tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20502871800766490262024-03-13T05:03:08.041-05:00Traveling with the LongdogsTravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.comBlogger1025125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050287180076649026.post-70394114062370591622024-02-26T16:29:00.000-06:002024-02-26T16:29:11.609-06:002024-02 Another Birthday<p> The birthday ended with cheesecake after a lovely dinner of eggplant parmesan and tortellini prepared by my DIL Helen. We have a birthday hat in our family that everyone has to wear on their birthday that you probably noticed as well as a birthday plate.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW74xiyZdlrcfYkpx3SU9tPKSw21MHzJyOYxu0XxcDcxl_RTbEE9Zs26EAAtldokwYIkgLznyiKGcP6RkecgrWNzAC8cTgRGHj6OJs4Aep46ZG0JOqhZM066YNySi5DDekcgpgtKI0JvlTQdkljE7ZxUE9WjwVXvuWEL7Cn7hYZxTktJMNXcZczSkk-yU/s2971/19934.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2971" data-original-width="2589" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW74xiyZdlrcfYkpx3SU9tPKSw21MHzJyOYxu0XxcDcxl_RTbEE9Zs26EAAtldokwYIkgLznyiKGcP6RkecgrWNzAC8cTgRGHj6OJs4Aep46ZG0JOqhZM066YNySi5DDekcgpgtKI0JvlTQdkljE7ZxUE9WjwVXvuWEL7Cn7hYZxTktJMNXcZczSkk-yU/w349-h400/19934.jpeg" width="349" /></a></div><div><br /></div>But it actually started a few days earlier when my son and daughter-in-law took me along with my granddaughter, and grandson to 1Watson restaurant high above downtown San Antonio. The women shared a delicious chicken and waffle buffet.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZM_pyhFpKIK1Qzg6qKX2hQWpZWsnr9DfbPaqKGFUZmmw9PKBInesSAwcWI2Pozg-FSo4t97pYyK5X9tZXg227QEN72jZEw9El9lEHGBam7xB6isNYxChDLiq-nMKyrw3vkZW9N2ugp9fu33MYtbliZcgpZGCSkSAlgCfoppss26o-6iNLP0XyU-pBoQ/s4032/PXL_20240217_181356873.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZM_pyhFpKIK1Qzg6qKX2hQWpZWsnr9DfbPaqKGFUZmmw9PKBInesSAwcWI2Pozg-FSo4t97pYyK5X9tZXg227QEN72jZEw9El9lEHGBam7xB6isNYxChDLiq-nMKyrw3vkZW9N2ugp9fu33MYtbliZcgpZGCSkSAlgCfoppss26o-6iNLP0XyU-pBoQ/w300-h400/PXL_20240217_181356873.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>While the boys each had a brisket sandwich which included a fried egg<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSkNjfV_wy8n3c1rCMoPI07seUYhTLL5LgwapZAt0Zs8oUgjhbp5_a252tHm0RfQSgAqVEb9JaMVE4gGIV6zOmAUZklGSmwOBH-5XvSkeRpF_PIBUYSYlMvYdvK0WLQx2rafYItGvwyhwiwZlm5nGXv_5zKn8_Xd_18x-xTGc_qCQ7M7KwWuccl55s6rI/s4032/PXL_20240217_181403252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSkNjfV_wy8n3c1rCMoPI07seUYhTLL5LgwapZAt0Zs8oUgjhbp5_a252tHm0RfQSgAqVEb9JaMVE4gGIV6zOmAUZklGSmwOBH-5XvSkeRpF_PIBUYSYlMvYdvK0WLQx2rafYItGvwyhwiwZlm5nGXv_5zKn8_Xd_18x-xTGc_qCQ7M7KwWuccl55s6rI/w300-h400/PXL_20240217_181403252.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrlSE5VFNalcCMl20JX4aOpkB6IL2dsJpf7xnGdTVpKmso2N_50d_eR7S-oy9Eg7Hc4YHCSjMCtifHY30JVbhHLsi82BiL04RTHWcwF4-hqdIuXU15HG7QDNjJz4ia-xqIoTDDDHiW4qJIskitqGKpGlIRGYX77GtyKKJDZDm7mpT0g-grNepAW0HfQw/s4032/PXL_20240217_182056907.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnrlSE5VFNalcCMl20JX4aOpkB6IL2dsJpf7xnGdTVpKmso2N_50d_eR7S-oy9Eg7Hc4YHCSjMCtifHY30JVbhHLsi82BiL04RTHWcwF4-hqdIuXU15HG7QDNjJz4ia-xqIoTDDDHiW4qJIskitqGKpGlIRGYX77GtyKKJDZDm7mpT0g-grNepAW0HfQw/w300-h400/PXL_20240217_182056907.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajRTpKs5f8gdl5Q9f0LcWogogwzyM3DRIAZA_X5wzKdwtxpUccRu7MZckueoSh2Lk2SLpmqWMMV0_z6KCJDU6mBw9FRDDS3rqMliwzHGb5usSYkaxWj-2EQJMf28CrECzqXUJYl9kxYh-AnOfay-VuZjH04eAj8Xw4wY37EcFCAeEoezCX13b1vQ5Gco/s4032/PXL_20240217_182102589.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajRTpKs5f8gdl5Q9f0LcWogogwzyM3DRIAZA_X5wzKdwtxpUccRu7MZckueoSh2Lk2SLpmqWMMV0_z6KCJDU6mBw9FRDDS3rqMliwzHGb5usSYkaxWj-2EQJMf28CrECzqXUJYl9kxYh-AnOfay-VuZjH04eAj8Xw4wY37EcFCAeEoezCX13b1vQ5Gco/w300-h400/PXL_20240217_182102589.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Everything was delicious. They have a great outside patio area overlooking the Bexar County Courthouse and the cathedral that we checked out but it was too chilly to sit out there.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5oyvKdu2mBz9CIpAXygmyzfkqJdx7LnvD5NH_yQ5hbVD41zJQCStxRVDFXBrKAmjBiWKWXhsaAKUjT9x1M4sq-oWdECc0_RsjhvPLFed6Q_9uyh-5GF84TQbzk4sgiKqPV4AD5OwdpzoAWmMVkUEByivSIqaO5dulXx5ciBMzc8rIiblmXDRfgf4iY4/s4032/PXL_20240217_184513479.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5oyvKdu2mBz9CIpAXygmyzfkqJdx7LnvD5NH_yQ5hbVD41zJQCStxRVDFXBrKAmjBiWKWXhsaAKUjT9x1M4sq-oWdECc0_RsjhvPLFed6Q_9uyh-5GF84TQbzk4sgiKqPV4AD5OwdpzoAWmMVkUEByivSIqaO5dulXx5ciBMzc8rIiblmXDRfgf4iY4/w400-h300/PXL_20240217_184513479.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Names are engraved on the front.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg5QP9QJpLrH9OrNqk1EMg61pIlz_vjla8t1Vp2T6bKYxi7MOHnwFoVcdyV5JwnoNVdqWP4jIamsZh9Od0BdoefYDolhk2Nle-7D5JytUvSL6ocvNEs4fXDXA6UNNRoTp04s5_nQ66fVqbEFAiGq_PtAR7U95ngpMl6g0M9z7d_f4DM_K9Cw-1lsvAY4s/s4032/PXL_20240211_195033414.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg5QP9QJpLrH9OrNqk1EMg61pIlz_vjla8t1Vp2T6bKYxi7MOHnwFoVcdyV5JwnoNVdqWP4jIamsZh9Od0BdoefYDolhk2Nle-7D5JytUvSL6ocvNEs4fXDXA6UNNRoTp04s5_nQ66fVqbEFAiGq_PtAR7U95ngpMl6g0M9z7d_f4DM_K9Cw-1lsvAY4s/w300-h400/PXL_20240211_195033414.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>More on the Angel of Goliad that did all she could to help the men that were killed here.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvw1JA8NziNAX5IZxKMwc0EBARwB2-rh57A63dd8sIGGRS5keGV0kymqlj0UxoYDG54s2Da5GFjNXH_TnPDsQrVG0C6TP8Czrs863Z0FCp-FbRBSw-BYW2lJUZFzujnPFuY_ckedPYUkiRTokWl2c3gfEMFoVnXi7-xmbVFpmpcmWj7vc7Kku0Ygab1Y/s3670/PXL_20240211_200155222.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3670" data-original-width="2339" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmvw1JA8NziNAX5IZxKMwc0EBARwB2-rh57A63dd8sIGGRS5keGV0kymqlj0UxoYDG54s2Da5GFjNXH_TnPDsQrVG0C6TP8Czrs863Z0FCp-FbRBSw-BYW2lJUZFzujnPFuY_ckedPYUkiRTokWl2c3gfEMFoVnXi7-xmbVFpmpcmWj7vc7Kku0Ygab1Y/w408-h640/PXL_20240211_200155222.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFr5UXbBEeISpD5pYfoK-SmEqaFR0VvdsgmpEOZkfvxiSmXaSufNKxeM32z-kOECOd6FvCRPfP8BJDiX6FNi-QQATs21XosugtXjRi6Ut7Goy9t9DXefaXxDdgNWgxiHERzsKPZEH4_yMh-0cybbSUlgs5t-jJ4oKJ-j9_Fi1XCNmSV8J5e7CLrRX7B-E/s4032/PXL_20240211_200208889.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFr5UXbBEeISpD5pYfoK-SmEqaFR0VvdsgmpEOZkfvxiSmXaSufNKxeM32z-kOECOd6FvCRPfP8BJDiX6FNi-QQATs21XosugtXjRi6Ut7Goy9t9DXefaXxDdgNWgxiHERzsKPZEH4_yMh-0cybbSUlgs5t-jJ4oKJ-j9_Fi1XCNmSV8J5e7CLrRX7B-E/w300-h400/PXL_20240211_200208889.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /> There are stone tables and benches around this stature donated by and engraved with names of her descendants.<p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />TravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050287180076649026.post-14570703000226110092024-02-10T21:57:00.002-06:002024-02-23T17:33:02.902-06:002024-02-10 Mission Espiritu Santo de Zuniga- Goliad TX<p> Saturday afternoon, Elaine and I headed over to the mission which is located right in Goliad State Park. I have been several times but it was Elaine's first trip to this area.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3BFnKXCmIUuU4KrygfONUpy9atLenjf3Ny2vjP9-jGfYjbOi5QN3Rhfkl6abU1n5o165KYvmmyf7rwvPkuhnlK0kSO2zPihV2jlJQDoxRZYNvsmh8AZ9aZ-oL6072qLcbBAylZ7k0yiIG16sfcunzR8g48RbhYUuK03xORHEESNAcd8NdB3vNrF-rUQE/s4032/PXL_20240210_191352115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3BFnKXCmIUuU4KrygfONUpy9atLenjf3Ny2vjP9-jGfYjbOi5QN3Rhfkl6abU1n5o165KYvmmyf7rwvPkuhnlK0kSO2zPihV2jlJQDoxRZYNvsmh8AZ9aZ-oL6072qLcbBAylZ7k0yiIG16sfcunzR8g48RbhYUuK03xORHEESNAcd8NdB3vNrF-rUQE/w300-h400/PXL_20240210_191352115.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p>We picked a great time to visit as the park actually had someone who was going to doing a guided tour. We elected to go on our own rather than wait but he gave us some tips on where to go and what to see.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0arXioZcNJw8ya9wgCSGy7LCHJg-nJKask3K5XoxkEktLrmChWyZneyHbsTBAiRKD8FQrsqO2Fj0tMeyD6AGzzd2j7ir2QS3-_QklkNucbv1dPSq1tsR4n8RignMvn0PcF8C3xuY-68kcvNK3Q1K26sVEJBAQoj0NLXmItq-1adXeVidnafPkWPCoNs/s4032/PXL_20240210_190447102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0arXioZcNJw8ya9wgCSGy7LCHJg-nJKask3K5XoxkEktLrmChWyZneyHbsTBAiRKD8FQrsqO2Fj0tMeyD6AGzzd2j7ir2QS3-_QklkNucbv1dPSq1tsR4n8RignMvn0PcF8C3xuY-68kcvNK3Q1K26sVEJBAQoj0NLXmItq-1adXeVidnafPkWPCoNs/w300-h400/PXL_20240210_190447102.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Reading that there were apparently some cannibalistic Indians located in this area came as quite a surprise. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnh_BiP9IwADscIcyWZaRT86TElLZ_r2Io-WeW3UajXS-vPAJoSOuyC8Oe7xoZhhUrpyklFwiRZXLRBoSBZQYKMcKf9djAnLj-KY54U-6yjfRJac94RSymGxsyrxG-qQq9hKueBjAZEYWq5qIduM-vTOlEt_IvrtTzfbuaIe2t0xFShWsiEV-SsrwwL0/s3603/PXL_20240210_190303109~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3603" data-original-width="2500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnh_BiP9IwADscIcyWZaRT86TElLZ_r2Io-WeW3UajXS-vPAJoSOuyC8Oe7xoZhhUrpyklFwiRZXLRBoSBZQYKMcKf9djAnLj-KY54U-6yjfRJac94RSymGxsyrxG-qQq9hKueBjAZEYWq5qIduM-vTOlEt_IvrtTzfbuaIe2t0xFShWsiEV-SsrwwL0/w445-h640/PXL_20240210_190303109~2.jpg" width="445" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The inside of the church is pretty. It is not currently in use for services and there are no benches for seating.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8pmsqrQMPCqI9cyUYtxDA3jZcxW_zaqOopUCVRsSANfSYtnrT8q9M_daUU4qhgdrRFK7MRk6RoFP8r4_B1IQm2E5PkEu9yZnLtTI7NsB3xYuCObMyhyLYowRLm_9Kc4-tGDQuw29JbzRAen4JhKJ1oZb8fW8JiJmM9Dh0w6K4vPoETmE-D62JQ3GCX8/s3483/PXL_20240210_190650391.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3483" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8pmsqrQMPCqI9cyUYtxDA3jZcxW_zaqOopUCVRsSANfSYtnrT8q9M_daUU4qhgdrRFK7MRk6RoFP8r4_B1IQm2E5PkEu9yZnLtTI7NsB3xYuCObMyhyLYowRLm_9Kc4-tGDQuw29JbzRAen4JhKJ1oZb8fW8JiJmM9Dh0w6K4vPoETmE-D62JQ3GCX8/w348-h400/PXL_20240210_190650391.jpg" width="348" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcA93_9RiFTc1GRZgfLH4V4RY4VDb9jYOm5ShQ4O7B8Obf2DbuSib8U_u2hweczJijHH5EHbyspVK9rDDps02FM8un2JWDWIkw3KkOJOid0MCSVvmeul0ZcECqroFomGdnIQ90r145n65eVLLm2vr8GOQL9RrwKCG5lKbwFrQk5lZsQuQMNmyoxEYnNQU/s4032/PXL_20240210_191013570.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcA93_9RiFTc1GRZgfLH4V4RY4VDb9jYOm5ShQ4O7B8Obf2DbuSib8U_u2hweczJijHH5EHbyspVK9rDDps02FM8un2JWDWIkw3KkOJOid0MCSVvmeul0ZcECqroFomGdnIQ90r145n65eVLLm2vr8GOQL9RrwKCG5lKbwFrQk5lZsQuQMNmyoxEYnNQU/w300-h400/PXL_20240210_191013570.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>While this wall fragment is not from this mission, it is what this mission would have been like.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYv4RuMBd2dYUKIQArJgO7VlRyQyVO2AevbgT0Aui5-QGeQil0D8a8BbKHqdm4F-EG9TJQ7fHxCxGHiB2gS3UY-sgGyNDnb8HyAp3rGO7Tq1RgTJ5s4KU-nictO9z_ZWLgc6KmgBGcWEj6q0Xo1d5jvFL3nG7c5I4GYmkQlnL1sqy0BvGwqgecUtiawAs/s3752/PXL_20240210_190756159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3752" data-original-width="2602" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYv4RuMBd2dYUKIQArJgO7VlRyQyVO2AevbgT0Aui5-QGeQil0D8a8BbKHqdm4F-EG9TJQ7fHxCxGHiB2gS3UY-sgGyNDnb8HyAp3rGO7Tq1RgTJ5s4KU-nictO9z_ZWLgc6KmgBGcWEj6q0Xo1d5jvFL3nG7c5I4GYmkQlnL1sqy0BvGwqgecUtiawAs/w444-h640/PXL_20240210_190756159.jpg" width="444" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rP_zptxLixLSXruX89tWJtj6NvKuOSah-qhKiDVhNa_r_tktzew7ZAsswOHl8_tQqIBH27PZRaEEo_g3OAFb-bEiD3BBAxbObkEG7vjAQ3u-PnTwjfFWRcaFIpvo03Pe9NlIYC8a1s7VeHzwUN74jxqGIW7D-aGPinGCC_goUswZwU5vuChqkiEhKbs/s4032/PXL_20240210_190826252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rP_zptxLixLSXruX89tWJtj6NvKuOSah-qhKiDVhNa_r_tktzew7ZAsswOHl8_tQqIBH27PZRaEEo_g3OAFb-bEiD3BBAxbObkEG7vjAQ3u-PnTwjfFWRcaFIpvo03Pe9NlIYC8a1s7VeHzwUN74jxqGIW7D-aGPinGCC_goUswZwU5vuChqkiEhKbs/w300-h400/PXL_20240210_190826252.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We moved on to the museum part of the mission and Elaine tried on the chain mail and helmet. Both were very heavy. It's hard to imagine what a heavy load the whole soldiers outfit would have been.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjArkqpHE0MGqJ4u3E-YGadQI41Jb_1GnnUQ6uM-_HrgOQSXimF7zTQMrtQRXu1LFCUfw8LMdi_Tfw1IqR0Yg_0nfQqWWSdmvSKn73acNdt1RNEZvZFU_mz4tL3EkMLJTOwlJ6hcMKbUCg-tYeQ8ulrT-bcU86Pk4xR5EVW5ir2Tq6jIus0Hi1yDvQdV2M/s4032/PXL_20240210_191218091.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjArkqpHE0MGqJ4u3E-YGadQI41Jb_1GnnUQ6uM-_HrgOQSXimF7zTQMrtQRXu1LFCUfw8LMdi_Tfw1IqR0Yg_0nfQqWWSdmvSKn73acNdt1RNEZvZFU_mz4tL3EkMLJTOwlJ6hcMKbUCg-tYeQ8ulrT-bcU86Pk4xR5EVW5ir2Tq6jIus0Hi1yDvQdV2M/w300-h400/PXL_20240210_191218091.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Looking at this map shows just how much of the area was taken up with missions. The triangle piece is the only area that is not allocated to mission land.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim78NV5pJUEzZ5225D1AZiWf1R35aSLI2Le2kZ3TDQzu8gqefEEVAWw0UQxtSmh7fxsf2h_Sv7gfmPO7h9SHt2jvNRsP3qoYlNoyC6c2Arw8wi2pY5W4YA7UfAFjDEkypVYaqIrsnAUFhz53pQa058mrrFfp6ciYsTb1XNb4xwm_kRTBB4_nd5MOn_pJ8/s4032/PXL_20240210_192041003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim78NV5pJUEzZ5225D1AZiWf1R35aSLI2Le2kZ3TDQzu8gqefEEVAWw0UQxtSmh7fxsf2h_Sv7gfmPO7h9SHt2jvNRsP3qoYlNoyC6c2Arw8wi2pY5W4YA7UfAFjDEkypVYaqIrsnAUFhz53pQa058mrrFfp6ciYsTb1XNb4xwm_kRTBB4_nd5MOn_pJ8/w300-h400/PXL_20240210_192041003.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>After the missions were officially disbanded, two priests stayed behind with the town of Goliad.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Vickie and Barbara have hosted every year. This year they were assisted by Marlene. Goliad is a small but very popular park even in February.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhi-iesvJ8PtJbsAAg6OcXbT9qHtBTYqrMLOfzY_pDUVFXmgDa6mV3z4RIp4w46DrY92KLNBITYzmDAZ3FQhJbclUN59Tg8xnATwdpBunKtM_fzuWOFqgbjNyVjBXM29LEhe_mHu-wzrQwmx0d-Ll3Vt2ZExHlNAbiLkxCHUdOJ5COAoJcjcNnnQ9-eU/s3433/PXL_20240208_223149557.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2713" data-original-width="3433" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqhi-iesvJ8PtJbsAAg6OcXbT9qHtBTYqrMLOfzY_pDUVFXmgDa6mV3z4RIp4w46DrY92KLNBITYzmDAZ3FQhJbclUN59Tg8xnATwdpBunKtM_fzuWOFqgbjNyVjBXM29LEhe_mHu-wzrQwmx0d-Ll3Vt2ZExHlNAbiLkxCHUdOJ5COAoJcjcNnnQ9-eU/w400-h316/PXL_20240208_223149557.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Some of us arrived early and had dinner at Agave Jalisco restaurant in town. Forgot pictures but dinner was good. Surprisingly our waitress didn't know what sopapillas are and didn't speak Spanish although she was Mexican.<div><br /></div><div>Friday several of us drove over to the J Welch Winery which is also a farm. It's located near Victoria. They had a very nice little store behind the main building and outside seating. There were many kinds of olive oil and vinaigrettes set up for tasting. Karol is quite an expert at this and she explained that you put a little oil in the tasting cup and hold it in your palm gently swirling it. It warms and it does make a difference in taste. There were lots of other goodies like t-shirts, sweat shirts as well as wine and olive oil gifts.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZwZ_7dxFRX837fTgpewV_nEjcLvGUvrVbMKYfnxs1tL3aKqvCSvXGGhLxwRKcfL0j0hrAmRvI9EslXR29jYEzkFY4jQHqLnHtcIo8Tqb5hNqYUl9_kx2uSLoiBdUPCWQKgL2juJNvGEiHd844gFaUqWxxTZ02funIIbxXVNnI_N3gXgLlq3aN2pUf-4/s4032/PXL_20240209_221603187.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZwZ_7dxFRX837fTgpewV_nEjcLvGUvrVbMKYfnxs1tL3aKqvCSvXGGhLxwRKcfL0j0hrAmRvI9EslXR29jYEzkFY4jQHqLnHtcIo8Tqb5hNqYUl9_kx2uSLoiBdUPCWQKgL2juJNvGEiHd844gFaUqWxxTZ02funIIbxXVNnI_N3gXgLlq3aN2pUf-4/w400-h300/PXL_20240209_221603187.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Our next stop was the outside patio area where some of us tried flights of wine or individual glasses of wine along with cheesy bread, pizza, and charcuterie. It was all delicious.