic accidents by daring to cross roads. On the other hand, many people when they hear DEER just run for the fork and knife - venison is wildly popular. And then there are people like me who subscribe to the whole Bambi thing.
 
There are also wild turkeys in Texas. They're a good bit more rare than Venison and they're incredibly shy. So I felt truly fortunate to have spotted this Tom strutting his stuff in a pasture - maybe the fence made him feel safe. He pretty much just walked up to me.
Nice people all over the place - and a shout out thanks to the geezer who loaned us a line to tie off the Hobie with when ours proved to be too short.Labels: texas, vacation |
posted by Carol @ 1:31 PM  |
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Cooper's BBQ...oh gawd...heaven on a bone. My parents think that I go to Texas to visit them, but they are really just a side trip to my main goal.
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What beautiful photos! And that rib is making me hungry. LOL
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Did you know that I took my dog for a walk, watch him do his business, picked it up, and then smeared it on the handle of a newpaper box? I didn't like the newpaper (tabloid style) but I feel guilty...
Should I?
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The hill country is absolutely the best in Texas. I miss living in Austin. Some of my favorite BBQ is at the Salt Lick just southwest of Austin. Mmmmm, mmmm, good.
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Cooper's BBQ...oh gawd...heaven on a bone. My parents think that I go to Texas to visit them, but they are really just a side trip to my main goal.