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTC-MPM8P2LsAD5orNiJFrD3tOlccEvvLqWlbST5NUgVsTeUxBiMwTiNjUNs47FRsEfWu5dlDLYBijbdeiaz1B71sYzI7Tk2yQT75n-nwvn8AMFFR_R8dI6q9QLDGY_mUU9Iwp4qCN1hj764DucV_ZdHEtOsuSQiZkoXZmuKv8-sFYMamF9G3e0u4Wic/s4032/PXL_20240209_232745286.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFTC-MPM8P2LsAD5orNiJFrD3tOlccEvvLqWlbST5NUgVsTeUxBiMwTiNjUNs47FRsEfWu5dlDLYBijbdeiaz1B71sYzI7Tk2yQT75n-nwvn8AMFFR_R8dI6q9QLDGY_mUU9Iwp4qCN1hj764DucV_ZdHEtOsuSQiZkoXZmuKv8-sFYMamF9G3e0u4Wic/w400-h300/PXL_20240209_232745286.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqS2IzbTvTj98D04iBvgYGiZg8e1MwMvEccWRRe4Cq5-EHgp8weS-ZuwJ8zrfClCO5sLI0psyJMkng-0dFAnulniL2WaCNsGy5M1XMUkHxsbINhJsDMjVHmnQkQCX2qJFix4aFJHpLt0Qy1WWs6gTAJ2bUb4gHAi75bjzEMPtQjGxF2vPmw5EnxUHBcVQ/s1024/PXL_20240209_232749620_exported_833_1707697391606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqS2IzbTvTj98D04iBvgYGiZg8e1MwMvEccWRRe4Cq5-EHgp8weS-ZuwJ8zrfClCO5sLI0psyJMkng-0dFAnulniL2WaCNsGy5M1XMUkHxsbINhJsDMjVHmnQkQCX2qJFix4aFJHpLt0Qy1WWs6gTAJ2bUb4gHAi75bjzEMPtQjGxF2vPmw5EnxUHBcVQ/w400-h300/PXL_20240209_232749620_exported_833_1707697391606.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Back at the park, lots of visiting or playing games like Mexican Train were popular all weekend. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCcqzCAvOGvzKs-n4IovY3Yog72krhrMNXdVah0mzM3c2I0KhfN2NxnHCLswu_0RUg2T0ATZB5Oi0BH3MwIgi_jhSy73UTOuq5X5yiVYc_PQzJ5SNU3RxFdz8e9xQRVfnWUe9VAj3ISufhLwt1RBmDqqDUMLygg5iMhkX0UH3WPEU9weYeXgINCOl5k2A/s4032/PXL_20240210_012912804.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCcqzCAvOGvzKs-n4IovY3Yog72krhrMNXdVah0mzM3c2I0KhfN2NxnHCLswu_0RUg2T0ATZB5Oi0BH3MwIgi_jhSy73UTOuq5X5yiVYc_PQzJ5SNU3RxFdz8e9xQRVfnWUe9VAj3ISufhLwt1RBmDqqDUMLygg5iMhkX0UH3WPEU9weYeXgINCOl5k2A/s320/PXL_20240210_012912804.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Saturday morning went into Goliad for their monthly Market Day. This was a Veteran's Memorial by the courthouse.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFyXNpVRjB5Xuc2crDLk40WSh-HpPP_cgj14FLK6PDUcK3MNyt5YfIA2jdOdCy_16vK2G5gRJZEDeaVD82RFyR0N0zsYp5KbszW_16yozkuEY_HhXs4FW-myHlwSsWlFemjpoPPNuHr13IMGA9FVl7gLnGJPijMhiNkaMmQ8WWqQwk8YHE_A0tUDqePk/s4032/PXL_20240210_160431604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFyXNpVRjB5Xuc2crDLk40WSh-HpPP_cgj14FLK6PDUcK3MNyt5YfIA2jdOdCy_16vK2G5gRJZEDeaVD82RFyR0N0zsYp5KbszW_16yozkuEY_HhXs4FW-myHlwSsWlFemjpoPPNuHr13IMGA9FVl7gLnGJPijMhiNkaMmQ8WWqQwk8YHE_A0tUDqePk/w480-h640/PXL_20240210_160431604.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There were booths all around the courthouse square. Almost everyone left with a purchase of some kind.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhctQKI2gogymUAjOpp6PQzP0HcXwiT6kkF76wUo2U5-1_Yc5pg6BcDYNaWGdrH7paK4luTXDKdNhaB2LVtkIZ4bXx0ZhfPyUC9wlbngE185OFXWF3rqhDcFNFExLMDg0kBddJZmFWmyE-Wo5Q9jbCGVi-fKlDEjPBe1zUzwin6sMfS_MIwS_MxP2DVqJo/s4032/PXL_20240210_160438665~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhctQKI2gogymUAjOpp6PQzP0HcXwiT6kkF76wUo2U5-1_Yc5pg6BcDYNaWGdrH7paK4luTXDKdNhaB2LVtkIZ4bXx0ZhfPyUC9wlbngE185OFXWF3rqhDcFNFExLMDg0kBddJZmFWmyE-Wo5Q9jbCGVi-fKlDEjPBe1zUzwin6sMfS_MIwS_MxP2DVqJo/w400-h300/PXL_20240210_160438665~2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-RFwpSCAOq_V696ENGsvLspV7e41GWFXJJlEtHkZ9sIIveDR_CJWfg4k0GkaWhogpwqQF09nOoy-9E-QphKmhNkNdZKArzkIBRDBUxws7QG_bRvF0Dtng7rhNYy4AKUL0_a6vbBToQ0unAXDIIOe0jamdCT54sNnDfm2J5IioxxYn8v2BdnpSiJ6DHXU/s4032/PXL_20240210_160447293.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-RFwpSCAOq_V696ENGsvLspV7e41GWFXJJlEtHkZ9sIIveDR_CJWfg4k0GkaWhogpwqQF09nOoy-9E-QphKmhNkNdZKArzkIBRDBUxws7QG_bRvF0Dtng7rhNYy4AKUL0_a6vbBToQ0unAXDIIOe0jamdCT54sNnDfm2J5IioxxYn8v2BdnpSiJ6DHXU/w400-h300/PXL_20240210_160447293.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This is the Goliad courthouse. It is beautiful and sits right in the middle of the town square like so many small town Texas courthouses.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhB5cTUEiQCiX1YjH_yoN2odpf8eNmJb40n-H_aZbi5wfnQjaujq68m84EGrOB4at51OJFTQTrmlvU8_kBwZP0s-sUcIUFWZJ3vw7M3ptT__IXESazwCtgfSMIBlujO0qYAPjnuu3UTI34XVhVv5992Nvo0TZPdSBh267c6K5e7DcdlirK1YaHH2cFR38/s4032/PXL_20240210_160605653.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhB5cTUEiQCiX1YjH_yoN2odpf8eNmJb40n-H_aZbi5wfnQjaujq68m84EGrOB4at51OJFTQTrmlvU8_kBwZP0s-sUcIUFWZJ3vw7M3ptT__IXESazwCtgfSMIBlujO0qYAPjnuu3UTI34XVhVv5992Nvo0TZPdSBh267c6K5e7DcdlirK1YaHH2cFR38/w400-h300/PXL_20240210_160605653.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There is some history here like the Hanging Tree.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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She is a full-timer so storage is important.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1XGLprbrK1tXGNUz3wkudODX-EFBOt-KL7tfVD_elGWyNXb_iM93wj5-aYD0k4LZmBPu9FRn6ybdIdLRkj8h_6fu7geBI1bhX70UFnrvtY44lhJ8gZuh9fNTRy1A1TkLE4NOx7g1fx1IkHLZgIl4X-xDhCWa4Anow-EE7pde_F96NtJ2Mxb5XK9YOHC4/s4032/PXL_20240210_220549318.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1XGLprbrK1tXGNUz3wkudODX-EFBOt-KL7tfVD_elGWyNXb_iM93wj5-aYD0k4LZmBPu9FRn6ybdIdLRkj8h_6fu7geBI1bhX70UFnrvtY44lhJ8gZuh9fNTRy1A1TkLE4NOx7g1fx1IkHLZgIl4X-xDhCWa4Anow-EE7pde_F96NtJ2Mxb5XK9YOHC4/w400-h300/PXL_20240210_220549318.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Next up was a picture of all the rally attendees.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0BuOYDwqqCMFBn8uoQf7XrXaS5BcFT25zPUboEJALvQGilq7n5lqHXCjeGnBF1uKpEOCQ2ElfNayhdVOigKtuIwlndCWnQ0s9JpVr3IJ2DLf3slGLE1WfYKQLGShoX4Qu8aED2gGqbJUn-_DO06_LuuwAN6QWGfiZJ11QBKFsS6rH7nBzyxC0FWoJAFU/s2048/FB_IMG_1708019049393.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0BuOYDwqqCMFBn8uoQf7XrXaS5BcFT25zPUboEJALvQGilq7n5lqHXCjeGnBF1uKpEOCQ2ElfNayhdVOigKtuIwlndCWnQ0s9JpVr3IJ2DLf3slGLE1WfYKQLGShoX4Qu8aED2gGqbJUn-_DO06_LuuwAN6QWGfiZJ11QBKFsS6rH7nBzyxC0FWoJAFU/w400-h300/FB_IMG_1708019049393.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Saturday night the hostesses treated us all to delicious chili while everyone else brought sides and desserts. Entertainment was western poems and stories. Sunday we were treated to a fantastic breakfast of bacon, scrambled eggs, biscuits and gravy by our great hostesses. Some of the group had to hit the road while others of us stayed around for some more relaxation. we had some wonderful warm weather for this rally this year. That isn't always true.</p></div>TravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050287180076649026.post-61569283645511638762024-01-29T11:28:00.061-06:002024-02-01T12:03:11.441-06:002024-01-27 San Antonio Botanical Garden<p> Saturday my granddaughter and I took a trip to the San Antonio Botanical Garden. It was my first time but Morgan had been there for a Christmas lighting trip.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9FlcIUNp7hEzqdQHWIvzCr0NtnaXyvlEIFLEY-vnwiCxt-CYK-fFKMwzyzvuejuWErgtFmiHbutDTQ0oCcLNeH7MnrznlC1qh7LZvjm0MktauuJgYm64wECpAnzN6nDiWZpLQD15yzu_F-RPYQaBWS_MXBLPUm_DftxdtMLXulPbq4hC91X5ipYtOWs/s4032/PXL_20240128_221224344.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV9FlcIUNp7hEzqdQHWIvzCr0NtnaXyvlEIFLEY-vnwiCxt-CYK-fFKMwzyzvuejuWErgtFmiHbutDTQ0oCcLNeH7MnrznlC1qh7LZvjm0MktauuJgYm64wECpAnzN6nDiWZpLQD15yzu_F-RPYQaBWS_MXBLPUm_DftxdtMLXulPbq4hC91X5ipYtOWs/w300-h400/PXL_20240128_221224344.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMuWI26AaO5ts5mW2yr_d7izhwKLhmMiE6xt23eq7xZA4aiJ7DeGbh-HKVCTIS1iuY_UIpB-SwL7ya0O7MQugtmHjgQLEJNoVcMEQmQNo4od5q__8vURlkT3m6maxd0uLF57Pg01ANf0vjWnsVVnLi9nEKjHjn-_0FAxcNljSoTmedviUJ6Nq6jNtBRaw/s2871/PXL_20240128_203304421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2640" data-original-width="2871" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMuWI26AaO5ts5mW2yr_d7izhwKLhmMiE6xt23eq7xZA4aiJ7DeGbh-HKVCTIS1iuY_UIpB-SwL7ya0O7MQugtmHjgQLEJNoVcMEQmQNo4od5q__8vURlkT3m6maxd0uLF57Pg01ANf0vjWnsVVnLi9nEKjHjn-_0FAxcNljSoTmedviUJ6Nq6jNtBRaw/w400-h368/PXL_20240128_203304421.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>This was the only map we saw of the garden which made it difficult to know where you were. For the price of admission, they should give you a map or at the very least have maps situated throughout the garden as it is quite large and easy to miss out on places you wanted to see.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0cskLs_h6DtkD8OSmR_kfLGY2RO9kgFWgsNmyeRZ6J4wTnoBapBNACSs1_oMVo6zO5DpnH1Da5CSVynLFkhc_i7374cpcGRyYWqs6vHxh63nodDHAlKkI04fYnkpAiOTKcZdn16e9vYMjeOW2WTm5n8vJPncGbtLUgoqP9r5MDWZGl7GdruJFAR2WKFk/s3963/PXL_20240128_203412116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2906" data-original-width="3963" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0cskLs_h6DtkD8OSmR_kfLGY2RO9kgFWgsNmyeRZ6J4wTnoBapBNACSs1_oMVo6zO5DpnH1Da5CSVynLFkhc_i7374cpcGRyYWqs6vHxh63nodDHAlKkI04fYnkpAiOTKcZdn16e9vYMjeOW2WTm5n8vJPncGbtLUgoqP9r5MDWZGl7GdruJFAR2WKFk/w400-h294/PXL_20240128_203412116.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwSj3E2jw_IozmdgZKcgsV3NBw3zZ16hV6Hke8hsuhUauXIpjGOO5urPmgUb-NV_Jxkf0keObGp_OEHP8VzppnfC3myEOchkYmeovVRRFB1d2Kt9BOS1TbT_JWX3LYM1KH1VqV7hVmYk_n6g5jRvufDJu75Wwv40yFjF6fWOIwRQ9L7FJ2YfbzzqUGT_g/s4032/PXL_20240128_204123523.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwSj3E2jw_IozmdgZKcgsV3NBw3zZ16hV6Hke8hsuhUauXIpjGOO5urPmgUb-NV_Jxkf0keObGp_OEHP8VzppnfC3myEOchkYmeovVRRFB1d2Kt9BOS1TbT_JWX3LYM1KH1VqV7hVmYk_n6g5jRvufDJu75Wwv40yFjF6fWOIwRQ9L7FJ2YfbzzqUGT_g/w300-h400/PXL_20240128_204123523.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>This is Naoko Shirane, a representative and cultural ambassador from Japan. The statue is in front of the Japanese garden.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKFoKyLsbkONsOp7LH399Fuiw6NenxC-Jlmt5Oyhgjm-AQkJz5PSri8YqjaNBQeCbOYEkMM5vz0CMfwk3g5ShWbcdH_piswT3BKDZ3CTHX2OXF3kDPSTbCoisezhu1dsZ0iwj9O0PMoRheYCDa4Zqm-WoAFL4IUG8rsa7lJjAU90bsUtev0uRFFxLm84/s4032/PXL_20240128_204411572.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKFoKyLsbkONsOp7LH399Fuiw6NenxC-Jlmt5Oyhgjm-AQkJz5PSri8YqjaNBQeCbOYEkMM5vz0CMfwk3g5ShWbcdH_piswT3BKDZ3CTHX2OXF3kDPSTbCoisezhu1dsZ0iwj9O0PMoRheYCDa4Zqm-WoAFL4IUG8rsa7lJjAU90bsUtev0uRFFxLm84/w300-h400/PXL_20240128_204411572.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Pansies, a hardy flower that can take some winter cold. There is a butterfly on the flower but I just couldn't catch him with wings open.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHOIdN1fkXyQwZVQiwAesT1zrhwFOjwGuL8EtFaimcz1BXc8lP5hVRRZTldbRut3AY9lr0BNIMXVSd2Ue_Z7y2x8nSHWfrDXTaon7qldItX-abXNp2eI8ZVV8mJPj3jaQAi7ll41R8QtEXJ6lVGL2d6CERrikKyfU68MH8rWk4cbuXZO28ovkP83OUkpA/s4032/PXL_20240128_204445526.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHOIdN1fkXyQwZVQiwAesT1zrhwFOjwGuL8EtFaimcz1BXc8lP5hVRRZTldbRut3AY9lr0BNIMXVSd2Ue_Z7y2x8nSHWfrDXTaon7qldItX-abXNp2eI8ZVV8mJPj3jaQAi7ll41R8QtEXJ6lVGL2d6CERrikKyfU68MH8rWk4cbuXZO28ovkP83OUkpA/w400-h300/PXL_20240128_204445526.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>A typical winter garden with ornamental cabbage and hardy flowers.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Did you notice them in the last picture?</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UJIcIxvWN8GFHbaQ0F5ajIFv2okeCiuC2en_Jc4bWK__FCKDDTLWDReISubPbekuURfWjxNscuOhhZCN4YLPTULVm04WxQzbVyqAbH8hjkYEp5E19jdzUp9AXHpttpnzDNX9ETUW1-0Cbh3pL1Pbanz2_Jvso8_IT2lctg3_UpkeOqXVFgw1L-FyAtU/s4032/PXL_20240128_210054330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UJIcIxvWN8GFHbaQ0F5ajIFv2okeCiuC2en_Jc4bWK__FCKDDTLWDReISubPbekuURfWjxNscuOhhZCN4YLPTULVm04WxQzbVyqAbH8hjkYEp5E19jdzUp9AXHpttpnzDNX9ETUW1-0Cbh3pL1Pbanz2_Jvso8_IT2lctg3_UpkeOqXVFgw1L-FyAtU/w300-h400/PXL_20240128_210054330.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr1m3oHIbdykCo9t-khHrqQbFi5HQ-aZdoz1QH8gkLo59zdE-wF7TOkAM5ePv9PP6xCX0__mHy0TUwC7uQXWKzjuQomzRwDG_JbCE3e5F_V4G0nDQMy2F7Xar9zC7jomzrCFZ-m3KoTfg83qhKsk2ar1ZCyZALZQsUHbGjvR7X84OJzcgdkPY_aZi2GTw/s2946/PXL_20240128_211512490.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Good thing the lighting was good or I would have freaked about snakes.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUUU1YWkaEzPQBHklYnKb5_sRTFCHpAAMX8BJBQo9Xehl4u3p_K33lGzK-b_85Kebb9JnLsdqv7gyPZIgjAJrQVYtyefGltTe4m-xMa5KzF_Q19_A7qzxNwGgystcUAf_xURmCQQwjdGMUH-kHUjKLeVY9pO0yAWPGBqqA7-JI8qpNElSLOEVfjVdgqA/s4032/PXL_20240128_214835566.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUUU1YWkaEzPQBHklYnKb5_sRTFCHpAAMX8BJBQo9Xehl4u3p_K33lGzK-b_85Kebb9JnLsdqv7gyPZIgjAJrQVYtyefGltTe4m-xMa5KzF_Q19_A7qzxNwGgystcUAf_xURmCQQwjdGMUH-kHUjKLeVY9pO0yAWPGBqqA7-JI8qpNElSLOEVfjVdgqA/w300-h400/PXL_20240128_214835566.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div>This greenhouse was loaded with orchids.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx4hOG0jQkjARks8CL53Fyy-VDh8WuEUOEOWY2G3gra8s52MczelwlxbBe_Suz1-VSZkpb3pNogCjKsKVhHYfGH9n4PVoKogfvhry9tgqWL1vlJ6RTv0dwN79iu0AUFx7ng7QonZz7XmREwdeoqA9NOMocLktuxi1KNZXxarVZ4b_DpdyCUVrNF2dgcqk/s3785/PXL_20240128_214853924.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3785" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx4hOG0jQkjARks8CL53Fyy-VDh8WuEUOEOWY2G3gra8s52MczelwlxbBe_Suz1-VSZkpb3pNogCjKsKVhHYfGH9n4PVoKogfvhry9tgqWL1vlJ6RTv0dwN79iu0AUFx7ng7QonZz7XmREwdeoqA9NOMocLktuxi1KNZXxarVZ4b_DpdyCUVrNF2dgcqk/w320-h400/PXL_20240128_214853924.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This felt like a visit to Hawaii.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EKjThcL1qic-pa1FaPWGI5sfayDhJMraaguPThucjTmEPsEV-0ICA8eoiQiQl7CC4Tx59f9DoLNsfoUzdoKziwNJrfekczOU42MA0n1eSx95TZZ6ts7CPbFWVRQgcMhLhAY5PMFIdnhroJ_yXy4mjGpyTUJgMwsUabJ4FkUgn3IsatLK_P4hyphenhyphenFyFvzY/s4032/PXL_20240128_215222654.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-EKjThcL1qic-pa1FaPWGI5sfayDhJMraaguPThucjTmEPsEV-0ICA8eoiQiQl7CC4Tx59f9DoLNsfoUzdoKziwNJrfekczOU42MA0n1eSx95TZZ6ts7CPbFWVRQgcMhLhAY5PMFIdnhroJ_yXy4mjGpyTUJgMwsUabJ4FkUgn3IsatLK_P4hyphenhyphenFyFvzY/w300-h400/PXL_20240128_215222654.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p>All in all, it was a nice way to spend an afternoon and do a lot of walking.</p></div>TravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050287180076649026.post-30823715798908147742023-12-03T13:00:00.133-06:002023-12-25T13:44:35.384-06:002023-12-3 Kreische Brewery & Monument Hill TX<p> The last post for this trip is finally at hand. We went to see the Kreische Brewery and Monument Hill. We checked in at the Visitor's Center not knowing what to expect. The first thing we saw was that the grounds were being decorated for Christmas.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn8EBbBY0Fr6co_hLemaxP4a4T3t1hwj8so7Hd2iCDqBj_KL7C_iyyRDcPEnSDsmqRCbNBX2EO42p67qcC5PFzcceD-2X9gSBpOcd5n5RmF5c_InkARseoJlucIoDTr54PXV2k6aMaHKya_hMkG4A6Lkoy9hL8Q4tT4PEtNwr2PWuH2domK66pclq7Nwo/s4032/PXL_20231203_194658876.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn8EBbBY0Fr6co_hLemaxP4a4T3t1hwj8so7Hd2iCDqBj_KL7C_iyyRDcPEnSDsmqRCbNBX2EO42p67qcC5PFzcceD-2X9gSBpOcd5n5RmF5c_InkARseoJlucIoDTr54PXV2k6aMaHKya_hMkG4A6Lkoy9hL8Q4tT4PEtNwr2PWuH2domK66pclq7Nwo/w300-h400/PXL_20231203_194658876.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggw0t8QmKob7Og0FWd-yh6DX5oi-U-31WPAsXd18dTPIQA7S80VOyuxQ5MZwrdsfjK8ZVPVST0QOkmw00RFL2ltfQ4kCwYvszaqMOOo2nvRq_Q459FkRMsRxmMcMtQyR0VnWsVkCzxlZ74HNoMd1OAo8pTrQ2_ldPi77cxpH5nAX1gn1SHi6hg-8wXmuc/s4032/PXL_20231203_194838576.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggw0t8QmKob7Og0FWd-yh6DX5oi-U-31WPAsXd18dTPIQA7S80VOyuxQ5MZwrdsfjK8ZVPVST0QOkmw00RFL2ltfQ4kCwYvszaqMOOo2nvRq_Q459FkRMsRxmMcMtQyR0VnWsVkCzxlZ74HNoMd1OAo8pTrQ2_ldPi77cxpH5nAX1gn1SHi6hg-8wXmuc/w300-h400/PXL_20231203_194838576.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Next we saw this beautiful mural painted on tile squares. The subject was gruesome but it was beautifully done.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgdWs15HvSgxS68ecFzb0q1wgwKfIl7p4ogg7ByARz-qFir_gsT55z__Nzw8AujgkBCjvbsEdeyRNaIH6B0gAumjDm2lLrWLgK37MAGpdZlAaf6s9rdAwjx5yC0d8eH7C5hcqACYb6JwA-CafWltT3xqKGNVdCXDz1YNUGnYbbLNVr1hDG7_zp0IR6po/s3154/original_2f961286-260b-4bc9-a134-a7285cb88252_PXL_20231203_194942538.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2279" data-original-width="3154" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmgdWs15HvSgxS68ecFzb0q1wgwKfIl7p4ogg7ByARz-qFir_gsT55z__Nzw8AujgkBCjvbsEdeyRNaIH6B0gAumjDm2lLrWLgK37MAGpdZlAaf6s9rdAwjx5yC0d8eH7C5hcqACYb6JwA-CafWltT3xqKGNVdCXDz1YNUGnYbbLNVr1hDG7_zp0IR6po/w400-h289/original_2f961286-260b-4bc9-a134-a7285cb88252_PXL_20231203_194942538.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>After the decisive Battle of San Jacinto in 1856, tensions were high between the Mexican Republic and the newly formed Republic of Texas. On 10 September 1842 a Mexican force led by general Adrian Woll marched to San Antonio. Fifty-four men from Fayette County met nearly 400 of Woll's soldiers thirty-six men died. An expedition of 400 men marched towards the Mexican town of Mier where they were met by 3000 Mexican troops. The Texans surrendered after a bloody battle. President Santa Anna ordered all 176 of the remaining prisoners executed but the Mexican leader in charge refused to obey and a compromise was reached to execute 10% of the prisoners. What followed was the Black Bean Episode.<div>The Mexican leader placed 17 black beans and 159 white beans in a pot. The prisoners were blindfolded and forced to choose a bean. Those that got the black beans were executed.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67GVY0fAZJQYtjFy2LTRRwswQwC2_xlGItsvmYDIpv-OLW0MNOaQqPZPPC3vTxaDc003bRzgtlRz80AQJmJw5Qx-RvhNhmc3xgCXRBk_OUqtKi8eWV2gOpq7k_kmG9Tb3nHdUuZ5JNFQSlNoKJqHRf5JWbTGOve88h0rxxOx0RyRfArbDY7UEadUxrDM/s3647/original_376df30a-467f-474d-a862-acf01296c6af_PXL_20231203_195031676.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3647" data-original-width="2736" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi67GVY0fAZJQYtjFy2LTRRwswQwC2_xlGItsvmYDIpv-OLW0MNOaQqPZPPC3vTxaDc003bRzgtlRz80AQJmJw5Qx-RvhNhmc3xgCXRBk_OUqtKi8eWV2gOpq7k_kmG9Tb3nHdUuZ5JNFQSlNoKJqHRf5JWbTGOve88h0rxxOx0RyRfArbDY7UEadUxrDM/w480-h640/original_376df30a-467f-474d-a862-acf01296c6af_PXL_20231203_195031676.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4XVlBWOqGiKiV1b3gplyq6xR-WtdgjiF2APVTCd6J-GgNpuCAzZLaU0wSE-zHae-0pJWE4BOXBk3Xzz9AbTeYyXvmKcxtWYxjqnyTDZChpuhU4CigqvLI8r5bmZzrKA1H5sdYJ2FizQpgTvch2yIa9xw_VDXnFJ7BnZ9_xICL4d1pKRAPM1XONd0C6Q/s3462/original_74ef354b-d966-4c71-b41b-fb182bf08321_PXL_20231203_195046068.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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It was not what we were expecting to see. We had a nice walk across the grounds. One of the groundskeepers working on Christmas decorations gave us a shortcut to take which was a nice walk but you could actually do quite a bit of hiking here if you wanted.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yPnZFEAGhZKwcvJwwXT6n86RTlwVrxeCZRvm__0-6lkhiR3iZFAHTsfn9OYgF_f6H-h-zGkgYh_IU-F81pXMGdJEcJDZyIjbh0HbF8NxHqiT2Qauzu2iemoBsXgWM03I1l8Ynl92e85Daw4HdMpnOArnbaU9806dgUPa3cxyBI7T_jZJZyzhXy0py2w/s4032/PXL_20231203_193036604.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yPnZFEAGhZKwcvJwwXT6n86RTlwVrxeCZRvm__0-6lkhiR3iZFAHTsfn9OYgF_f6H-h-zGkgYh_IU-F81pXMGdJEcJDZyIjbh0HbF8NxHqiT2Qauzu2iemoBsXgWM03I1l8Ynl92e85Daw4HdMpnOArnbaU9806dgUPa3cxyBI7T_jZJZyzhXy0py2w/w480-h640/PXL_20231203_193036604.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This is the front of the Kreische house.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxjhIeH20B8YEwmLW3NqxvJdReaQL9C9WSXGKenso6HpBanQGaLOC4Cvj5zJ-08v4xqeH2VEmHrfeQxZmc8SswXVRrVofblOQUfTQ7yjPazN4VSQ52jeb2zYjRprU4YbJB56kM6nec4pM5jWUCsC3mHSISUEC-na1-z5Qjtsr2DgIdubcUC6mle-eUvis/s4032/PXL_20231203_200442920.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxjhIeH20B8YEwmLW3NqxvJdReaQL9C9WSXGKenso6HpBanQGaLOC4Cvj5zJ-08v4xqeH2VEmHrfeQxZmc8SswXVRrVofblOQUfTQ7yjPazN4VSQ52jeb2zYjRprU4YbJB56kM6nec4pM5jWUCsC3mHSISUEC-na1-z5Qjtsr2DgIdubcUC6mle-eUvis/w400-h300/PXL_20231203_200442920.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOoSfahISuMxs2e72uAZ42J-W2VO8WyqVL5pL0_0VftODSDUVtTwJCGhMq0p31EUecauGANCtfUwGT03aPZPc5Wl09AMgkHX0F4-9WDhIwNNhJ7mqE0lumRMf6hzB7LdNt9hXLKvd4vPEkz6bHl6AUdkLxdgvunoCGrXtt6gPNF_C3jrseywWs2BqLvb0/s4032/PXL_20231203_194045794.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOoSfahISuMxs2e72uAZ42J-W2VO8WyqVL5pL0_0VftODSDUVtTwJCGhMq0p31EUecauGANCtfUwGT03aPZPc5Wl09AMgkHX0F4-9WDhIwNNhJ7mqE0lumRMf6hzB7LdNt9hXLKvd4vPEkz6bHl6AUdkLxdgvunoCGrXtt6gPNF_C3jrseywWs2BqLvb0/w400-h300/PXL_20231203_194045794.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbQbo5Ig1iRIPGYqYKM7jArNClogcmfhzx_efzJjQV6aGHCR6cCj0O8oQWl0t8Nh86-uYVm0fUIBkjsST9JvGPbpeR0xuKwKnZJMCAnpYeKdt4YINX0islnXdlWotpOkENnhWPKC1Vp3i5dAUUJLuywePhokNpuCcey6lLKbyiaoOSl55FuecP6S5usY/s3901/original_fd7bad74-1083-456d-a9fb-4d5fee8f5a90_PXL_20231203_200449214.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2036" data-original-width="3901" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbQbo5Ig1iRIPGYqYKM7jArNClogcmfhzx_efzJjQV6aGHCR6cCj0O8oQWl0t8Nh86-uYVm0fUIBkjsST9JvGPbpeR0xuKwKnZJMCAnpYeKdt4YINX0islnXdlWotpOkENnhWPKC1Vp3i5dAUUJLuywePhokNpuCcey6lLKbyiaoOSl55FuecP6S5usY/w400-h209/original_fd7bad74-1083-456d-a9fb-4d5fee8f5a90_PXL_20231203_200449214.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I seem to have lost some pictures. I know I took one of this sewing room. It was very tiny unlike this illustration. A sewing machine would have taken up half the room.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGcEtBCyOX_lyB57EQnuD4oCdSqgwVXrkPTCEnWjRh34ygp9OC0e23KPRUvrk7wHH8aewUGukzjdPgUVBxGikZTFLGuXCFCl727JcDbvqempMD8RXhymWm_VcxYpyP-EJT7vSPK-KYbFSjdXMAsMz8JkYOf1SxbCBNpPlBK_B-tYHUOL7VPt-3pt8Zos/s3932/original_f73fcb64-a102-4a4b-b078-294653528ba1_PXL_20231203_200736307.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2545" data-original-width="3932" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGcEtBCyOX_lyB57EQnuD4oCdSqgwVXrkPTCEnWjRh34ygp9OC0e23KPRUvrk7wHH8aewUGukzjdPgUVBxGikZTFLGuXCFCl727JcDbvqempMD8RXhymWm_VcxYpyP-EJT7vSPK-KYbFSjdXMAsMz8JkYOf1SxbCBNpPlBK_B-tYHUOL7VPt-3pt8Zos/w400-h259/original_f73fcb64-a102-4a4b-b078-294653528ba1_PXL_20231203_200736307.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Outside doors and windows were open so you could see into rooms which were decorated.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyU5tlRl7W9eo0rhc9Ml0eE8-ENlTFKTv2xwuKr3mdz8eUqu8tTPB5tIEniUS16MJDtdqU6nHxrpqgDS2mc9Qe4adGizuyVFgUD3fNRRzniRrK0B8xoL9rcRm1akGg_wIXOZ1JHkjB_X6llwMyRI3TQ6DFiMQg3bJbE_wbP7XyQ18tLaTvU-GWmC7gcVw/s4032/PXL_20231203_200749953.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyU5tlRl7W9eo0rhc9Ml0eE8-ENlTFKTv2xwuKr3mdz8eUqu8tTPB5tIEniUS16MJDtdqU6nHxrpqgDS2mc9Qe4adGizuyVFgUD3fNRRzniRrK0B8xoL9rcRm1akGg_wIXOZ1JHkjB_X6llwMyRI3TQ6DFiMQg3bJbE_wbP7XyQ18tLaTvU-GWmC7gcVw/w400-h300/PXL_20231203_200749953.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The house was wide across but not very deep from front to back.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQgsaUmk3qY8Y4oDQycoq1fM2ZqsUm6EftwpcLjIMlELH3P90BuNwKTMFXu6o7E5bIp-UFQQcGq3YyY5L-Q7jHVKxJeW3taSUMNgNcYv7npKgs9ogjFtB5h6hNrrWPIUzjHJg-c3v8rl7XzX0D-Mjv06w10PWzyi8G7fl_tUWH4lojMp3BFKRZ-iuPZl4/s4032/PXL_20231203_201118421.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQgsaUmk3qY8Y4oDQycoq1fM2ZqsUm6EftwpcLjIMlELH3P90BuNwKTMFXu6o7E5bIp-UFQQcGq3YyY5L-Q7jHVKxJeW3taSUMNgNcYv7npKgs9ogjFtB5h6hNrrWPIUzjHJg-c3v8rl7XzX0D-Mjv06w10PWzyi8G7fl_tUWH4lojMp3BFKRZ-iuPZl4/w400-h300/PXL_20231203_201118421.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This was the back of the house.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcooVQwv6CKr7TQE-dLcyX9QmgDt1Wql2f8PaLtVPv1JkGhXNe_hmWfX3zRXI0WTDIpoaGM1CmMT_NH7QlqaHA7xKXcBR9E1ABAXndBfsOvEwh-7IAaKj4_KC4PFdLU3soFo3tv7lYCmlXyO_HbHhEMHvi8_fhVSon6dhg97AOKXw69YxWHRiJi_GNc4/s4032/PXL_20231203_201440734.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcooVQwv6CKr7TQE-dLcyX9QmgDt1Wql2f8PaLtVPv1JkGhXNe_hmWfX3zRXI0WTDIpoaGM1CmMT_NH7QlqaHA7xKXcBR9E1ABAXndBfsOvEwh-7IAaKj4_KC4PFdLU3soFo3tv7lYCmlXyO_HbHhEMHvi8_fhVSon6dhg97AOKXw69YxWHRiJi_GNc4/w400-h300/PXL_20231203_201440734.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Durinf the 1850s and 1860s, Kreische's primary profession was stonemasonry. In the 1870s, he listed himself as a brewer. He began the operation of a three-story brewery located in a spring-fed ravine behind his home. By 1878, the brewery produced 774 barrels of lager making it the third largest in Texas. Local small sized brewing was hugely affected by the rise of railroads and commercial refrigeration. Kreische died in 1882 and the brewery shut down in 1884. His family continued to live in the house on the bluff for 70 more years until his daughter Julia died in 1952.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo0dzWWG-0Xan1vGXTSdIcOWD7hSwlxy7AkahssAtbLnQ6cR3bRnrRQLrQG45RJGy9cNDxASCGogbCjj3m5Ch13UAHtOJPOX4kanc7ByT97KUHjn_bFOGs5qJAhOKeMWZ8rzpYY3B_AKSd8A_JL6pHMKxCGbPTvJjLGyVp2tth7SIiVHFIYWB01HqwF7Y/s3729/original_db898958-06dd-44cd-a31a-3ba9a153fbed_PXL_20231203_203711451.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1855" data-original-width="3729" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo0dzWWG-0Xan1vGXTSdIcOWD7hSwlxy7AkahssAtbLnQ6cR3bRnrRQLrQG45RJGy9cNDxASCGogbCjj3m5Ch13UAHtOJPOX4kanc7ByT97KUHjn_bFOGs5qJAhOKeMWZ8rzpYY3B_AKSd8A_JL6pHMKxCGbPTvJjLGyVp2tth7SIiVHFIYWB01HqwF7Y/w640-h318/original_db898958-06dd-44cd-a31a-3ba9a153fbed_PXL_20231203_203711451.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The brewery was really more of a ruin that you could see from an overlook down a walk away from the house.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Xas-oCdK0tx8GjFisTwy7t9y1-etONsXTYIEvmddIcuiLKcg-UnS7RzXjP9iL3_hOErQ3jw3_22Z1DaT-4z12ez4VrcaAj0y2BUvgf9CV65_wp91H_XXs3qTAEsi5jtebTTf34snfw_X7h0z6Sg_v71D3XK0y4pUd3YfKaR_KiXwKFuHads-TOSA6I8/s4032/PXL_20231203_203729862.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Xas-oCdK0tx8GjFisTwy7t9y1-etONsXTYIEvmddIcuiLKcg-UnS7RzXjP9iL3_hOErQ3jw3_22Z1DaT-4z12ez4VrcaAj0y2BUvgf9CV65_wp91H_XXs3qTAEsi5jtebTTf34snfw_X7h0z6Sg_v71D3XK0y4pUd3YfKaR_KiXwKFuHads-TOSA6I8/w640-h480/PXL_20231203_203729862.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitIlOaPUAhf0t7koOOeKOmAk94W_l3sV9diWBfEAe_80rC7Ca9ZwrHsMMuFtwgv6GFK9VZkILwQTRzFP04Nc9_QBiNkCu6a61TRpJ9lq7v-QRDfYz357Jjjlktvq965grz1uMs1wJ_MzYWs-E7IJDjpsKqKl_uKvBvejhFPusO4qLfygnAEJ2BUMQAISA/s4032/PXL_20231203_203737673.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitIlOaPUAhf0t7koOOeKOmAk94W_l3sV9diWBfEAe_80rC7Ca9ZwrHsMMuFtwgv6GFK9VZkILwQTRzFP04Nc9_QBiNkCu6a61TRpJ9lq7v-QRDfYz357Jjjlktvq965grz1uMs1wJ_MzYWs-E7IJDjpsKqKl_uKvBvejhFPusO4qLfygnAEJ2BUMQAISA/w400-h300/PXL_20231203_203737673.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>It was an interesting place to visit and worth the trip to see it.</p></div>TravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050287180076649026.post-72114437349425350402023-12-02T12:57:00.087-06:002023-12-24T21:49:42.165-06:002023-12-2 Roundtop TX<p> Saturday morning Teresa, Teri, and I head up the road to Round Top. Elaine and I passed through there on our way to Brenham earlier in the week but there was little activity so I thought we might do better on a Saturday. Now, many people in Texas and even much further away know all about the Antiques show in October. There are so many shops and barns all along this highway from Warrenton to Burton. And, you would be stuck in a lot of traffic then but it was a nice ride this day. Roundtop is actually a very small town.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKLui2iw9rlEPunuLZdDndKayT7kBhSQeiKhchHm9d2Ql99olX11zGa_5ajC-7PKx-1q6ys8kpF8b1eUS6P5JvKshKdZA1wUcZCn-zuGILOjJzoOV5RPpY1qLlbQn_WkL-KCAiR-f-4ZUQZ0gqjQ7px9q66hoZh6uwFIt9qKwbXOMJfJJXBDgEqASc9k/s4032/PXL_20231202_192108721.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRKLui2iw9rlEPunuLZdDndKayT7kBhSQeiKhchHm9d2Ql99olX11zGa_5ajC-7PKx-1q6ys8kpF8b1eUS6P5JvKshKdZA1wUcZCn-zuGILOjJzoOV5RPpY1qLlbQn_WkL-KCAiR-f-4ZUQZ0gqjQ7px9q66hoZh6uwFIt9qKwbXOMJfJJXBDgEqASc9k/w300-h400/PXL_20231202_192108721.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There is a whole village of shops off the main highway with a fair amount of parking. We parked and started to walk through the area. This was all closed when Elaine and I came through a few days ago.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTGXQG26mEQtIwZFAkc3t0ZMFm4w2cWPIwmZuufqJv8NkyMtaW6BS-V2sbrq-KY2d6rj95q7c6vZzTZGnKrpv-SNX5-XsUMD-Gz4-bYBmfP2rmD9bHcbpmqY7yQUv2hLzfa09Qc1fQJISOnU1Tbt0vsbI1WZ0jPw7l4rYTffF4_FYdIaA3PL7ys25CC0/s4032/PXL_20231202_172749320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTGXQG26mEQtIwZFAkc3t0ZMFm4w2cWPIwmZuufqJv8NkyMtaW6BS-V2sbrq-KY2d6rj95q7c6vZzTZGnKrpv-SNX5-XsUMD-Gz4-bYBmfP2rmD9bHcbpmqY7yQUv2hLzfa09Qc1fQJISOnU1Tbt0vsbI1WZ0jPw7l4rYTffF4_FYdIaA3PL7ys25CC0/w400-h300/PXL_20231202_172749320.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There are shops selling things from a to z. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu3BkKLLtnqrtbDZckfka1xj_UDNGIJARIArUzqMf14yCcubXWfIx2OEYDgBRuYvjmzRoH2GrxaPr3JiK9V1PvO26buCsk-9VaV36adIYvJEb_KKKc6YrXa8rkquNRsnOGJ3NpoTz4vg-LWYTERxIsCuxB5kNOemtJUvXQWvllPfDFYJrUnC581GeZTVs/s4032/PXL_20231202_172827287.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu3BkKLLtnqrtbDZckfka1xj_UDNGIJARIArUzqMf14yCcubXWfIx2OEYDgBRuYvjmzRoH2GrxaPr3JiK9V1PvO26buCsk-9VaV36adIYvJEb_KKKc6YrXa8rkquNRsnOGJ3NpoTz4vg-LWYTERxIsCuxB5kNOemtJUvXQWvllPfDFYJrUnC581GeZTVs/w400-h300/PXL_20231202_172827287.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I know when I was here years ago at a rally in Carmine we came here to get some scones which were wonderful. No luck finding such a shop today. This coffee shop had pie from Royers but we weren't ready for that.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXjVoEftOCNcbjO2rbtQcmr7uYrmwjHK6u7r0L0uZ090uQ46pL0iyalfXE8vfiILC3-_lJ72Z-2um2ZDr8d457jpoqgMKRyQUEU7J9BXnSDTWckT35I96vflGyqH3EZ7RpwcUbkd4x3u3V1665FuvRFVqypE1-C3pFV1gd5qzCR24m61VToHHpxTB-R8/s4032/PXL_20231202_172903650.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXjVoEftOCNcbjO2rbtQcmr7uYrmwjHK6u7r0L0uZ090uQ46pL0iyalfXE8vfiILC3-_lJ72Z-2um2ZDr8d457jpoqgMKRyQUEU7J9BXnSDTWckT35I96vflGyqH3EZ7RpwcUbkd4x3u3V1665FuvRFVqypE1-C3pFV1gd5qzCR24m61VToHHpxTB-R8/w400-h300/PXL_20231202_172903650.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL0B61lOZhHHIivleLRpDlnX3_a77d7wTmUnd7-rhmXGSSlxzDafoFrqK5mEqCS2PdMLEZIDs9BKZ0wQv8ESXqt5xKXEryFV_CvVH676wN4HqvKn73j8I1CE43r0fIm7NXCXDKTkMBI26scEEfQXjI7vVJSEee9JgSINV1KLqZEk9P3VVcKu4RVRnS9HQ/s4032/PXL_20231202_172935702.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL0B61lOZhHHIivleLRpDlnX3_a77d7wTmUnd7-rhmXGSSlxzDafoFrqK5mEqCS2PdMLEZIDs9BKZ0wQv8ESXqt5xKXEryFV_CvVH676wN4HqvKn73j8I1CE43r0fIm7NXCXDKTkMBI26scEEfQXjI7vVJSEee9JgSINV1KLqZEk9P3VVcKu4RVRnS9HQ/w400-h300/PXL_20231202_172935702.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There some really nice garden areas around some of the buildings.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtanoj_GBNE0si1uzP-gNB1L2qvcZ3uW9oHp-Tc47P7u9robgzA1PWgG2bpHN3HGCvWX2EnhoPs6wZM0XfbcJQRJIWKS_42JpWJP2Coc2WJL85xFgK9RlzGlULK2WsksVBnOeGUKLUa1NKmS-pHtwg-NmlHWbATvAKLFL-VaGcWaXKi1ll-gewYXqlPJc/s4032/PXL_20231202_173303806.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtanoj_GBNE0si1uzP-gNB1L2qvcZ3uW9oHp-Tc47P7u9robgzA1PWgG2bpHN3HGCvWX2EnhoPs6wZM0XfbcJQRJIWKS_42JpWJP2Coc2WJL85xFgK9RlzGlULK2WsksVBnOeGUKLUa1NKmS-pHtwg-NmlHWbATvAKLFL-VaGcWaXKi1ll-gewYXqlPJc/w400-h300/PXL_20231202_173303806.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This was the Humble Donkey but I'm not sure what it was about.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5q8ls8lDl8CuZtP7o9Y1OslwtxPKDzZ1rn8EGGNfDTAVqBvaFvKOF0oD56kIMRnuXmk-imgyv7XWeauQ4ZMZBajY-CvMlerrFcb9uHoAbn5gHb6Sa8VYIL8kQ6kKOj-n7QV2NiRYhOqZWujwh3Hu8RcLsPdJRJGpfBK0LXXCLjQDiawvZFpRBknLYtc/s4032/PXL_20231202_173459086.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5q8ls8lDl8CuZtP7o9Y1OslwtxPKDzZ1rn8EGGNfDTAVqBvaFvKOF0oD56kIMRnuXmk-imgyv7XWeauQ4ZMZBajY-CvMlerrFcb9uHoAbn5gHb6Sa8VYIL8kQ6kKOj-n7QV2NiRYhOqZWujwh3Hu8RcLsPdJRJGpfBK0LXXCLjQDiawvZFpRBknLYtc/w400-h300/PXL_20231202_173459086.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We decided to have lunch at Royers Cafe which is pretty famous. They advertise comfort food and it is pretty low key looking but the food is pretty upscale in looks and price. It was good. I ordered homemade tomato bisque soup and a piece of pie that I took to go. Teresa has food allergies so her first choice wouldn't work but the waitress was very good about checking food and making sure they didn't add anything she couldn't eat. It was crowded but we arrived before most of the big crush of people.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-FgR6yQQPtjuUkz5GpzKNa8KlkZMNoyvz9LhxSMle3_xoeuiCE5x1czct7K8tjyX8Ldig3T90uElvKp-aHwK-ODjadLX4czy_svBAj6VcYA3bS3fcFky6wxCLsbf1jgNRySxlEtxUJDG7zy2xee6izHpgLGg-flmASIA1p5aLSmb71Mgdq6GgpYRQIA/s4032/PXL_20231202_173841475.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-FgR6yQQPtjuUkz5GpzKNa8KlkZMNoyvz9LhxSMle3_xoeuiCE5x1czct7K8tjyX8Ldig3T90uElvKp-aHwK-ODjadLX4czy_svBAj6VcYA3bS3fcFky6wxCLsbf1jgNRySxlEtxUJDG7zy2xee6izHpgLGg-flmASIA1p5aLSmb71Mgdq6GgpYRQIA/w400-h300/PXL_20231202_173841475.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg3cdAlTa8Yf4qXK2xtBxfxJM14y7Uu-egf_KF5slzdNQgN4Ro11YqNsghmpbOjVhc-Lm-gvZhSeYOPYAYzmnqe9QR9A8oUmS8aReHcE-hcv_x8WcVnI5tKM6E5-n5yYyJ8SubYN5cU0HAhs5GmrnUwluKaMWCg9YeXdW-a7tHawu13VGIlaAGYWNdfBQ/s4032/PXL_20231202_173929617.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg3cdAlTa8Yf4qXK2xtBxfxJM14y7Uu-egf_KF5slzdNQgN4Ro11YqNsghmpbOjVhc-Lm-gvZhSeYOPYAYzmnqe9QR9A8oUmS8aReHcE-hcv_x8WcVnI5tKM6E5-n5yYyJ8SubYN5cU0HAhs5GmrnUwluKaMWCg9YeXdW-a7tHawu13VGIlaAGYWNdfBQ/w400-h300/PXL_20231202_173929617.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnb5GFWxy9KpVv1Y6LHE9MH-Li9ao4b9j6nL5uZQpD2lAmoVV4NO6mppXxWeoO31W25vq-kDr69PP5z-dgB9JYw1ZjFZZKWTrB9y4uJYHKPFrWXIm32n57UhBGs-7AYy_KFxlX3IpvwIErMwm3bgIre8vOR6_baBPIVeQ8F3j0KcJBa7DJWBtOB90Z9XE/s4032/PXL_20231202_185612806.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnb5GFWxy9KpVv1Y6LHE9MH-Li9ao4b9j6nL5uZQpD2lAmoVV4NO6mppXxWeoO31W25vq-kDr69PP5z-dgB9JYw1ZjFZZKWTrB9y4uJYHKPFrWXIm32n57UhBGs-7AYy_KFxlX3IpvwIErMwm3bgIre8vOR6_baBPIVeQ8F3j0KcJBa7DJWBtOB90Z9XE/w300-h400/PXL_20231202_185612806.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The post above was actually a small church in the village area but I took Teri and Teresa by to see this one. It, however, is not a church but a library built in an old church building. I have been inside and it is quite unique.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqyB5voHWuEfQLOIjqjxcjBBavI090pB2KJknVZxxay0qMik3hXIxE6RVuadCfDYARcF56KrlJlIP0-TEuxw65jDZCcUxoey510zOgsm9GdRRCjs8brkeIIVB9ZdhR7rnIXcy7GCUN7kB2lJF275MmoJCkJk8J2CdKGmVg69Xdy_fWo87gEAFy1Kp0JA/s4032/original_338361d6-9d72-497c-ad0b-f0bc65b871e0_PXL_20231202_192326529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqyB5voHWuEfQLOIjqjxcjBBavI090pB2KJknVZxxay0qMik3hXIxE6RVuadCfDYARcF56KrlJlIP0-TEuxw65jDZCcUxoey510zOgsm9GdRRCjs8brkeIIVB9ZdhR7rnIXcy7GCUN7kB2lJF275MmoJCkJk8J2CdKGmVg69Xdy_fWo87gEAFy1Kp0JA/w300-h400/original_338361d6-9d72-497c-ad0b-f0bc65b871e0_PXL_20231202_192326529.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Teri wanted us to see Junk Gypsy. She thought it was further north but after quite a few miles, we realized that it was not so we turned around and headed back through Round Top on our way back to La Grange. Guess what......we found it going south. Teri said it was quite a popular TV show but I have to admit I have never seen it. They are decorators.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAljRHCkC_tfAHWqUTtUxKG_kALB9NPHTKZU6r_Unue-shhL-ExQwonLk9QLU3fPd5wyTj1kqCmYrHQEXOD7_-HGBK4xA6F5BhN_2tuxJeKKpMYg2OaiNDCNwryvrZksqO5IMjjc9-X2DVxespsn6XV20QyPTGqWg5yl_3eQ0VvSqMzS8-p3UPtYGk__4/s2072/original_45a9bcbb-1109-4bd1-ad74-558e737e8a14_PXL_20231202_192910029.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1771" data-original-width="2072" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAljRHCkC_tfAHWqUTtUxKG_kALB9NPHTKZU6r_Unue-shhL-ExQwonLk9QLU3fPd5wyTj1kqCmYrHQEXOD7_-HGBK4xA6F5BhN_2tuxJeKKpMYg2OaiNDCNwryvrZksqO5IMjjc9-X2DVxespsn6XV20QyPTGqWg5yl_3eQ0VvSqMzS8-p3UPtYGk__4/w400-h343/original_45a9bcbb-1109-4bd1-ad74-558e737e8a14_PXL_20231202_192910029.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkkUF_EgyTlU1rDL7y7TqSAGYOBpE3MdhNxIfINzUtNQWyjCTYI5ejcR5SUCE_huLkxfeZ-6sOcDTUCPRQRPQlyMdkXhRV8_HKff_q9ekZTkEDTJvWN12_t6VDnAIrF4Uh5r8o-8Wo7WBoYA3fT8VBxNdJBKYRiWYRA20Cw12iBG_Cd2qzrw_ZsX6O-Ps/s4032/PXL_20231202_192919945.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkkUF_EgyTlU1rDL7y7TqSAGYOBpE3MdhNxIfINzUtNQWyjCTYI5ejcR5SUCE_huLkxfeZ-6sOcDTUCPRQRPQlyMdkXhRV8_HKff_q9ekZTkEDTJvWN12_t6VDnAIrF4Uh5r8o-8Wo7WBoYA3fT8VBxNdJBKYRiWYRA20Cw12iBG_Cd2qzrw_ZsX6O-Ps/w400-h300/PXL_20231202_192919945.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_MjTiM-tGR0Qj2p5IckIvFLmm3rFCmHi5a-Cm1uhhuxqmRZH89ihC11Kk15bByQEIyZizNqDrpdIkg9N8bIKO3DbqT6YTdGEl5z7NL_nxL7Y7IxFdj8zbk3rnntuIqESIcaHvg0b3oaPF-QsXsx2vz2yXcQp94QCDFlkTyMy6XB2p2v6ej-naR6P-k0/s4032/PXL_20231202_193000537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_MjTiM-tGR0Qj2p5IckIvFLmm3rFCmHi5a-Cm1uhhuxqmRZH89ihC11Kk15bByQEIyZizNqDrpdIkg9N8bIKO3DbqT6YTdGEl5z7NL_nxL7Y7IxFdj8zbk3rnntuIqESIcaHvg0b3oaPF-QsXsx2vz2yXcQp94QCDFlkTyMy6XB2p2v6ej-naR6P-k0/w300-h400/PXL_20231202_193000537.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Lots of unique things inside to see. I don't know if they still call it shabby chic or not.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDEo8Z5IZElXRaa4fA9WvZEPtrr_EBzYw5PzrN7TFVXouocm-Iha0wpfolS45MmIMY91piiJgLlYBwA_ZU0ThRVAQyVQToEFKB3BBTIFN9HO4_StaV5iTHx4Uwf66G3Xsz3zldy4UxhQ-uu7X4CVC8ahhCwcP0ztXxP7Mhs6W86jN0MpScGfg_NCQCkaM/s4032/PXL_20231202_193129225.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDEo8Z5IZElXRaa4fA9WvZEPtrr_EBzYw5PzrN7TFVXouocm-Iha0wpfolS45MmIMY91piiJgLlYBwA_ZU0ThRVAQyVQToEFKB3BBTIFN9HO4_StaV5iTHx4Uwf66G3Xsz3zldy4UxhQ-uu7X4CVC8ahhCwcP0ztXxP7Mhs6W86jN0MpScGfg_NCQCkaM/w300-h400/PXL_20231202_193129225.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjrZ7vzvWNGK-OUS3OvTJ5jdjaSPx7cZmdNV1ZKVZXROi6fqsY1Pbyvm7peAHKYdYz5Uz33yszKu5jVPezngwFOiQjdDs7s5ew2098YNle7oRqNS3WFqnKWm-6CDxoOzzvSCxXaz3lBYYPn4rm8-OaYump3SPsGXfTAJOHWQkl9UKQT84hZd2KlzJzY4/s3432/PXL_20231202_193522431.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3432" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimjrZ7vzvWNGK-OUS3OvTJ5jdjaSPx7cZmdNV1ZKVZXROi6fqsY1Pbyvm7peAHKYdYz5Uz33yszKu5jVPezngwFOiQjdDs7s5ew2098YNle7oRqNS3WFqnKWm-6CDxoOzzvSCxXaz3lBYYPn4rm8-OaYump3SPsGXfTAJOHWQkl9UKQT84hZd2KlzJzY4/w353-h400/PXL_20231202_193522431.jpg" width="353" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Anyway, it was a fun day with good company. I like to see the sights when I am out RVing.<br /><p><br /></p>TravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050287180076649026.post-62980469523186235722023-12-01T12:50:00.181-06:002023-12-20T16:58:33.497-06:002023-12-1 Schulenburg Painted Churches<p> On Friday morning we headed south to Schulenburg Texas. Schulenburg is known as a railroad town and halfway to everywhere between San Antonio and Houston. It is most famous for the painted churches in the area and that is what we were planning to tour. The famous Painted Churches are located in 6 very small communities around Schulenburg. Our guided tour started at the Schulenburg Chamber of Commerce.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYK3zw6ST0ORzAtDV8CnPi7gMTg8-ShJBiwNd_BWZBGIErSZdbo1Nr_2keiKyMkTAsW6bYLX19xECfVALT3YLR47GE8DFJYc4dXngQeZWpzkjAqoLkknqb-sLLolMpacegpq8MIZfcYz7S84aBdkn2y9NENx3mKUg1cziRUZwvS363xuZ3fUSNmC_oaoc/s4032/PXL_20231201_154201942.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYK3zw6ST0ORzAtDV8CnPi7gMTg8-ShJBiwNd_BWZBGIErSZdbo1Nr_2keiKyMkTAsW6bYLX19xECfVALT3YLR47GE8DFJYc4dXngQeZWpzkjAqoLkknqb-sLLolMpacegpq8MIZfcYz7S84aBdkn2y9NENx3mKUg1cziRUZwvS363xuZ3fUSNmC_oaoc/w400-h300/PXL_20231201_154201942.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The first thing one needs to understand is that a tour of the Painted Churches is not a religious tour. It is an architectural and historic tour.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3OqOu-Xq7-OYtX0sQv9qztRR56HIVSZM4ul-pBwMeg0zOgJhjurgW18m2yGmVuZwSacUMYKUDOnRo6bFcbFakUOqcdjBeS4CRaOV6s7_DXLrirkd10yRZAFPrGkZ4blv4YlW5bobjBIo6nBNQIJP8vLNzJUQVSojEPdkj7jPEta7ailfxKJ4eaouXQM/s4032/PXL_20231201_154210375.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii3OqOu-Xq7-OYtX0sQv9qztRR56HIVSZM4ul-pBwMeg0zOgJhjurgW18m2yGmVuZwSacUMYKUDOnRo6bFcbFakUOqcdjBeS4CRaOV6s7_DXLrirkd10yRZAFPrGkZ4blv4YlW5bobjBIo6nBNQIJP8vLNzJUQVSojEPdkj7jPEta7ailfxKJ4eaouXQM/w400-h300/PXL_20231201_154210375.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnhUsqQfH-7UOeiSzs7Y5ATgOtc173NZ8hASSmFFlLve7y0XPG7ZBmRL0kZbExvL-YshrwptdgImDf4TlVjSHy_ulIa8E3ilbVFfuX-YSKdvPV9tPI1k4uusffbPTBIuy0TNaj0QOVe2RVkmogXmZKk_GRW-fNajI59-SLjt5ze7cyuawXTgp9Kse2o8/s4032/PXL_20231201_155301689.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAnhUsqQfH-7UOeiSzs7Y5ATgOtc173NZ8hASSmFFlLve7y0XPG7ZBmRL0kZbExvL-YshrwptdgImDf4TlVjSHy_ulIa8E3ilbVFfuX-YSKdvPV9tPI1k4uusffbPTBIuy0TNaj0QOVe2RVkmogXmZKk_GRW-fNajI59-SLjt5ze7cyuawXTgp9Kse2o8/w300-h400/PXL_20231201_155301689.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The first tour was in Dubina at the St. Cyril & Methodious Catholic Church. Dubina was the first Czech settlement in Texas established in 1856. The first church was built in 1877 but it was destroyed by a hurricane in 1909. The present church was built in 1911.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDFFnIHiTJFFvC542GGCXVePxYVAxy2ucVyM8iRatL0mNCchUKCe0inLa8VF9SIQJ1U2iAgqbGuixZ-ETZDh_Z05FwSO4mQZf9w9JzIYpJZ29-1PqHWTrWvd64qst2FCLz8sC5bDBMGOtL1NBY01rqL9xZEgL1d-5xzS1JtnR2jaFYLQJ1stK98utZRY/s4032/PXL_20231201_162801849.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDFFnIHiTJFFvC542GGCXVePxYVAxy2ucVyM8iRatL0mNCchUKCe0inLa8VF9SIQJ1U2iAgqbGuixZ-ETZDh_Z05FwSO4mQZf9w9JzIYpJZ29-1PqHWTrWvd64qst2FCLz8sC5bDBMGOtL1NBY01rqL9xZEgL1d-5xzS1JtnR2jaFYLQJ1stK98utZRY/w480-h640/PXL_20231201_162801849.MP.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJlRVxQoh-vRaN8ll7Kayy4uCmihTwi9sW755paebL005kdcdPzCE-qp3ncBU_ZkX-fKulqP_P3hsZ-B9Jp8Wmig4eqfQTkjJRHlT9Ztv9XvYRqYWML1l3rpJ5gyaCdp8PQ4RQ-QY0nkBUZ4SQ4Srp9AuBl_wxkIwQiPyxeh02ofZsHs_ENMWtseoZuI/s4032/PXL_20231201_162931094.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJlRVxQoh-vRaN8ll7Kayy4uCmihTwi9sW755paebL005kdcdPzCE-qp3ncBU_ZkX-fKulqP_P3hsZ-B9Jp8Wmig4eqfQTkjJRHlT9Ztv9XvYRqYWML1l3rpJ5gyaCdp8PQ4RQ-QY0nkBUZ4SQ4Srp9AuBl_wxkIwQiPyxeh02ofZsHs_ENMWtseoZuI/w480-h640/PXL_20231201_162931094.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The church interiors are wood and painted. They are amazingly beautiful with vaulted painted ceilings with handpainted stars and figures.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj78-iwVm2uy09v3GoX8WoxQ6LaB18CKFlWVQiosZcktWwU2mioS-FLjHL80cJMTcTVBClZzFY1sL_t0RqljDIX73AbZYuoMchqILIOuJMPz6z-KM0OilhgNzcGI7gCGxO6zNiks7GoGIPXAcd5DN6wZ3UucGsmIpF3M-veevGK1H-I7TPjg6Y-HA5b400/s4032/PXL_20231201_163152200.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj78-iwVm2uy09v3GoX8WoxQ6LaB18CKFlWVQiosZcktWwU2mioS-FLjHL80cJMTcTVBClZzFY1sL_t0RqljDIX73AbZYuoMchqILIOuJMPz6z-KM0OilhgNzcGI7gCGxO6zNiks7GoGIPXAcd5DN6wZ3UucGsmIpF3M-veevGK1H-I7TPjg6Y-HA5b400/w480-h640/PXL_20231201_163152200.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmRtbTpFkR-dhDQvv9JaRSuGQSJ3vle-g7HXdsJ-Vx97ERjXgSN2CyFQ8JJY36yHXtHCsQeIS5Ijnfx8GH5Eax1T7-RF-rj29QQXH_f6P9lde5ztnZtnFQhZ8naxWPDJd-GEE1XnP-kes0l4FRjt0bM_42idMHCXK8-5CkTgynmGQyDaGDfnMl4DH1-_Q/s4032/PXL_20231201_163203565.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Our next stop was The Garden Company which is actually a restuarant.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfSMH85ENIuOxe4Z6R_8UQrphgh6i9Xv8HyPoWJTLVKruAaQHwqY7lx6nrXwtBOkM8Ry-D6SHAWSfIx_zi7mTVO9NgNj843iELPzjFJnm89aDelOUKn3-GCXihou01l13Ny1BlApfvTnVPbdmD_FuaZIBeOu_Px446r0EL3nTClD_5M-uAMA6vROJPNHA/s4032/PXL_20231201_182838950.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfSMH85ENIuOxe4Z6R_8UQrphgh6i9Xv8HyPoWJTLVKruAaQHwqY7lx6nrXwtBOkM8Ry-D6SHAWSfIx_zi7mTVO9NgNj843iELPzjFJnm89aDelOUKn3-GCXihou01l13Ny1BlApfvTnVPbdmD_FuaZIBeOu_Px446r0EL3nTClD_5M-uAMA6vROJPNHA/w640-h480/PXL_20231201_182838950.MP.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The food was delicious and the decorations unique. These were overhead lighting.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDQBstsDBLIQSSXyxpmhiBwTnstE9Vecppk_qQh4JZncZ7hDDgIskzICjzlATlkJ65KpYn_W2h79wLeIStDXqCYm431XAVoLs3TMmGb9dunhRlrxwaTo_K0n9v0s9xBkUGCTNU_NJ2GYtd6ZKAzjkxhnuAOQ8W_UXbE2SfAvZTES4GwcnT_95OrQ6bwE/s4032/PXL_20231201_184118745.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrDQBstsDBLIQSSXyxpmhiBwTnstE9Vecppk_qQh4JZncZ7hDDgIskzICjzlATlkJ65KpYn_W2h79wLeIStDXqCYm431XAVoLs3TMmGb9dunhRlrxwaTo_K0n9v0s9xBkUGCTNU_NJ2GYtd6ZKAzjkxhnuAOQ8W_UXbE2SfAvZTES4GwcnT_95OrQ6bwE/w300-h400/PXL_20231201_184118745.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCNFXVPsAl-vS47ZTeNA-tdV47wyT7HlizwNl-aVHf9KLKAnOwfSOhjg_Sv-OFrrSxbUF_BU7jQ05fZBONj5NPcLNigJjZtrhOB3CYJLyU0VhSaqKYqvINO5_DIhxQuii1g9FmON_Z0kgibIjWE9SaAKEZUC-nHK0ATB32xJzLBXYXbpt6nBmeE7RFao/s4032/PXL_20231201_184134742.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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This column may look like marble but it is painted. Marble was too expensive for the church.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbVor-bRTaZ5honkJUFfD-VTtHZeFTid9HV66besm6imkFdDmYWCfK-UbQGIxwsGa0tdhP4SdkQVlCg_fH6Ah8t-pVboSKeejsNXSvYJDIQ48kyr9Kxy14gIWZfAl9ojdNU_Ow3bvA54SIGX_b4aVlXILyQy217pVMmrAKpJOG2OlIfn0i-jxNd9O6eWI/s4032/PXL_20231201_202320906.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbVor-bRTaZ5honkJUFfD-VTtHZeFTid9HV66besm6imkFdDmYWCfK-UbQGIxwsGa0tdhP4SdkQVlCg_fH6Ah8t-pVboSKeejsNXSvYJDIQ48kyr9Kxy14gIWZfAl9ojdNU_Ow3bvA54SIGX_b4aVlXILyQy217pVMmrAKpJOG2OlIfn0i-jxNd9O6eWI/w480-h640/PXL_20231201_202320906.MP.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This sculptured panel was on the front of the alter.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpF0bjYGlR8TS4FgpJUIJPW1bKDw4ocHl9YUbsOnypHvN6-5lbtDXzZ_iDx2GtHD2pBml2N3yDiQJHRnH1v2tyVTimszt7HLoV5QI9EKdB1E_pLoH58LbHuG5NORuEv7hLO3W_LtX7YSXuMlaCqlifZ3_NUXgn7vPWsZVdBF-hw0TARVXFZiY4MVmBPZk/s4032/PXL_20231201_202917139.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpF0bjYGlR8TS4FgpJUIJPW1bKDw4ocHl9YUbsOnypHvN6-5lbtDXzZ_iDx2GtHD2pBml2N3yDiQJHRnH1v2tyVTimszt7HLoV5QI9EKdB1E_pLoH58LbHuG5NORuEv7hLO3W_LtX7YSXuMlaCqlifZ3_NUXgn7vPWsZVdBF-hw0TARVXFZiY4MVmBPZk/w640-h480/PXL_20231201_202917139.MP.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The final church was the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Praha.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZNlEhuZaRimExMO5RM4esAq3RhDWvjXT7OjQfY95G3RkiIn1x3lFPzx5XxqhJ5eWA7fJSnxG5ejuhrBeZ8nN2W4-b3ldd-VaT9DKnOg5zqRqKzWHf-yVByPGVh-9PgBd75gHov7Z8wJJ52VCNqSE2QpHjaFCnPb5leJx9lkgZouLevwSLPX_VBNaDog/s4032/PXL_20231201_211024723.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZNlEhuZaRimExMO5RM4esAq3RhDWvjXT7OjQfY95G3RkiIn1x3lFPzx5XxqhJ5eWA7fJSnxG5ejuhrBeZ8nN2W4-b3ldd-VaT9DKnOg5zqRqKzWHf-yVByPGVh-9PgBd75gHov7Z8wJJ52VCNqSE2QpHjaFCnPb5leJx9lkgZouLevwSLPX_VBNaDog/w480-h640/PXL_20231201_211024723.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFiIZAQ3zdo8EU7-wZUGkzSDSdv3uPYFobbnQd109ajdtOe2Rbz_0vXUzaL_OMd5CpEuw8yYJ6Yz44jHSpN8-aEoXdrR54byCV5LMfbPjp0MyRkXpVDxxvqwYuWvWKpaE5Lb_ujac9rjMzUsjJyJ9HNHH3uRkE0GCxBBsN0PziLMUNss-c1VllnqH3GvU/s4032/PXL_20231201_211109443.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFiIZAQ3zdo8EU7-wZUGkzSDSdv3uPYFobbnQd109ajdtOe2Rbz_0vXUzaL_OMd5CpEuw8yYJ6Yz44jHSpN8-aEoXdrR54byCV5LMfbPjp0MyRkXpVDxxvqwYuWvWKpaE5Lb_ujac9rjMzUsjJyJ9HNHH3uRkE0GCxBBsN0PziLMUNss-c1VllnqH3GvU/w480-h640/PXL_20231201_211109443.MP.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The wooden boards of this ceiling can clearly be seen and are part of the charm. This differentiates this church from the others as they all looked smooth.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9LQa8vT0fky0YwTVR_HB_W1K54AWqfTkH-SulzAgRbwPzOlrwNPdd5qqAGah-yigC77Fg5EyqALGlqUfkBJzJFalzMKX0MDMXQx1jtURT6YVYYfKXo9KQdwVngEXI53YI8BpFN0LCz3zjjggXktqN_NGtp2Tewk6tIUzLHZP1cYY5mIfXdZicMVCkFM/s4032/PXL_20231201_211743202.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr9LQa8vT0fky0YwTVR_HB_W1K54AWqfTkH-SulzAgRbwPzOlrwNPdd5qqAGah-yigC77Fg5EyqALGlqUfkBJzJFalzMKX0MDMXQx1jtURT6YVYYfKXo9KQdwVngEXI53YI8BpFN0LCz3zjjggXktqN_NGtp2Tewk6tIUzLHZP1cYY5mIfXdZicMVCkFM/w640-h480/PXL_20231201_211743202.MP.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbleypZcu_kmjBvdOdX6rbTVBIvjh6yz_r0wPeEOT4FLINbBwPdbd_38gtHc3tp8c-sordverLul6ZQtzdqnNqdGQ0cEgdBErjt8sxyl6mSEgQJMpeoN2tyi4Vu0UG1ibzyRqCt7xkZ4u8k_NxSpVFRz3UZFi61CW91fZrP71uhLVtNsZii7eHoeV-nAo/s4032/PXL_20231201_211814517.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Regardless of your religion or lack of it, it is very interesting. You can take a guided group tour or get a brochure and tour on your own but you will enjoy it.</p>TravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050287180076649026.post-88835968173983299012023-11-30T12:08:00.118-06:002023-12-20T15:58:34.231-06:002023-11-30 La Grange Casino Hall Visitor Center<p style="text-align: left;"> We headed out in the morning to visit the historic Casino Hall. It's actually the city's Visitor's Center so it isn't at all what you were probably thinking.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXvBPWOBrJb6NwSGto98JSTlJp3AdO-KNat_zDd-pFre4gZzH-NJRazZ6zMD9NBVYcxl3I-IrEbLWmH6YqWJS02B4q8xIDYDVpBsDdGAQSicxlPlmtJPGGhf-VDw-9L8Fc_15ZJi6DgeRKnsL6xD9zwM54SagAzSXYwNbjOzacMRyrvadH_FXFAUDWI4/s4032/PXL_20231130_163630394.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYXvBPWOBrJb6NwSGto98JSTlJp3AdO-KNat_zDd-pFre4gZzH-NJRazZ6zMD9NBVYcxl3I-IrEbLWmH6YqWJS02B4q8xIDYDVpBsDdGAQSicxlPlmtJPGGhf-VDw-9L8Fc_15ZJi6DgeRKnsL6xD9zwM54SagAzSXYwNbjOzacMRyrvadH_FXFAUDWI4/w300-h400/PXL_20231130_163630394.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p>The hall was built in 1881 by the Casino Society, a social club founded in 1858 by a group of La Grange German immigrants. Casino in this context means a gathering place rather than a gambling hall. As you can see it was wet outside.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_5-Imhj9yUS1AenWynCVCAcZGq1TabNAyWhu1F69n4DXnMiPgcfXyHNdwymvsioAPfcTnxND_Br0BTeY7mambaH3sQpyLCBNmvmzcL1xNNKT-RSZ-DhNzXBZ9tLhXdgkhlb3TDWcIB9iAJdee3qWtem8w5YqVbhKiUWZ15EietMH-FOoIECNVpDXsOg/s4032/PXL_20231130_163642040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp_5-Imhj9yUS1AenWynCVCAcZGq1TabNAyWhu1F69n4DXnMiPgcfXyHNdwymvsioAPfcTnxND_Br0BTeY7mambaH3sQpyLCBNmvmzcL1xNNKT-RSZ-DhNzXBZ9tLhXdgkhlb3TDWcIB9iAJdee3qWtem8w5YqVbhKiUWZ15EietMH-FOoIECNVpDXsOg/w640-h480/PXL_20231130_163642040.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>By the time the Casino Hall was built in 1881, it was used by the entire community rather than jus the germans.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigOjq73QY8gU8ffdPQbnYpJ22k9-srKHEtJInTozqaDSZfvpp1-0bYb9lQg6SPkBb4zHnegNjOH42OO1qveWbSD7fT1PXdD4lSuBubMUwOMQ6-F6fl_GvBKL1XCmG6H6GCEB3skZDzzESurkk8MDVx1qp6uBgJ2F7ioLWq62lxac-LUOStDOYWEXLdJ_A/s4032/PXL_20231130_164224195.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigOjq73QY8gU8ffdPQbnYpJ22k9-srKHEtJInTozqaDSZfvpp1-0bYb9lQg6SPkBb4zHnegNjOH42OO1qveWbSD7fT1PXdD4lSuBubMUwOMQ6-F6fl_GvBKL1XCmG6H6GCEB3skZDzzESurkk8MDVx1qp6uBgJ2F7ioLWq62lxac-LUOStDOYWEXLdJ_A/w640-h480/PXL_20231130_164224195.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>You may recognize the poster guys as well as the ladies with them if you remember the last post. Of course the ladies were very well desguised.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpoIymFAo7y4a3bS6gUR_zqDRI6WfmH_ahPwaPUx2_l9T1jIgJBpT7D28T-ZaO2ydUBJbZXEVqAgY3MJjHGA9Q4eVMFal_rPessnDTmgQkmy0tdXJ8WecrgCqFUUhA6ECVs82SFYL7ZSEOH7XP5j0z8KQFYjOPEIGHtmU8vK5o2a-WvaRufFpCQ4wcLDk/s4032/PXL_20231130_170809182.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpoIymFAo7y4a3bS6gUR_zqDRI6WfmH_ahPwaPUx2_l9T1jIgJBpT7D28T-ZaO2ydUBJbZXEVqAgY3MJjHGA9Q4eVMFal_rPessnDTmgQkmy0tdXJ8WecrgCqFUUhA6ECVs82SFYL7ZSEOH7XP5j0z8KQFYjOPEIGHtmU8vK5o2a-WvaRufFpCQ4wcLDk/w480-h640/PXL_20231130_170809182.MP.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There was lots of history to review. The Casino was used a school for 200 hundred students in 1884. Later it housed the City Hall and the Fire Department. In 1992 it was used as a Senior Citizen Center. In 2014 a renovation began after the hall was vacant for 8 years.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjxvjVMcLW54tZswT2f7_KUzYM7Glveu_tARlWrdTuSaR_jG04AU5jUbc3TEcdAGziYIh1_LJQqlZwnlXP8SFK_JjtmC5hr6T41eJLML2dcPc4w19yNBIdY5pSgN6c3bGEr3cLs8R5CDuOfKhjKnalI_7L_anADmbvF98xnhyphenhyphen5VSjlQy5MiaEC8VbdHw/s4032/PXL_20231130_171352725.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqjxvjVMcLW54tZswT2f7_KUzYM7Glveu_tARlWrdTuSaR_jG04AU5jUbc3TEcdAGziYIh1_LJQqlZwnlXP8SFK_JjtmC5hr6T41eJLML2dcPc4w19yNBIdY5pSgN6c3bGEr3cLs8R5CDuOfKhjKnalI_7L_anADmbvF98xnhyphenhyphen5VSjlQy5MiaEC8VbdHw/w640-h480/PXL_20231130_171352725.MP.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1THqZbRx_Yw5UhhQ9lekQ8C7inaa1Ipu9wScddxYWeSJLMXuEI515Da2AZcNqef_3R849cFLNxW8EzI8cgB7fIcsPXETIDCjLjE7wHxAiSmnjlWKaBAu_mRphvdj1uJbdIR4czfm7lYKTFUo9walwXy-pqPQcFusPAyghA0xXD9b804KOKaiBG3p7nR0/s4032/PXL_20231130_171405633.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1THqZbRx_Yw5UhhQ9lekQ8C7inaa1Ipu9wScddxYWeSJLMXuEI515Da2AZcNqef_3R849cFLNxW8EzI8cgB7fIcsPXETIDCjLjE7wHxAiSmnjlWKaBAu_mRphvdj1uJbdIR4czfm7lYKTFUo9walwXy-pqPQcFusPAyghA0xXD9b804KOKaiBG3p7nR0/w640-h480/PXL_20231130_171405633.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzaSRGzSNqH4egASn_ZDvwJWJ2gqkr6pahQh0CmUVUFK-gDZnoMEuph2sJc7Mfc_ZUCHtJHJrodhgJSZ8v0dw1kNmZVav5FQUq1tqz7GCjhsPSHaicjXJWLREfMWef62E_AFxCN8pE2dMih4gYcddYBu0bvO4oQv-CAsaQZtv0uovo5GqCgRdWmvssqzs/s4032/PXL_20231130_171419115.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzaSRGzSNqH4egASn_ZDvwJWJ2gqkr6pahQh0CmUVUFK-gDZnoMEuph2sJc7Mfc_ZUCHtJHJrodhgJSZ8v0dw1kNmZVav5FQUq1tqz7GCjhsPSHaicjXJWLREfMWef62E_AFxCN8pE2dMih4gYcddYBu0bvO4oQv-CAsaQZtv0uovo5GqCgRdWmvssqzs/w640-h480/PXL_20231130_171419115.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We had a guided tour of the hall whch is one of La Grange's oldest and most historical buildings. Many different local groups use the second story of the hall for events. It's a large open area with a balcony and a stage.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTTRnJUBriRN7hrw8Em4Qx-5FCaaiqTN_Deov3wi7dC1YHEiR-krxwzrZS3YGu4Vm1Yu30xozNUjhChwlzQtGiGpdMyHgRycLHCVR-LYIoJ5TazTVRL06nkdqa-few2_0aWKr9lN9JW7uCnAN33BEGBgYuq_JVcKOkvAJbl_7TDgkEI6PgJRfp9pGeniw/s4032/PXL_20231130_171446585.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTTRnJUBriRN7hrw8Em4Qx-5FCaaiqTN_Deov3wi7dC1YHEiR-krxwzrZS3YGu4Vm1Yu30xozNUjhChwlzQtGiGpdMyHgRycLHCVR-LYIoJ5TazTVRL06nkdqa-few2_0aWKr9lN9JW7uCnAN33BEGBgYuq_JVcKOkvAJbl_7TDgkEI6PgJRfp9pGeniw/w640-h480/PXL_20231130_171446585.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>After our tour, a few of us Murphy's Steakhouse in Winchester TX. Teri, one of our members, has fond memories of family visits to this historic restaurant.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNfe9HkhGlpY8Nc19A1ypqe8c3VK8O4K0MD1JIPtCUnodXfbXn6yof-tdLwYYCWB0PuYcHStbX2P3xzl1R1t6Yw3mRsdaSfoaaicJdFxK6d1HiZf6n4aSY5H2zwOeADBvNYVzhgLbuDqOM46iJYUz9-lFZ4Y-6JTj36SpFofLEyzY3efcceMpKXFLqOU/s4032/PXL_20231129_182024796.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNfe9HkhGlpY8Nc19A1ypqe8c3VK8O4K0MD1JIPtCUnodXfbXn6yof-tdLwYYCWB0PuYcHStbX2P3xzl1R1t6Yw3mRsdaSfoaaicJdFxK6d1HiZf6n4aSY5H2zwOeADBvNYVzhgLbuDqOM46iJYUz9-lFZ4Y-6JTj36SpFofLEyzY3efcceMpKXFLqOU/w480-h640/PXL_20231129_182024796.MP.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We saw this adjacent to the steakhouse but really don't have any nformation about it. It certainly seemed strange.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn3naGtIhiLQ9KubMb728jwy-GMjoY4CCWn8ObEXkmQACo97aAgUHkoM2t0818YwIAWgaTnFUK6R64m-_0XsGR0sEFe5B9mzHQA9AnDeZwgGiZPEigdJz_DV3R168arrGp00U8nAZo4XCdGDm1XMqOXVnAdGKapsZ5zHYF2_JIT2W-AuGZad6sW_OPhQU/s4032/PXL_20231129_182046488.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn3naGtIhiLQ9KubMb728jwy-GMjoY4CCWn8ObEXkmQACo97aAgUHkoM2t0818YwIAWgaTnFUK6R64m-_0XsGR0sEFe5B9mzHQA9AnDeZwgGiZPEigdJz_DV3R168arrGp00U8nAZo4XCdGDm1XMqOXVnAdGKapsZ5zHYF2_JIT2W-AuGZad6sW_OPhQU/w480-h640/PXL_20231129_182046488.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And this house was right across the street.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCLeT6NEEI8H2KMQP7yddm3XxWhumANG2UNocm4bKBImK96b8DM4zHBdOCBoDaTqGbzoHngslmVYCpMVHp-zXQ8IuhzhsZ8H4uZHE_gbzOHiBCu1nFgZov_ms5tgjlhU2EYVU7bA5zkJpNWvqwhSgh5a0NXvguZhNtifYXhaEiravxIhX7e5j2la_J8Y/s4032/PXL_20231129_192237332.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCLeT6NEEI8H2KMQP7yddm3XxWhumANG2UNocm4bKBImK96b8DM4zHBdOCBoDaTqGbzoHngslmVYCpMVHp-zXQ8IuhzhsZ8H4uZHE_gbzOHiBCu1nFgZov_ms5tgjlhU2EYVU7bA5zkJpNWvqwhSgh5a0NXvguZhNtifYXhaEiravxIhX7e5j2la_J8Y/w480-h640/PXL_20231129_192237332.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>After lunch, we followed a map of quilt squares in the surrounding area. It wasn't quite what we expected. The squares were painted on various homes and buildings and were usually small, about 20 inches, so I couldn't get good pictures from the road. The quilt squares I have seen before were usually large painted on the side of barns but it was interesting. I think the project was developed as some type of fundraiser.</p></div>TravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050287180076649026.post-51582875174351135792023-11-29T12:03:00.133-06:002023-12-14T22:05:06.869-06:002023-11-29 TRR La Grange Rally<p> I've included pictures here of things that we actually did at the park during the rally. Other places and things we did are in their own posts. We had some great entertainment provided by our hosts and other guests. First off, our three hosts Anne, Judy, and Susan were unrecognizable in their ZZ Top personas as they entertained us the first night. remember this photo when you check out the next post.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BAczls6QtsgYTdvl9LYIoNMQ-JTW5JRNx4LilmqOz-rT4jZHYtvufv4bCwZBTRI_mewW2npe98M9Kxg4iwiSZjVMB0GSAbNXpixTe2YNbq4lSd29Mqf-3tpbSVsuHxuoUnvrlSzFqffiIWFUndU_hILYsR3awtiIqNK0DoG2b51Zqgadj3ZOFzv4Cj0/s3754/original_21cde2f6-4a56-4e17-bc04-e702413f1ec5_PXL_20231130_160145147.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2518" data-original-width="3754" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1BAczls6QtsgYTdvl9LYIoNMQ-JTW5JRNx4LilmqOz-rT4jZHYtvufv4bCwZBTRI_mewW2npe98M9Kxg4iwiSZjVMB0GSAbNXpixTe2YNbq4lSd29Mqf-3tpbSVsuHxuoUnvrlSzFqffiIWFUndU_hILYsR3awtiIqNK0DoG2b51Zqgadj3ZOFzv4Cj0/w400-h269/original_21cde2f6-4a56-4e17-bc04-e702413f1ec5_PXL_20231130_160145147.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiheWsqMcFW-vWh91Rts0W5XKGCAgj4XGZkhD2jMSp6RD4yMlngCTZw9MgOSk4Wym71LK7Hh8hja_lMFpKpJhO9pV5JLhtpjBKmUSFygI3akOWRuBQBh17xqOjdiQibI0G3w01uGN4oWIG7AGyRs7TzoVCDilLP8dlGMLXOaI5lpAfd9MEnzv-p90vypE/s4032/PXL_20231130_160146500.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiheWsqMcFW-vWh91Rts0W5XKGCAgj4XGZkhD2jMSp6RD4yMlngCTZw9MgOSk4Wym71LK7Hh8hja_lMFpKpJhO9pV5JLhtpjBKmUSFygI3akOWRuBQBh17xqOjdiQibI0G3w01uGN4oWIG7AGyRs7TzoVCDilLP8dlGMLXOaI5lpAfd9MEnzv-p90vypE/w400-h300/PXL_20231130_160146500.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We also had entertainment from the Lawrence Welk show as Rita played her accordian for us.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSLGtJ_8gEHRFHFKgWrc77MIEyqpPhpj75iMkbrXmLuuVRjTvHxaqvEZQ97V4I2bSXY3tGDmEVDbsSRTQUGERBjFwzEXiibAFYIhzM3HmvQDfHbzwBc5bbvaw-ulDj_fuxz2MHx5CXnV-B5H2iZfQzoORDvIiYPexnOIMiBSRjj7uj-IpoM33YkJlOOc/s4032/PXL_20231202_014329414.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbSLGtJ_8gEHRFHFKgWrc77MIEyqpPhpj75iMkbrXmLuuVRjTvHxaqvEZQ97V4I2bSXY3tGDmEVDbsSRTQUGERBjFwzEXiibAFYIhzM3HmvQDfHbzwBc5bbvaw-ulDj_fuxz2MHx5CXnV-B5H2iZfQzoORDvIiYPexnOIMiBSRjj7uj-IpoM33YkJlOOc/w300-h400/PXL_20231202_014329414.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_Mp_QkfF2AfSZfZ1MFOzXQwHK7tUvKh5KiSQK8gtZjIxmy3ZrzBdonqyvS72ZEtXyNJDsN9G_OdKholJp2jT-E_nZDqZTICPh1ZKhkGWjMIaA83Ahgo05OKAhJsV5rHUwJl3x40aFsybTXx9-SYjLkfZssMfcnXaJ5c7jeG3s_kUllNIV4-fcDsubWg/s4032/PXL_20231202_012715495.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_Mp_QkfF2AfSZfZ1MFOzXQwHK7tUvKh5KiSQK8gtZjIxmy3ZrzBdonqyvS72ZEtXyNJDsN9G_OdKholJp2jT-E_nZDqZTICPh1ZKhkGWjMIaA83Ahgo05OKAhJsV5rHUwJl3x40aFsybTXx9-SYjLkfZssMfcnXaJ5c7jeG3s_kUllNIV4-fcDsubWg/w300-h400/PXL_20231202_012715495.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>It was a Welk special "champagne" performance including dancers Vicki and Barbara.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsxLkC_QKqMRTSeKPlHtRc_61icSLG-Gy4X65Dxf7cCGHq7zZh5Rwoz_42KheNOiEH18oLb_tJSQMET1IGGCH0XLYUmTdFNirijm-bNJ7yvcI-LudgF7mvWm3jaJpGf9tfYIpSVLMfZ2Ij_27aSD0JDK2Tx45JRQkMYXAHxO6lSvgiiboPLRHQJ3GnU5I/s4032/PXL_20231202_014446229.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsxLkC_QKqMRTSeKPlHtRc_61icSLG-Gy4X65Dxf7cCGHq7zZh5Rwoz_42KheNOiEH18oLb_tJSQMET1IGGCH0XLYUmTdFNirijm-bNJ7yvcI-LudgF7mvWm3jaJpGf9tfYIpSVLMfZ2Ij_27aSD0JDK2Tx45JRQkMYXAHxO6lSvgiiboPLRHQJ3GnU5I/w400-h300/PXL_20231202_014446229.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Elaine, Mary, and Susan stepped up to the plate to sing accompaniment to Rita's music. I should mention that we also had some great meals thanks to Elaine's magic changing the frozen shredded chicken from the last rally into some delicious chicken spaghetti along with garlic bread and a fantastic salad whipped up by Judy. The next night we were all going to bring salads for a salad potluck dinner but that was changed to tacos and taco salad when Elaine worked some more magic with frozen ground beef from the last rally. She also whipped up refried beans and Judy had more salad for those who wanted to do taco salad instead of tacos. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBbS6bLbXIIY6qgLw_K4y-8Zs1ozODAbC-NhCV0jv6AIsuLoJPmfBYUW9QVQSM34QGk9SfmvfyE5XAuGkwafDzdH5eFs7R6QR2-79Y2AYZZjy51n-nT2Wnzmnn1R7-_qU1jgS38eiWIRtKjjZzFR10VikJWzXgUDC7yTeDdi4R9qwf1V2rlHJ4xGXlIHk/s4032/PXL_20231202_014729030.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBbS6bLbXIIY6qgLw_K4y-8Zs1ozODAbC-NhCV0jv6AIsuLoJPmfBYUW9QVQSM34QGk9SfmvfyE5XAuGkwafDzdH5eFs7R6QR2-79Y2AYZZjy51n-nT2Wnzmnn1R7-_qU1jgS38eiWIRtKjjZzFR10VikJWzXgUDC7yTeDdi4R9qwf1V2rlHJ4xGXlIHk/w400-h300/PXL_20231202_014729030.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Next up with the christening of two new rigs. Mary just got this nice little trailer with rear entry.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjygmHOPYzmv64m5dmKT1fzxT6Rfiw846WKSt4IvXnV76jALMNMn18Ajc8RRYxggaqsoS6qF9boIEa-qnzvw3aDcRlFuVR_lfNKHKOqLe-m4I1-tQZcJHgRP8tGvhowV9HGZrPHuV1-kb4Bo1Nttg_5v778gVcN8lyO9cAw85W0CQi6bsePViEQuzLkIiY/s4032/PXL_20231202_210345474.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjygmHOPYzmv64m5dmKT1fzxT6Rfiw846WKSt4IvXnV76jALMNMn18Ajc8RRYxggaqsoS6qF9boIEa-qnzvw3aDcRlFuVR_lfNKHKOqLe-m4I1-tQZcJHgRP8tGvhowV9HGZrPHuV1-kb4Bo1Nttg_5v778gVcN8lyO9cAw85W0CQi6bsePViEQuzLkIiY/w400-h300/PXL_20231202_210345474.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We all got a tour and she showed us her outdoor kitchen that pulls out of the storage area.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMEXIUBA5fxWDQSeYqWy1LZuUUdz_m-Kdvn9qYuXHU9YOxKYsuTORWx9ouarKjbpSOS5atpS20c6Q3aopNYwpFRbYB2hkV7hE8PbFxbb7Y88FJxdL-FzFYNgeMYWD8myirzILS5bahgbB6ULdADa14Alt0acA6qs3gRkJZpwm0FgrHbH-E3KRJP9xCMk/s2048/PXL_20231202_210511856_exported_0_1701559114203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrMEXIUBA5fxWDQSeYqWy1LZuUUdz_m-Kdvn9qYuXHU9YOxKYsuTORWx9ouarKjbpSOS5atpS20c6Q3aopNYwpFRbYB2hkV7hE8PbFxbb7Y88FJxdL-FzFYNgeMYWD8myirzILS5bahgbB6ULdADa14Alt0acA6qs3gRkJZpwm0FgrHbH-E3KRJP9xCMk/w400-h300/PXL_20231202_210511856_exported_0_1701559114203.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Beverly also surprised us all with a brand new rig, a huge beautiful Class A. She and her six dogs were loving it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRGhRYMYxerbN69lj2mPfi76gB6TpYMYYwuweMTR46fUKMkTy7aWg7s_wKjw4xDFG6uQmvStp2y3_xEXMOSBJe3NftHub6E-1p3jl-VP_QQie6MQNJkH4XOPWzC7xibRxC9aeehxMTlH702mgKN-EoNhFYq8wlp8wuBdYRsQhGQGZRa79cpUHwv0jKeA/s3717/PXL_20231202_211542790.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2969" data-original-width="3717" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRGhRYMYxerbN69lj2mPfi76gB6TpYMYYwuweMTR46fUKMkTy7aWg7s_wKjw4xDFG6uQmvStp2y3_xEXMOSBJe3NftHub6E-1p3jl-VP_QQie6MQNJkH4XOPWzC7xibRxC9aeehxMTlH702mgKN-EoNhFYq8wlp8wuBdYRsQhGQGZRa79cpUHwv0jKeA/w400-h320/PXL_20231202_211542790.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I had to show Anne's site as she went all out with Christmas decorations. She also had blowups and lots of outdoor lights. It was really nice.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVloFc3hx6dTKeRqmErB2DEBBNekCIOO0lCJacFMUOc0TKaZJGlsdDL-YeQmKEiJ-LERcrLCOITBFF1FlvSN9u9dFWPJNao5u5G3bhQKYfpUFm_-F8HVwRS8yDyOskti0oa1QcGB8eoKSi2aHecSflYxwY4E-mJyK_G4V0_ozyddfRI8vsOQ8HmxSBe8/s4032/PXL_20231202_210909919.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVloFc3hx6dTKeRqmErB2DEBBNekCIOO0lCJacFMUOc0TKaZJGlsdDL-YeQmKEiJ-LERcrLCOITBFF1FlvSN9u9dFWPJNao5u5G3bhQKYfpUFm_-F8HVwRS8yDyOskti0oa1QcGB8eoKSi2aHecSflYxwY4E-mJyK_G4V0_ozyddfRI8vsOQ8HmxSBe8/w400-h300/PXL_20231202_210909919.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Cathy and Anne braved the pool on a sunny day. I say "braved" because the pool was beautiful but not heated.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFJukS1WEgRbweBMJAjKQeiBwkLhXr_TGQY_XogHgBHY6sKyMi725ZBcLI0d6DOccH7dSwxpTYhzo5jaUyLs1gVaM621cplpbtgK2bZbsZVGkNzWYnXuCBsXt4dyyNz01B-8MUHpIOcnDvbs1ZELcGqI3COJ4W_PRxte3y0YMpl2hZrQDrOisHbklUBa4/s4032/PXL_20231203_212241413.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFJukS1WEgRbweBMJAjKQeiBwkLhXr_TGQY_XogHgBHY6sKyMi725ZBcLI0d6DOccH7dSwxpTYhzo5jaUyLs1gVaM621cplpbtgK2bZbsZVGkNzWYnXuCBsXt4dyyNz01B-8MUHpIOcnDvbs1ZELcGqI3COJ4W_PRxte3y0YMpl2hZrQDrOisHbklUBa4/w300-h400/PXL_20231203_212241413.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>It really was a lot more comfortable just soaking up the sun without the water.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzK9paEKmot8bB77XOZof_Y77ViQ9_cNf2v_q6T0Nkihs6ON4r2FzI1syyOCB80SWVZxOhUwFPmPx36I-YpmLp8vZe5urb0sxa4xFtXlRz_x-PWMFoMbZLEQpyU3AUj7MSrc1PqNFok_eUq-7X1BdhPzmeSTUer9bCVsi7HnGLRWdHlaQaIZktVlPzJeE/s4032/PXL_20231203_211113951.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzK9paEKmot8bB77XOZof_Y77ViQ9_cNf2v_q6T0Nkihs6ON4r2FzI1syyOCB80SWVZxOhUwFPmPx36I-YpmLp8vZe5urb0sxa4xFtXlRz_x-PWMFoMbZLEQpyU3AUj7MSrc1PqNFok_eUq-7X1BdhPzmeSTUer9bCVsi7HnGLRWdHlaQaIZktVlPzJeE/w400-h300/PXL_20231203_211113951.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>More entertainment was in the works. We all wore some Christmas outfits. Host Anne had a fantastic Mrs Clause outfit and Mary made a cute elf. Susan made a decent Santa. We played Christmas bingo and they had some fantastic prizes to hand out. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfsbJcdvKq8iHSx5sjQSqAWV8Dr8QXi_X07acTKkUxgoha5xnVPDa95NjUnC__sYOAlOkLM70NL83M9qteNirKbTHONrGRzehgj6Zwy6qUXjsWpIDimcdP1gOEHMi2NUaZhmFUxIuRvzHZQ0vruOy-3Mi8VGlWNToKZEQOj0L0NE3bCDwL-GKR5T5zLVk/s2048/PXL_20231203_235514594_exported_1891_1701658967157.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfsbJcdvKq8iHSx5sjQSqAWV8Dr8QXi_X07acTKkUxgoha5xnVPDa95NjUnC__sYOAlOkLM70NL83M9qteNirKbTHONrGRzehgj6Zwy6qUXjsWpIDimcdP1gOEHMi2NUaZhmFUxIuRvzHZQ0vruOy-3Mi8VGlWNToKZEQOj0L0NE3bCDwL-GKR5T5zLVk/w400-h300/PXL_20231203_235514594_exported_1891_1701658967157.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>A lot of us were already gone when this wild bunch had a rousing game of Left, Right, Center. It was reported that Mary got so excited that she knocked a whole glass of wine over on Rita but I don't have pictures to share so that may only be a wild rumor, lol.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjYqxa72QfwBoM8UmDTOtDnDtXxn6u0HucdR8NCYi-RThfIOTVPEet5WbBNr-K-W2grmmabCzy4qXN5K8J2wUArMeaPUXYsWS2z5uqRgMCcSUKwcJ3MsZyz_Xglgu6PuQiY55CrYk7ujLaqVc-5ktVh-JHMnrALQBncWH5JLsau80wsNq4YpjlDEoUIU/s960/FB_IMG_1701731789446.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjYqxa72QfwBoM8UmDTOtDnDtXxn6u0HucdR8NCYi-RThfIOTVPEet5WbBNr-K-W2grmmabCzy4qXN5K8J2wUArMeaPUXYsWS2z5uqRgMCcSUKwcJ3MsZyz_Xglgu6PuQiY55CrYk7ujLaqVc-5ktVh-JHMnrALQBncWH5JLsau80wsNq4YpjlDEoUIU/w300-h400/FB_IMG_1701731789446.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Here is our rally photo. It's a little different than our usual photo as we all brought an item to show something about ourselves. I have a dachshund on my shoulder. The kayakers are easy to see but needlepoint, fishing, cooking, pickleball, hiking, dogs, and some other hobbies were represented.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIT0kbCzaCwBy9Vgh0P8ZDf-evY6GCPC4KtPAWxec_alxix1Xo2DAPiaAFLjqyb8Ia1J_JhY81kGcESW4SSLqWMqj9DOYyps-HjUzI5BMsU4mpWWaBA5FpEblVdG08ALrFoYYbcJGuVl1PoBwn-6Zk0ekaGFzxrdp5luXcArxHIdoEUpd76ujLPGbeaOQ/s1696/FB_IMG_1701567720262.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1696" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIT0kbCzaCwBy9Vgh0P8ZDf-evY6GCPC4KtPAWxec_alxix1Xo2DAPiaAFLjqyb8Ia1J_JhY81kGcESW4SSLqWMqj9DOYyps-HjUzI5BMsU4mpWWaBA5FpEblVdG08ALrFoYYbcJGuVl1PoBwn-6Zk0ekaGFzxrdp5luXcArxHIdoEUpd76ujLPGbeaOQ/w640-h362/FB_IMG_1701567720262.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>TravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050287180076649026.post-8025562198278517862023-11-28T11:59:00.058-06:002023-12-14T15:02:07.414-06:002023-11-28 Brenham TX & Blue Bonnet Ice Cream<p>The day after we arrived, Elaine, Beverly and I took a drive up to Brenham Texas where the Blue Bell Creamery is located. If you are from Texas or almost anywhere else, you know about Blue Bell Ice Cream. Blue Bell has been around since 1907 and started making ice cream in 1911.This was their first refrigerated delivery truck which is from 1936. It held 20 five-gallon cans of ice cream which were delivered to stores around Brenham.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNSS0pbrHgQraQtd1GnaNNvNEJfMyRzCJVfC0GJQ6Y4lfaoepSOjCtwoZRGdpyOx3w5uByl0U_SH_Lg0ir3JVe3lbaUt_xaxsN584fiZiIoXvhlTNjj1za0TCdH8BtFE1pGrA9AtHLIJIKx8N6pyb6siH8xMYp7iPpCsWYFunT5-URDegqhJOFKXGT24/s4032/PXL_20231128_180835364.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVNSS0pbrHgQraQtd1GnaNNvNEJfMyRzCJVfC0GJQ6Y4lfaoepSOjCtwoZRGdpyOx3w5uByl0U_SH_Lg0ir3JVe3lbaUt_xaxsN584fiZiIoXvhlTNjj1za0TCdH8BtFE1pGrA9AtHLIJIKx8N6pyb6siH8xMYp7iPpCsWYFunT5-URDegqhJOFKXGT24/w400-h300/PXL_20231128_180835364.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Blue Bell expanded to deliveries in Houston in 1960 and then around Texas. In 1975 they crossed over to include Louisiana and have been expanding ever since. Here we are entering the main building.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1GuI70IaNkDByXwwGMIheDOv5tg5O6s6wMITrxvFAsmn4taWvkeppKDuttPWRTqMV0BomuxN4ymfud6-N7ESga6dwm1jzJeHhS39wviO7sClrbirmXYwOz9rMB-NSJA3a83eIcgYtL7Shyl7qhhlBltKUHiJnOlz1UaMfIhDQ9CEDMZ4zUhEYImz14WI/s4032/PXL_20231128_181002653.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1GuI70IaNkDByXwwGMIheDOv5tg5O6s6wMITrxvFAsmn4taWvkeppKDuttPWRTqMV0BomuxN4ymfud6-N7ESga6dwm1jzJeHhS39wviO7sClrbirmXYwOz9rMB-NSJA3a83eIcgYtL7Shyl7qhhlBltKUHiJnOlz1UaMfIhDQ9CEDMZ4zUhEYImz14WI/w400-h300/PXL_20231128_181002653.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There is an entry way with a few exhibits and then you take the elevator shown below or the stairs up to the second floor.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUcn9jFlmCJdfkOBPv3dRaoAK1WGi1eHmTFzRNBY1LM2t_UGshxNohiSXiyHvh7hDtkKM7tLOZIqHI4Y5ZG6Eflef7ChOeqj97GGdhy-AA4AQf1sMTEy7LqSCvrsZcMr6e-6q-iCRBDb1VbUTiphP2ec9JTBExW7IfKKXRtAieg2nDfVmZtjMcAWdd9k/s3640/PXL_20231128_171516414.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2676" data-original-width="3640" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUcn9jFlmCJdfkOBPv3dRaoAK1WGi1eHmTFzRNBY1LM2t_UGshxNohiSXiyHvh7hDtkKM7tLOZIqHI4Y5ZG6Eflef7ChOeqj97GGdhy-AA4AQf1sMTEy7LqSCvrsZcMr6e-6q-iCRBDb1VbUTiphP2ec9JTBExW7IfKKXRtAieg2nDfVmZtjMcAWdd9k/w400-h294/PXL_20231128_171516414.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Stepping off the elevator the first thing you see is this beautiful Christmas display.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC82nqGOzGt91s8VGnX37HQUmWO1xJFNL-JyOKMs2Oe9fdVzZZUTkECYK8lE7pcg0pix-G6-PfVw77PBg4R3DKexP2PB-1zTvHH-mL48e9isD-F9Pz7gExKODrHoB50bwZ2Peo7alZmihAGGW71oxtFv2ZCykvAjG782e41sE7ujDU1fZ-LiwTcFchIA8/s4032/PXL_20231128_171753742.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC82nqGOzGt91s8VGnX37HQUmWO1xJFNL-JyOKMs2Oe9fdVzZZUTkECYK8lE7pcg0pix-G6-PfVw77PBg4R3DKexP2PB-1zTvHH-mL48e9isD-F9Pz7gExKODrHoB50bwZ2Peo7alZmihAGGW71oxtFv2ZCykvAjG782e41sE7ujDU1fZ-LiwTcFchIA8/w400-h300/PXL_20231128_171753742.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Next up is the showcase of all the different kinds of ice cream Blue Bell makes.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfaMT9DFQWDLLSB5C8IFXZ9DXXkH5Se_gMfSFahyphenhyphenqxlG0zyjTYA5Zsmhxd0pzTO3AuxQc70tqisPFxDPLQ894FYNG-xK6JWRpDF5rMIGr0FHD0xa8myNXUL4XeV_awzI6yy6sTE9s53vrxhPK9qVfiL7ouEHmD_UHyYRy_Q_R7gdpYCKCSBOeuD0Awkaw/s4032/PXL_20231128_171801236.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfaMT9DFQWDLLSB5C8IFXZ9DXXkH5Se_gMfSFahyphenhyphenqxlG0zyjTYA5Zsmhxd0pzTO3AuxQc70tqisPFxDPLQ894FYNG-xK6JWRpDF5rMIGr0FHD0xa8myNXUL4XeV_awzI6yy6sTE9s53vrxhPK9qVfiL7ouEHmD_UHyYRy_Q_R7gdpYCKCSBOeuD0Awkaw/w400-h300/PXL_20231128_171801236.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There is a gift store on this floor with many different Blue Bell related items for sale. This is also where you get to look out over the work floor below where employees are making ice cream and packaging it. You are accompanied by an employee and no pictures are allowed but you get a good overview of the process. We were told that the area we could see which was large was only one of four areas in the building where ice cream was being made.<div><br /></div><div>Next up was the ice cream parlor where for $1.00, you could get a very large scoop of any kind of ice cream they had out. the choices were extensive and the ice cream was very good. It is probably a good thing I don't live in Brenham. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmG0Rb03YYlK1_-vDA2SDo_xdOoXi9QJcVjTtJ4ORY-vdgJJHOYR_PRYgRHvztZRrK-6jhBkUxvnRdDjW4xwgTy4nsu_zB-kuiaaSswc0rNU4OyZDRnUACyCbvsjpdxJZ3-sSPxHWASQ-Hlays3LW5VQN2oKjmC7QE8u90V1pNez8Mwd2qjdJdbvo1DA/s4032/PXL_20231128_171952698.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqmG0Rb03YYlK1_-vDA2SDo_xdOoXi9QJcVjTtJ4ORY-vdgJJHOYR_PRYgRHvztZRrK-6jhBkUxvnRdDjW4xwgTy4nsu_zB-kuiaaSswc0rNU4OyZDRnUACyCbvsjpdxJZ3-sSPxHWASQ-Hlays3LW5VQN2oKjmC7QE8u90V1pNez8Mwd2qjdJdbvo1DA/w400-h300/PXL_20231128_171952698.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We also went to the Visitor's center next door where the displays were mostly pictures. I definitely recommend a visit to Brenham and a tour of the creamery which is free.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYRtXKt2hNFmPiIYXCh55NqBe6ippTtQe68lzSD2RZZ3koR3cbSpuAcOpFqRZWzC835q7jBicgXDMUDvVu0kBKUZHZtoLHolkLTm44-0qk1KCrGSUnUYtikGFeKIva9Bm6NImxjktbOogride_OTMuar64odWpIXNzfqmubo23vh3BC-lT_FS-Cc_TZw/s4032/PXL_20231128_171447731.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYRtXKt2hNFmPiIYXCh55NqBe6ippTtQe68lzSD2RZZ3koR3cbSpuAcOpFqRZWzC835q7jBicgXDMUDvVu0kBKUZHZtoLHolkLTm44-0qk1KCrGSUnUYtikGFeKIva9Bm6NImxjktbOogride_OTMuar64odWpIXNzfqmubo23vh3BC-lT_FS-Cc_TZw/w300-h400/PXL_20231128_171447731.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p></div>TravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050287180076649026.post-57250219779599742962023-11-26T11:03:00.001-06:002023-12-14T14:18:32.542-06:002023-11-26 Colorado Landing RV Park, La Grange TX<p> My sister-in-law Elaine headed out from Abilene and I headed out from Schertz to meet up in La Grange TX to meet up at the Colorado Landing RV Park for a Texas Ramblin' Roses rally. We arrived a couple days early to enjoy the park and area. There will be other posts about what we did at the rally and the places we visited so stay tuned.....but first the park.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26bZ7AgKcGIow-cTBvNo7PaCoLxrX7oUWivWMVCXMQhNqjNPB6uXvCZOTDrr7wP2B5Y9F4-RPNWG23GniWMuRmtH-ULQ30v3zkR5kUeQlGQQ6Pm7KWnpu4STn1G9Fo1dK80IP14brW8zaCwQvPm-3vcBFSuz-XKk9cVZcVUMcOGekKEozsYDNGnh7zpo/s500/1803A95B-773C-4E83-9F32-0A7A45E5EA80.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="381" data-original-width="500" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26bZ7AgKcGIow-cTBvNo7PaCoLxrX7oUWivWMVCXMQhNqjNPB6uXvCZOTDrr7wP2B5Y9F4-RPNWG23GniWMuRmtH-ULQ30v3zkR5kUeQlGQQ6Pm7KWnpu4STn1G9Fo1dK80IP14brW8zaCwQvPm-3vcBFSuz-XKk9cVZcVUMcOGekKEozsYDNGnh7zpo/w400-h305/1803A95B-773C-4E83-9F32-0A7A45E5EA80.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>It's a very nice laid back park. they have pull-throughs and back-ins. Every site has a picnic table and is quite spacious especially the back-in sites. they have a couple of family style bathrooms, a rally or community room with a kitchen, two dog parks, propane, and swings for adults around the park. There are a few machines for laundry as well. The owner and staff are very nice and easy to work with.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3mCuV_N30rUfX66nwn8Z63wc3MX4L5Ph42NIMTvYiTdc1LPxg9Wr_1aYkdL_AG22SLVKPE3CgBZyBq-kVK8shhrykxiiEGlna_os30nQb3hmJq8TRLv71WJWU6eRtejWBTJILe6JnwlVgHKuPGOWhX8R1eGttt_55VY5dOTnZ6VfaDWddGJaSVskuuU/s4032/PXL_20231201_000823663.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3mCuV_N30rUfX66nwn8Z63wc3MX4L5Ph42NIMTvYiTdc1LPxg9Wr_1aYkdL_AG22SLVKPE3CgBZyBq-kVK8shhrykxiiEGlna_os30nQb3hmJq8TRLv71WJWU6eRtejWBTJILe6JnwlVgHKuPGOWhX8R1eGttt_55VY5dOTnZ6VfaDWddGJaSVskuuU/w300-h400/PXL_20231201_000823663.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br />The park deserves it's well earned ratings. Keep in mind that you may not be able to get a site when the Roundtop antiques activities are going on because the park is reserved every year by long time attendees.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIFrvGj0bREEMlYhr9sK40OTUIBTNYSToyl1cIHXD1Zh2zCecfYePwmT0KBoywDaekV9D11b0f3VC3DqZxQlTiA8bTfDMKrKeWUQ_3WkryM8iRiv9aXnE0XSiNM1SPbB6Hd3W-rF90PXcTLu1q67jHRXyakxCqEu_LIjVx6ddqfEnfqNuWfMH3wedObg/s4032/PXL_20231201_000819333.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIFrvGj0bREEMlYhr9sK40OTUIBTNYSToyl1cIHXD1Zh2zCecfYePwmT0KBoywDaekV9D11b0f3VC3DqZxQlTiA8bTfDMKrKeWUQ_3WkryM8iRiv9aXnE0XSiNM1SPbB6Hd3W-rF90PXcTLu1q67jHRXyakxCqEu_LIjVx6ddqfEnfqNuWfMH3wedObg/w480-h640/PXL_20231201_000819333.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUYDjAtDMW7lyeO-GiSdk1P2hgz3pu284Ea5bdRLWKDltCYwieEgW1s_kdl2DrYw4NY8iGqfq4OvOY1g7qRItrTTwuz7DFUR6jqwPTaBqzWomjlg5fxhyphenhyphenPtz3jzuvoUrw41Jdk-95_PsM5-_rNAeVi-x7vo07dqEscawkziQH3JBOR1mvhSSLQtpgq3Q/s2377/20231130_084644_HDR~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1610" data-original-width="2377" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUYDjAtDMW7lyeO-GiSdk1P2hgz3pu284Ea5bdRLWKDltCYwieEgW1s_kdl2DrYw4NY8iGqfq4OvOY1g7qRItrTTwuz7DFUR6jqwPTaBqzWomjlg5fxhyphenhyphenPtz3jzuvoUrw41Jdk-95_PsM5-_rNAeVi-x7vo07dqEscawkziQH3JBOR1mvhSSLQtpgq3Q/w400-h271/20231130_084644_HDR~2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>If you take a walk around the park, you can stop and enjoy the scenery in one of the many swings.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPo44SmiNAth46Dlsro7ffHvIf7LGY1MJHeKKsfHvEZG45aikluIkLSEUBq3C0aUO6S9lhNlZIfpH3YbDfvWKxUQkDt8mKvO7QhJZZ9h_qcOe-Sp0_tIEUT87CryHo4_nRR_fK_mgBDB5kpxvqoHpxCU4XAnaoXI23ZfQE2EojoyLzSYPZ74lHdwnW7s/s4032/PXL_20231129_163846502.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The other Bark Park is huge with lots of open running room. Both have places for people to sit and watch their walks.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dhCeJcBZTKFGodrpWpBiBNIqT1Sl62__iKweNrAz-YOPASEIIJsNRKCE8-to2NWKs4WXO72-FPLgrL09oxCkyoAfCOfdhthgVl_SDbAynWIN-DPJVqjDhRlQjyttehqsE2etUyWrfZA4YCilCIfRm3EmIulYc5McmZgQHyg2jHUfDqIFxPe_bqPHVmc/s4032/PXL_20231128_155802028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0dhCeJcBZTKFGodrpWpBiBNIqT1Sl62__iKweNrAz-YOPASEIIJsNRKCE8-to2NWKs4WXO72-FPLgrL09oxCkyoAfCOfdhthgVl_SDbAynWIN-DPJVqjDhRlQjyttehqsE2etUyWrfZA4YCilCIfRm3EmIulYc5McmZgQHyg2jHUfDqIFxPe_bqPHVmc/w400-h300/PXL_20231128_155802028.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The deer are plentiful and wander through the park morning and evenings.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Q4Z4uos4Dg39lWQTjzVcoam3coNDvfQw06nhfxjiT_KcnYZUnC96oGT4VbSqgYawl9H0RmtxeLHV3JGcXM7WioWIYAStZLjXx9yHR5AIh1BxeepPtPeKhhMkzLlMjdnBAOBNaeAZhuZU1sTRLPElpYvwquaHboPsPRZ8G_ZXW0TImIr3Y_-pRP4sbIg/s4032/PXL_20231127_225030121.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Q4Z4uos4Dg39lWQTjzVcoam3coNDvfQw06nhfxjiT_KcnYZUnC96oGT4VbSqgYawl9H0RmtxeLHV3JGcXM7WioWIYAStZLjXx9yHR5AIh1BxeepPtPeKhhMkzLlMjdnBAOBNaeAZhuZU1sTRLPElpYvwquaHboPsPRZ8G_ZXW0TImIr3Y_-pRP4sbIg/w400-h300/PXL_20231127_225030121.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ACWfB3Fqqa_SENvPMFFY3jKgMa9ogQDeQ5DjAR_2iV5Ixjoi4Gaa7rJvYHdocxkLJBHS_oDxeIOeFlPG8h8SWkpflMxROatSnw8CkWjViOTmQ-26W7V-SQj0Lke1liT4A0Nd3c3cUIJKftG7IL0e_jXD0ndzUx9NeylVq2Xwu4eev5NQbe6Xaws1J1s/s4032/PXL_20231127_223240622.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ACWfB3Fqqa_SENvPMFFY3jKgMa9ogQDeQ5DjAR_2iV5Ixjoi4Gaa7rJvYHdocxkLJBHS_oDxeIOeFlPG8h8SWkpflMxROatSnw8CkWjViOTmQ-26W7V-SQj0Lke1liT4A0Nd3c3cUIJKftG7IL0e_jXD0ndzUx9NeylVq2Xwu4eev5NQbe6Xaws1J1s/w400-h300/PXL_20231127_223240622.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This was my pull through site which would accommodate almost any size RV. I think I would choose a back-in site in future as they are further apart and very large. The sites were gravel and level.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwouzGuEMx_BrKCzDz2SjqVknfjMp6G0492xz7M4XbIsZ1E_w7OYTO01znBigQ7whRVro0-JwxwM0aku-_BJAPO82lG4_HqyYbZ22DtnYxHDgkv0nL5EJmJpmbfYk0tdfnGNkVpPR1u5blDjHAIrvcvApCCQKT1-tXz2R3utI1MZOAcRxWo0tTfVwux0/s4032/PXL_20231201_223138424.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwouzGuEMx_BrKCzDz2SjqVknfjMp6G0492xz7M4XbIsZ1E_w7OYTO01znBigQ7whRVro0-JwxwM0aku-_BJAPO82lG4_HqyYbZ22DtnYxHDgkv0nL5EJmJpmbfYk0tdfnGNkVpPR1u5blDjHAIrvcvApCCQKT1-tXz2R3utI1MZOAcRxWo0tTfVwux0/w300-h400/PXL_20231201_223138424.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The park has several walking trails along with river under shady trees. At one time I understand they had a beach area and boat landing but the hurricane destroyed that. They do have plans to work on that area in the future.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid7-N4xzQ3Cwbh7YOcwJHsNTA6Tsayrlr7NEL7VTVLRp88Q8pUbTHj6hsXv7xrq9fATikk-ys9Ard5BowQfmixUOV0XFRnmD0VrxtivMT7rFsfDil92vYdY9hQXA8p-sJD1ZGdYI7ok_iY0LeFWT4kqV77OhHVmg9URSwtHE2AQqngJx3U8dYV9jc4hYw/s4032/PXL_20231201_222541663.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid7-N4xzQ3Cwbh7YOcwJHsNTA6Tsayrlr7NEL7VTVLRp88Q8pUbTHj6hsXv7xrq9fATikk-ys9Ard5BowQfmixUOV0XFRnmD0VrxtivMT7rFsfDil92vYdY9hQXA8p-sJD1ZGdYI7ok_iY0LeFWT4kqV77OhHVmg9URSwtHE2AQqngJx3U8dYV9jc4hYw/w400-h300/PXL_20231201_222541663.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>All in all, it's a great park and I will definitely keep it on my list of places to revisit.</p></div></div>TravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050287180076649026.post-80150005568114462452023-11-23T13:06:00.061-06:002023-12-14T13:33:20.975-06:002023-11-25 Thanksgiving Dinner & a Tea Party<p> We had a great thanksgiving at my son Steve and daughter-in-law Helen's house. Helen is a great cook and loves to do it so I just bring whatever she wants me to make. This year it was deviled eggs and my homemade rolls. I have to admit that, for the first time ever in almost 45 years, my roll recipe failed me and they were not good. Hope that never happens again.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2Xwk9WQSY2PcURhtIhgohkW8ueJWWGgkhGxiN0sVR9OIyffY428py7KRZN4DP_bwoVdlWNr7UfXJLQSqRSFSdtBTnOJ4wdsCg7bHHV9eexInhQPlSb2za4Gyi7A6TY9naGX2RqXYa7yh7jfDrEDXajfIloYyCeTtqLKsa8ldts0G-VVFprtX5y4W2uo/s4032/PXL_20231123_190027610.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2Xwk9WQSY2PcURhtIhgohkW8ueJWWGgkhGxiN0sVR9OIyffY428py7KRZN4DP_bwoVdlWNr7UfXJLQSqRSFSdtBTnOJ4wdsCg7bHHV9eexInhQPlSb2za4Gyi7A6TY9naGX2RqXYa7yh7jfDrEDXajfIloYyCeTtqLKsa8ldts0G-VVFprtX5y4W2uo/w300-h400/PXL_20231123_190027610.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Helen made her famous bacon squash casserole in addition to the other Thanksgiving staples like mash potatoes and pumpkin pie.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35MpLRNtN_MJzGt0ukP8GjSzFxqPFaluNF5T8g2nVPhSmAe3Rw_IAX5aLtbV8WBrc2hs-nGTEZtFQM0rqC54zjJxjycBF_NKkDM34qpwsnfd_W5YGyLvD-HQBb86LKeqWZL8lW2qSWhNu2qvIN-vBi-mBtAhvftyn3q2RiQ1zFR5XKXiTvvO6cGkFfhY/s3284/PXL_20231123_185728219.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3284" data-original-width="2517" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35MpLRNtN_MJzGt0ukP8GjSzFxqPFaluNF5T8g2nVPhSmAe3Rw_IAX5aLtbV8WBrc2hs-nGTEZtFQM0rqC54zjJxjycBF_NKkDM34qpwsnfd_W5YGyLvD-HQBb86LKeqWZL8lW2qSWhNu2qvIN-vBi-mBtAhvftyn3q2RiQ1zFR5XKXiTvvO6cGkFfhY/w306-h400/PXL_20231123_185728219.MP.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTA8hH9SK2P_bAMXQBT3_160mKfXhyphenhyphenqncLzcsf45yRlB_rs8B-D3MNRwPYxdNl42m0z7WwWfpnbthPxE8MsDJXSDBifpwnNy5UlkrQkRPAv1NLzHRnwuYgBFJc-E8av4gd0DoYs8CGtXx_A1XNCMQq-N4vI9KYrH43cWWFDBXotW963px-jYFNXScqKLs/s2048/PXL_20231123_185720981_exported_2517_1700766782689.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTA8hH9SK2P_bAMXQBT3_160mKfXhyphenhyphenqncLzcsf45yRlB_rs8B-D3MNRwPYxdNl42m0z7WwWfpnbthPxE8MsDJXSDBifpwnNy5UlkrQkRPAv1NLzHRnwuYgBFJc-E8av4gd0DoYs8CGtXx_A1XNCMQq-N4vI9KYrH43cWWFDBXotW963px-jYFNXScqKLs/w300-h400/PXL_20231123_185720981_exported_2517_1700766782689.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>My granddaughter Morgan made a delicious apple rhubarb dessert. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWt1YldLTau4VyiWu14a7-szhpwnDRBE4rm7wuj4HWqzdlyW0ZdXf3n1h1DhR7jGsHEqJ1ZDXr96Zszxq9O7a1XBG2hS03hUa35AMtCtUX0ilkzUI7AsSjg2uuBsw4td_ubalE39ygPtOXJ4SW5LUfbpZIAx7UgtcGJsrYW0kueLfNSSbVkj12_1uFM84/s4032/PXL_20231123_185753983.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWt1YldLTau4VyiWu14a7-szhpwnDRBE4rm7wuj4HWqzdlyW0ZdXf3n1h1DhR7jGsHEqJ1ZDXr96Zszxq9O7a1XBG2hS03hUa35AMtCtUX0ilkzUI7AsSjg2uuBsw4td_ubalE39ygPtOXJ4SW5LUfbpZIAx7UgtcGJsrYW0kueLfNSSbVkj12_1uFM84/w300-h400/PXL_20231123_185753983.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>A few days later, Helen, Morgan and I went to the Doll House Tearoom in Seguin for a high tea. I didn't quite realize what I was committing to as you can see by my dress. Helen was neutral but Morgan was all dressed up appropriately for the occasion.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hHGPKvH89pNjUCUuRsrr0KBQbrC0nz2L-TfPjwiqHBvnBstYn-2ayVzQYfXyn38vNa-JLur0wJU7dpHEAdtQvL0N8BCA62T7WpM0-lBv0QbA1YuST2f1LzbetJ_1oLMgQIMtXPerWjbx7y_B9Qp0alOYUTEVbMMbsJ-BfYT6ynjqVrbSvexm3iyj2BA/s1280/18654.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hHGPKvH89pNjUCUuRsrr0KBQbrC0nz2L-TfPjwiqHBvnBstYn-2ayVzQYfXyn38vNa-JLur0wJU7dpHEAdtQvL0N8BCA62T7WpM0-lBv0QbA1YuST2f1LzbetJ_1oLMgQIMtXPerWjbx7y_B9Qp0alOYUTEVbMMbsJ-BfYT6ynjqVrbSvexm3iyj2BA/w400-h300/18654.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9pMjOwJd-DeWV6oDx5wvmLA0GbiXZoowUcVAWUzCqwHw9BsZRikI14RLyHMQrP6-7WbxNHUWUheQyozFt8hyphenhyphen49AvwoT1zCVHAybXf0214tnnelxpw5CJAY7mf6sSozcO9BHOEbfxzjdRf35GgHNwYeKYo3n8ra8sr_ljYnsFCpp7Dn3mpc3bi_aCyxI/s2611/18657.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2611" data-original-width="1966" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9pMjOwJd-DeWV6oDx5wvmLA0GbiXZoowUcVAWUzCqwHw9BsZRikI14RLyHMQrP6-7WbxNHUWUheQyozFt8hyphenhyphen49AvwoT1zCVHAybXf0214tnnelxpw5CJAY7mf6sSozcO9BHOEbfxzjdRf35GgHNwYeKYo3n8ra8sr_ljYnsFCpp7Dn3mpc3bi_aCyxI/w301-h400/18657.jpeg" width="301" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQObd3kcc__dAwOKe7mNxJRR3CRPCjx9HovFFWPkY_M163LCcEFlyLG4CK431Ks_hYxA8DOsEWxCmk0w5p4zYdiH7jxTGDj6rNXTUCl59QxMHzq428fsQFs7ZuPhbpN4hi0JppkyR4PchJdxCU-tLP94drBgVJ3kSFiaJUEHxuhh4vxD-Oz4ekOdbQOV4/s2496/18659.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2496" data-original-width="1879" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQObd3kcc__dAwOKe7mNxJRR3CRPCjx9HovFFWPkY_M163LCcEFlyLG4CK431Ks_hYxA8DOsEWxCmk0w5p4zYdiH7jxTGDj6rNXTUCl59QxMHzq428fsQFs7ZuPhbpN4hi0JppkyR4PchJdxCU-tLP94drBgVJ3kSFiaJUEHxuhh4vxD-Oz4ekOdbQOV4/w301-h400/18659.jpeg" width="301" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We had two different kinds of tea as well as salad, scones, tea sandwiches, and desserts.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TOjZdfgbYJqPCre8w3TXzRUwWU9gGzbD-ca3MC56HgponOL5QeuOmFkOGqBXRgxecTs0fskVx7_N4O3Gg7gUN3M07rTBjIBfPMGfC-9gFVA1Uce532fqAA8DHGg-AOan-1SHIjwLLYljD2IpXSPG2kEkwJxmszys4CB_PwiqsMLz5FsAAoOXrEVqmY8/s4032/PXL_20231125_204214946.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TOjZdfgbYJqPCre8w3TXzRUwWU9gGzbD-ca3MC56HgponOL5QeuOmFkOGqBXRgxecTs0fskVx7_N4O3Gg7gUN3M07rTBjIBfPMGfC-9gFVA1Uce532fqAA8DHGg-AOan-1SHIjwLLYljD2IpXSPG2kEkwJxmszys4CB_PwiqsMLz5FsAAoOXrEVqmY8/w300-h400/PXL_20231125_204214946.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrwzSMON8uIGg6q2pHHducpZZLwgHZVHPqIuXwCO0CtXjKFjIIhW32Cx_z6zdwzkRY-BjJcYQhUW5MS2WJYFbep-ywU6MK_jf1IL4oNmG3GSV3xUYXy2O7kI6LJRVuybfa0VIRUY0N2XrHcnAjj7Eq2FfHygnkoIdx-So91YncErjV_9mPiO_QcbRm4KU/s1099/2023-04-04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1099" data-original-width="824" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrwzSMON8uIGg6q2pHHducpZZLwgHZVHPqIuXwCO0CtXjKFjIIhW32Cx_z6zdwzkRY-BjJcYQhUW5MS2WJYFbep-ywU6MK_jf1IL4oNmG3GSV3xUYXy2O7kI6LJRVuybfa0VIRUY0N2XrHcnAjj7Eq2FfHygnkoIdx-So91YncErjV_9mPiO_QcbRm4KU/w300-h400/2023-04-04.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>It was definitely not crowded but there were a couple other parties that you can't see. Each area is set up differently with nice tea settings. It's an experience if you like English tea parties.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvuQ3uOKb7t7FnnZUkSbqhYQXZWAGFy_Xq-DI_1HmBqmtMQAmB4ZpcbLFvNEpamFVXDjZGNTaILhdzf7cil_OLj4GhAhxD4yGgBrD03_x_j66VKJviwKYGRZ7z_XO1FnY0ZcyE-gQGUX8k_awG3Ogiz3sq555x9VtiZEHTvFmMClfMW4uswXQUF9d-bI/s824/WW-33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="824" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsvuQ3uOKb7t7FnnZUkSbqhYQXZWAGFy_Xq-DI_1HmBqmtMQAmB4ZpcbLFvNEpamFVXDjZGNTaILhdzf7cil_OLj4GhAhxD4yGgBrD03_x_j66VKJviwKYGRZ7z_XO1FnY0ZcyE-gQGUX8k_awG3Ogiz3sq555x9VtiZEHTvFmMClfMW4uswXQUF9d-bI/w400-h268/WW-33.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>TravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050287180076649026.post-40935978823081859342023-11-13T14:44:00.105-06:002023-11-20T17:27:07.995-06:002023-11-13 Fredricksburg TX TRR Rally<p> Our annual meeting Texas Ramblin' Roses rally was at the Vineyards RV Park in Fredericksburg Texas. We had a rally there when it first opened and it was awful. The managers locked the bathrooms at 9PM. They got really bad reviews. Fast forward to now and new managers. It's a whole different scenario. The check in process was so simple.....an envelope with site number and paperwork was waiting for everyone outside the office. Just pick it up and go to your site. Probably started back when covid was rampant but it worked great.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBEtOBnOk9NI-ImXUr6TX39DhmxbnRfT0tpT4sQHeOH69QPwqHz3G3eDrOVIs6fakvrA2PHkBkL5E4dg5A9mC975jZXuW0KMNAJ49ni2_AwoxgC086Kq0gITgK2_LLIGM9Ei2hbq-s42xB2Tz0eP8K2iU_VpTlKiHNjPZoLnfreIj2Tzvw7ixBl-Iv5o/s2790/original_fd15f569-c2ec-4af2-8a4f-6978880bf953_PXL_20231112_200906138.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2164" data-original-width="2790" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBEtOBnOk9NI-ImXUr6TX39DhmxbnRfT0tpT4sQHeOH69QPwqHz3G3eDrOVIs6fakvrA2PHkBkL5E4dg5A9mC975jZXuW0KMNAJ49ni2_AwoxgC086Kq0gITgK2_LLIGM9Ei2hbq-s42xB2Tz0eP8K2iU_VpTlKiHNjPZoLnfreIj2Tzvw7ixBl-Iv5o/w400-h310/original_fd15f569-c2ec-4af2-8a4f-6978880bf953_PXL_20231112_200906138.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This is the office with apartments above, a very large rally room with kitchen, laundry, and bathrooms.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXdbblgjyG0vhc69WTlzKGNOUWpMcNXzSf3FKpsK3q-SGRfpm2fKIwUqNOx_-O9lvNW8LMnB8fEP0IW_te1DtEWbBoldcBVUAGEjtTOrFrkCqSS-EzkKqdg96OFMXRVA-poFn4V0phncTE_J_fsBTXLhSx85ULUebIZfkcuKGvOrGUp6bB6SNuZD5VvVw/s3499/PXL_20231112_200331799~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1702" data-original-width="3499" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXdbblgjyG0vhc69WTlzKGNOUWpMcNXzSf3FKpsK3q-SGRfpm2fKIwUqNOx_-O9lvNW8LMnB8fEP0IW_te1DtEWbBoldcBVUAGEjtTOrFrkCqSS-EzkKqdg96OFMXRVA-poFn4V0phncTE_J_fsBTXLhSx85ULUebIZfkcuKGvOrGUp6bB6SNuZD5VvVw/w400-h195/PXL_20231112_200331799~2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzpDIEJOj7GsJkKKW9RbZVlCOhcRSora4z9cjO6zkSzevBoytAqERYvJ5hU-F9Q0KJHoMaloOQqKuQ4XJlj74SxLuNOIVs9KDudzVzSQwWQwHdyL46lUkFFqKoVmAPJCecbjOa_IGGittM0byjGDNZ9ZbDpOG_T3cgJWj-74wr37DIIxm8kTkbXwwjUU/s4032/PXL_20231112_200528755.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzpDIEJOj7GsJkKKW9RbZVlCOhcRSora4z9cjO6zkSzevBoytAqERYvJ5hU-F9Q0KJHoMaloOQqKuQ4XJlj74SxLuNOIVs9KDudzVzSQwWQwHdyL46lUkFFqKoVmAPJCecbjOa_IGGittM0byjGDNZ9ZbDpOG_T3cgJWj-74wr37DIIxm8kTkbXwwjUU/w400-h300/PXL_20231112_200528755.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>They had a nice pool but it was too cool. They also had a hot tub which my sister-in-law and I used twice. It was bubbly and hot. The only down side was that the steps that led into it were too high and they really, really need a railing on them.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggvAjTqdr44URC9BNjXD_DI90ZlwT6_ijHpeV7sySBmSW9IYOoFHqfjL6oYG1IJs2_isisE_l-vm0KX8U45NovmmGmuWsJvhlrt4PAFZr0JqCwgvy_1BhN9ymb0k8vwPHhIwDv-riKlfBzkjBkxViDeRC_PjkMQi6evf3FCmfuoA5O5LQZoPnKys5H6N8/s4032/PXL_20231112_200524037~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggvAjTqdr44URC9BNjXD_DI90ZlwT6_ijHpeV7sySBmSW9IYOoFHqfjL6oYG1IJs2_isisE_l-vm0KX8U45NovmmGmuWsJvhlrt4PAFZr0JqCwgvy_1BhN9ymb0k8vwPHhIwDv-riKlfBzkjBkxViDeRC_PjkMQi6evf3FCmfuoA5O5LQZoPnKys5H6N8/w400-h300/PXL_20231112_200524037~2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>They also have a great outdoor pavilion with a grill and a very nice big group firepit.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix1aSwAUIY6gKn3_3qeynzY6hCHBJqIZ9f99ODwzJYwSWEhoZViTsTUSJwpOD30WBN-Di8OX22FTnd847J04urLXvO4F5gn3IJvPCKYgtV99ZOIrUlq-Yx4dehNb7I6qryR1wZpwVfNscNCwdrfLHukGH7TR63Ay21DKkRvT3sz09qocgsPA5Sqvm6X70/s4032/PXL_20231112_200456905.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix1aSwAUIY6gKn3_3qeynzY6hCHBJqIZ9f99ODwzJYwSWEhoZViTsTUSJwpOD30WBN-Di8OX22FTnd847J04urLXvO4F5gn3IJvPCKYgtV99ZOIrUlq-Yx4dehNb7I6qryR1wZpwVfNscNCwdrfLHukGH7TR63Ay21DKkRvT3sz09qocgsPA5Sqvm6X70/w400-h300/PXL_20231112_200456905.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>If you don't have an RV you can stay in one of these neat conestoga wagons complete with A/C.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM0xPmeSvKuFsrGqqFdp0BNAkD-TUxQyL-17VfL_sop6oLHQ2aK3IJnFf8QE_V3kMAuuEtOsv4-ZR2S34iA1wixSESd2LJ-UodlxUN7iXwEG4DqH0NsVXiI6-LjcrHzcxOyHQMo-8B8QxxrLV4Mu7wasz0CFcklby6RZGf1MqIMDfV9YbdJeQSpJovtG8/s4032/PXL_20231112_200750805~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM0xPmeSvKuFsrGqqFdp0BNAkD-TUxQyL-17VfL_sop6oLHQ2aK3IJnFf8QE_V3kMAuuEtOsv4-ZR2S34iA1wixSESd2LJ-UodlxUN7iXwEG4DqH0NsVXiI6-LjcrHzcxOyHQMo-8B8QxxrLV4Mu7wasz0CFcklby6RZGf1MqIMDfV9YbdJeQSpJovtG8/w400-h300/PXL_20231112_200750805~2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Or you might like one of these cabins.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71BqS2EpK-hTDexumJsl3dtGaYqfk8yKpARBsxMiiXGR9wLWauDzvajNDOZehCepp5cA4DJZWgAboXiu9lFqkIVSiJKu9aPUPQHfjrm0XpwKpd6qbL_HfNiBoeN0-whX5R0ni46dLjouM3P7YCGu7Hkwitueh5m9X7Byce6JgZMZmneijgj96QRGdGkI/s4032/PXL_20231112_200837643.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi71BqS2EpK-hTDexumJsl3dtGaYqfk8yKpARBsxMiiXGR9wLWauDzvajNDOZehCepp5cA4DJZWgAboXiu9lFqkIVSiJKu9aPUPQHfjrm0XpwKpd6qbL_HfNiBoeN0-whX5R0ni46dLjouM3P7YCGu7Hkwitueh5m9X7Byce6JgZMZmneijgj96QRGdGkI/w400-h300/PXL_20231112_200837643.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The RV sites are spacious and level with gravel that is raked prior to every checkin. They also include picnic tables and firepits.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx72hNd7or0XyVFoLQpc50qcQG3ePazi7vEqdRdPi_yfjdVONRJMI4WQ_jCe9xuH55ZjnU-Rm9v9E7pkT_d5vlahB6BEAGXKpN9sGF6JKfFVuBBUwuA12rNBHxsgNWrRdQPg7hVpBoG5aKgpQV-lgcGoGFgWx6FMXSxFfl69cLg5EwPS37lgqhOuq9STc/s4032/PXL_20231112_200033712.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx72hNd7or0XyVFoLQpc50qcQG3ePazi7vEqdRdPi_yfjdVONRJMI4WQ_jCe9xuH55ZjnU-Rm9v9E7pkT_d5vlahB6BEAGXKpN9sGF6JKfFVuBBUwuA12rNBHxsgNWrRdQPg7hVpBoG5aKgpQV-lgcGoGFgWx6FMXSxFfl69cLg5EwPS37lgqhOuq9STc/w400-h300/PXL_20231112_200033712.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The tables are very nice square tables with benches. Two of our members were helping Teri fix a small problem on her door. Our members travel in all different kinds of RVs from antiques to...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNFShY7kTe1ZZ_UlhRfAOcR_bZsibxv2HDCMo-0hFBWyFj_NUWfQhxcR_U-AEK7ZteQkKZ735YxH5fSPHtIw856v-6l2DXpJx4vV5tkNf-yOguF6GOhfsD9lCop9Um5Fh6f3ww0vpf4HCfCVn3gqE_AykzQLoj4dBIFe8pAAAbR6z8BE4YrG6MRWidow/s4032/PXL_20231111_210611497.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNFShY7kTe1ZZ_UlhRfAOcR_bZsibxv2HDCMo-0hFBWyFj_NUWfQhxcR_U-AEK7ZteQkKZ735YxH5fSPHtIw856v-6l2DXpJx4vV5tkNf-yOguF6GOhfsD9lCop9Um5Fh6f3ww0vpf4HCfCVn3gqE_AykzQLoj4dBIFe8pAAAbR6z8BE4YrG6MRWidow/w400-h300/PXL_20231111_210611497.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>...huge class As.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhetf1gMgnzLfw2Uv-gDplpALr-c1Fv-0VaPVIFjAFynRdlyvzgDgXvRPcb1EVk4AX0dhZ5h5XOVWawbt_hz0WcwH7nOXQ54X1QYOI7YjiGUlvAqO1t1kJ7Xst3yHlbvS5e_sq1Eb_zbee3xCib-moT3jMDoa9CdOev2qmCtFF2KFmHaqFkgw7N9aohHU0/s3285/original_a490e02c-c42c-4813-921b-81cf5d8ac36e_PXL_20231112_200126689.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Then we had a band one night.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQZnlBxlk3igQu9gSw-LhuQNO8YmaeBlCB591sPhYt-dibmQ6JR0qti4pqxj0r67W_FeM_fP0oeZorIhyphenhyphenxCeXrkXXLjdL9X5fEpgd2ZIM1L2qP8Jaoe4sAhSezu4gBEBqm8UNlz9LfQignO2OkO0lOPGnGvsBNmKuE76llTOijmkNpZ6utmsGtVrl8gE/s2228/original_44ac5f9e-040c-45f8-b7e4-ff19bd403623_PXL_20231112_010830515.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2118" data-original-width="2228" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQZnlBxlk3igQu9gSw-LhuQNO8YmaeBlCB591sPhYt-dibmQ6JR0qti4pqxj0r67W_FeM_fP0oeZorIhyphenhyphenxCeXrkXXLjdL9X5fEpgd2ZIM1L2qP8Jaoe4sAhSezu4gBEBqm8UNlz9LfQignO2OkO0lOPGnGvsBNmKuE76llTOijmkNpZ6utmsGtVrl8gE/w400-h380/original_44ac5f9e-040c-45f8-b7e4-ff19bd403623_PXL_20231112_010830515.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmsoHH0UEARDe865TDPVhkrnN0VGU6Q6D4OugGSl8LlMqyYkjIj8EofbY9rfZ5wOUf8bMMIOZEwGPpPy-5Vbzfckv2tsCQO3arWcaF8DQNdHkRbVOiz3mdhs2l4M0pGGQS6n0FK0gSlFstDKF7a3mZQlLnqUCSS67AQiFTHwW6gU8YUlxfZ2x6eHeIxA/s1877/original_1d599f0f-c237-48c9-92e7-108dbee8ffb8_PXL_20231112_011530636_exported_437_1699760324585.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="1877" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmsoHH0UEARDe865TDPVhkrnN0VGU6Q6D4OugGSl8LlMqyYkjIj8EofbY9rfZ5wOUf8bMMIOZEwGPpPy-5Vbzfckv2tsCQO3arWcaF8DQNdHkRbVOiz3mdhs2l4M0pGGQS6n0FK0gSlFstDKF7a3mZQlLnqUCSS67AQiFTHwW6gU8YUlxfZ2x6eHeIxA/w400-h290/original_1d599f0f-c237-48c9-92e7-108dbee8ffb8_PXL_20231112_011530636_exported_437_1699760324585.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTICiQmVJqnhJOppCfvy2WJCvLBe-nE125lkUOqicnyQEXw35vz0bpF8O5ZOrOK0bKJSgQDAbuWKa0QAdFJ_E4jF4FKPia9jFon5dzkDdAjCOi8GWG8bsZf5hQ9SDui7HaFmKaxOm1nfE6ULdrH2Hik-4iwBWtJBapBC9Z4MwbUjqSn8dD3A1DJ8Dshg/s3487/original_b3afbb41-14b5-4a28-9060-a3b01f82589a_PXL_20231112_011532041.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2709" data-original-width="3487" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTICiQmVJqnhJOppCfvy2WJCvLBe-nE125lkUOqicnyQEXw35vz0bpF8O5ZOrOK0bKJSgQDAbuWKa0QAdFJ_E4jF4FKPia9jFon5dzkDdAjCOi8GWG8bsZf5hQ9SDui7HaFmKaxOm1nfE6ULdrH2Hik-4iwBWtJBapBC9Z4MwbUjqSn8dD3A1DJ8Dshg/w400-h311/original_b3afbb41-14b5-4a28-9060-a3b01f82589a_PXL_20231112_011532041.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Our group was a little smaller than usual with only abouut 45 rather than 75 which is normal for this annual meeting.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxg-c0x7xIn3XJFcyGRHk9c1zlxO0K4ardDiL8fVnmbGC6_jYs0OFF0-OQtfQsUmd3HfSMTPzIoCwnkkK3ovTSOd8Yh3eFMoBA86NOy5EjZAH5Wt9Os4eVR9IVzPaVtANVA2DCXaZtsDcMqdgAHvJiDLqrCz5K9u22px-9tKKe3P6qahyphenhyphenPKZ-b2O9S9xo/s1599/FB_IMG_1699914915988.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1599" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxg-c0x7xIn3XJFcyGRHk9c1zlxO0K4ardDiL8fVnmbGC6_jYs0OFF0-OQtfQsUmd3HfSMTPzIoCwnkkK3ovTSOd8Yh3eFMoBA86NOy5EjZAH5Wt9Os4eVR9IVzPaVtANVA2DCXaZtsDcMqdgAHvJiDLqrCz5K9u22px-9tKKe3P6qahyphenhyphenPKZ-b2O9S9xo/w400-h180/FB_IMG_1699914915988.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>It was a nice rally in a very nice park.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32YGyXEmnvr3HOERv0gQBCDci8ExkxRpTswldV-33WA76NNSOeIOQeNURhrirBEogMQHQbq8EJhECGQHekjd14DuntpfMQAYzZHSjaduSO5Kln8Kv4zpVOMALKhVAJWkJqN6p8FXCUoHOxD87OP5SnvrGt6CGn7J5RLcJppW0FpwNK2YgrMmSQnExCic/s2048/FB_IMG_1699681640302.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32YGyXEmnvr3HOERv0gQBCDci8ExkxRpTswldV-33WA76NNSOeIOQeNURhrirBEogMQHQbq8EJhECGQHekjd14DuntpfMQAYzZHSjaduSO5Kln8Kv4zpVOMALKhVAJWkJqN6p8FXCUoHOxD87OP5SnvrGt6CGn7J5RLcJppW0FpwNK2YgrMmSQnExCic/s320/FB_IMG_1699681640302.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>TravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050287180076649026.post-24207465225289553682023-11-10T13:46:00.137-06:002023-11-20T16:52:05.120-06:002023-11-10 Fredericksburg TX<p> I recently made a trip to Fredericksburg Texas one of my favorite places in the Hill Country. Our Texas Ramblin' Roses chapter of RVing Women was having a rally there but more on that later.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpnNUCkFFSG-5G0cUBGF4PmxWg_WvfXqINc-7VQ2kGdrGI_CVkCfCa4smRtHDw8cANi2LOaUWk4lT_308mJMD0dKsu2kv8HvSai1SroG8PqnOCNhRABR5yjaJIBJKeviaddIO-jO3xAeslG50wYTLl55b_DfzwmkT5TjyrII9M95xjyP11Mky9Z9VBbA/s3153/original_ec2621b5-d465-44ae-bb7c-dfe2aa6557c9_PXL_20231112_201219077.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="3153" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSpnNUCkFFSG-5G0cUBGF4PmxWg_WvfXqINc-7VQ2kGdrGI_CVkCfCa4smRtHDw8cANi2LOaUWk4lT_308mJMD0dKsu2kv8HvSai1SroG8PqnOCNhRABR5yjaJIBJKeviaddIO-jO3xAeslG50wYTLl55b_DfzwmkT5TjyrII9M95xjyP11Mky9Z9VBbA/w400-h221/original_ec2621b5-d465-44ae-bb7c-dfe2aa6557c9_PXL_20231112_201219077.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I love Fredericksburg and always take the opportunity to take in the sites. This town always seems to be so international. Not only does it have a distinct German flavor due to the early settlers but you will find visitors from all over the world here. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHNi6Cp8pCRR7CLh5H855SSaj6a09wYZUgoj9_McG6o9LE0Ckb7X4KoGszrxTsmpEx7zYRFE6n3jCEfnsG3EZP9bktrXH2IErtmNhypFJI2rtaf3ZJnA4Xw1A2D_Gb1oJkGC0t05IUPsiR_a6BXHsDCD5-L4MD5rUu-LZZn3TxLTm5WUS-U8uX2g1vU0/s4032/PXL_20231112_201521454.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDHNi6Cp8pCRR7CLh5H855SSaj6a09wYZUgoj9_McG6o9LE0Ckb7X4KoGszrxTsmpEx7zYRFE6n3jCEfnsG3EZP9bktrXH2IErtmNhypFJI2rtaf3ZJnA4Xw1A2D_Gb1oJkGC0t05IUPsiR_a6BXHsDCD5-L4MD5rUu-LZZn3TxLTm5WUS-U8uX2g1vU0/w400-h300/PXL_20231112_201521454.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The Marketpatz is an interesting place at any time but they are already getting prepared for the Christmas season.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWN82sK_U4_lJThebrvs-6aJQjUz7xaz1CeCccEaJhHwMfTfVZsaOyzait98n1pGgKls7qZmxmknPkFwUWzXZNiniCwuug5UuK1jshM4T1SHHJhvqZnDSVxlLyH7IYO5xIsJRvegVq2kUWFcOPZYj5WcWI-bpWpryAgpDcEu-vwPEbO4bXK66Ol_gC9nU/s4032/PXL_20231112_205159976.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWN82sK_U4_lJThebrvs-6aJQjUz7xaz1CeCccEaJhHwMfTfVZsaOyzait98n1pGgKls7qZmxmknPkFwUWzXZNiniCwuug5UuK1jshM4T1SHHJhvqZnDSVxlLyH7IYO5xIsJRvegVq2kUWFcOPZYj5WcWI-bpWpryAgpDcEu-vwPEbO4bXK66Ol_gC9nU/w300-h400/PXL_20231112_205159976.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This is the Vereins Kirche Museum.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJmj2wM6BEmV9rbb4mna91kuzTF6goXcWXXvNlIEJFXnMuA9giCWQutkMnBmMNW_yiknC1Q72taB4VwiAQqRTsKkjFWuGZzyn6x7BOMAstPEtIk96rowtnej23ld1RXoFJsCQm4A_ZG69FPXUCoUQWlXXeDT1Z9LE5haDxOHcKOLEovyKh7wIE21kgrA/s4032/PXL_20231112_205229467.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJmj2wM6BEmV9rbb4mna91kuzTF6goXcWXXvNlIEJFXnMuA9giCWQutkMnBmMNW_yiknC1Q72taB4VwiAQqRTsKkjFWuGZzyn6x7BOMAstPEtIk96rowtnej23ld1RXoFJsCQm4A_ZG69FPXUCoUQWlXXeDT1Z9LE5haDxOHcKOLEovyKh7wIE21kgrA/w300-h400/PXL_20231112_205229467.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The library is right across the street from the Marketplatz.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChkzjR-zobADA-paHjxybyrvcBCs6v8vk_41YbBVgTPBW4TSlvPiO-sKM_IYQ-w9Ozh-Wosz-r8wqnD90NjF8EE0-HZlK5qe4Mi8IDWMO8RRMqDZfR0pBqIpxjAGu74knJsN9H1IMemuZupqpmQ6uyZtJzZqbvJ7VuRRC367FK2cbVBuv2M-aoLDyPns/s4032/PXL_20231112_205413103.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChkzjR-zobADA-paHjxybyrvcBCs6v8vk_41YbBVgTPBW4TSlvPiO-sKM_IYQ-w9Ozh-Wosz-r8wqnD90NjF8EE0-HZlK5qe4Mi8IDWMO8RRMqDZfR0pBqIpxjAGu74knJsN9H1IMemuZupqpmQ6uyZtJzZqbvJ7VuRRC367FK2cbVBuv2M-aoLDyPns/w320-h240/PXL_20231112_205413103.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We had lunch at Rathskeller Bistro in the basement of an 1800s stone building which was the old Memorial Keidel Hospital. There is a fantastic kitchen shop on the main floor.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNvAh3_e_gK535QW8m6UKsesHIYtHSvBdtnIXA05BFOiv2GnHgxLN4IRRCgHIBhsoYYPDHK-lowqV-Atb8O__8XV0QyW7aymQ_paMf6sLQD6MDUll_l5JmSGvJsQ1EqhXAnxsAlrZ5PSbmByRYdsPq2T7yX89KZjHTgJRFtSgZTlnUKeeOfSlaqzEv3_g/s4032/PXL_20231109_001406636.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNvAh3_e_gK535QW8m6UKsesHIYtHSvBdtnIXA05BFOiv2GnHgxLN4IRRCgHIBhsoYYPDHK-lowqV-Atb8O__8XV0QyW7aymQ_paMf6sLQD6MDUll_l5JmSGvJsQ1EqhXAnxsAlrZ5PSbmByRYdsPq2T7yX89KZjHTgJRFtSgZTlnUKeeOfSlaqzEv3_g/w300-h400/PXL_20231109_001406636.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I also took a drive out to the Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQki7wnJGICz4DiSO0TAUMhUhZGFz2ZuasFNEUii8kRslwpIYo74Hv1ry1wN2V76pHeHCJO-dOqdQVVxp7beM2TFZ_CsFUjYiQ1AxjNRIoJQJI9hsIwpy6bvgtNk1GaBT4QbzyAHtdFa8UAdCffiMhN0GFI0bJt2oHvua3Gnc_t4GJl-xl5Ajj2cVMOE/s4032/PXL_20231112_202830544.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQki7wnJGICz4DiSO0TAUMhUhZGFz2ZuasFNEUii8kRslwpIYo74Hv1ry1wN2V76pHeHCJO-dOqdQVVxp7beM2TFZ_CsFUjYiQ1AxjNRIoJQJI9hsIwpy6bvgtNk1GaBT4QbzyAHtdFa8UAdCffiMhN0GFI0bJt2oHvua3Gnc_t4GJl-xl5Ajj2cVMOE/w400-h300/PXL_20231112_202830544.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>It's located right behind the airport and includes an RV park and golf course. The RV park is very popular. The park grounds are also very popular.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YAA5M6IC_AQCJi4I0e-szXPQVlvDJ_C7v9LS0D-YJGK8ddSXVDfgKTcsen6OyFepMOsbdFg2cwsWMCPiL4DF-egqfCKUjGBDQPkw-FBJykf4A5WX-Fq4Burv8BTtRgprRhX64ZBHUKzCNQPiP_UY7_OAxd322iqa-FL8m2r5Wc2wZPt72DRXpORe6Mg/s3212/original_58fc4fa4-067a-4afb-918f-3559ed59d835_PXL_20231112_203841878.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2271" data-original-width="3212" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3YAA5M6IC_AQCJi4I0e-szXPQVlvDJ_C7v9LS0D-YJGK8ddSXVDfgKTcsen6OyFepMOsbdFg2cwsWMCPiL4DF-egqfCKUjGBDQPkw-FBJykf4A5WX-Fq4Burv8BTtRgprRhX64ZBHUKzCNQPiP_UY7_OAxd322iqa-FL8m2r5Wc2wZPt72DRXpORe6Mg/w400-h283/original_58fc4fa4-067a-4afb-918f-3559ed59d835_PXL_20231112_203841878.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNymsNMLnISk7RFCqjhDS0Mk5YKJxuxVb4TNelwP7bLo1y-0z6JxCMIDLDEhL0DkOyQxZhvnE4AuXvSwjwRgpctxUEvhFf2kl8gvkIcPIfMjAp8ljaySj_69_sv6gnYevvMqmlVK-cGFSEtddq0zpt_IVM6z3oBXPG4rYc7SrH1aSW_acx7CCzB20s9ys/s3498/original_b25251dc-7fa8-4707-aafd-33e31c430142_PXL_20231112_203913628.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2381" data-original-width="3498" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNymsNMLnISk7RFCqjhDS0Mk5YKJxuxVb4TNelwP7bLo1y-0z6JxCMIDLDEhL0DkOyQxZhvnE4AuXvSwjwRgpctxUEvhFf2kl8gvkIcPIfMjAp8ljaySj_69_sv6gnYevvMqmlVK-cGFSEtddq0zpt_IVM6z3oBXPG4rYc7SrH1aSW_acx7CCzB20s9ys/w400-h272/original_b25251dc-7fa8-4707-aafd-33e31c430142_PXL_20231112_203913628.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Interesting use of a tree stump as the old house in a shoe.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6RgEEYa3yBffmUR9BOGPaOIJBP0y7u1QpJ5tnmXdog3tuVlu7oYJZ6Kxe9nbH3wozQLvTmhyphenhyphenl985ADh2L_KYnTW9vo29GDfInL3xeaJ5zyKDENBXvFGM4E1FB-crkqYPRO0GWRsocYgn014wL0YXyt3gdswAt0cuYumeWsE3_EC_O2WRxMWjxImSKcyc/s4032/PXL_20231112_204008137.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6RgEEYa3yBffmUR9BOGPaOIJBP0y7u1QpJ5tnmXdog3tuVlu7oYJZ6Kxe9nbH3wozQLvTmhyphenhyphenl985ADh2L_KYnTW9vo29GDfInL3xeaJ5zyKDENBXvFGM4E1FB-crkqYPRO0GWRsocYgn014wL0YXyt3gdswAt0cuYumeWsE3_EC_O2WRxMWjxImSKcyc/w300-h400/PXL_20231112_204008137.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The German wooden Christmas tree was already up. I stopped to take a picture for two tourists so they could both be in the picture. Christmas wreaths were being put up on the light posts downtown and several stores were already decorated.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ZNhMcduHdyt1a30gz4dlTV5cfDcvEwaOoTjfUxruO2qAv9NLjdAkTdh3sEwxF-WfsYd9VC0nFhEEanDKn5yuMR6rLV13-29gNPRdb6Sr1uE_cjo67wuUCLlCQRG3nBP4b4x7YMyXEzoqxPD5S5bvQkyG2dlFFqDDv8o4C5EcWc_70Sn3JyzO_cpZSKo/s4032/PXL_20231112_205143977.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ZNhMcduHdyt1a30gz4dlTV5cfDcvEwaOoTjfUxruO2qAv9NLjdAkTdh3sEwxF-WfsYd9VC0nFhEEanDKn5yuMR6rLV13-29gNPRdb6Sr1uE_cjo67wuUCLlCQRG3nBP4b4x7YMyXEzoqxPD5S5bvQkyG2dlFFqDDv8o4C5EcWc_70Sn3JyzO_cpZSKo/w300-h400/PXL_20231112_205143977.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Several of us had lunch at Hondo's on Main. It was raining but didn't get too wet. Thank goodness we went early because there was a lineup to get in when we left.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxb77Hq-3SRIFC4_chxOaHhWbRuyjPlih9aIoE0dGdETxzY-k6P-JqOSM7mqojY7Ecmk5y17mVt8UFm9eJWDNiEl7k3NOdb-gvHchHmA4q3JF-eDjVRX9ow5ZZ-BMDABf0rt5iN3gwoXn-YnuFyes-CRXwt_VaH0divp6KzwY9nSKOWSysS04HDlYKmkw/s4032/PXL_20231113_003749775.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxb77Hq-3SRIFC4_chxOaHhWbRuyjPlih9aIoE0dGdETxzY-k6P-JqOSM7mqojY7Ecmk5y17mVt8UFm9eJWDNiEl7k3NOdb-gvHchHmA4q3JF-eDjVRX9ow5ZZ-BMDABf0rt5iN3gwoXn-YnuFyes-CRXwt_VaH0divp6KzwY9nSKOWSysS04HDlYKmkw/w300-h400/PXL_20231113_003749775.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Hondo Crouch is pretty famous in Texas. He bought Luckenbach and put it on the map.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqv5jH3v1Dp_hyphenhyphenBv88fX5gN1pCsxWoZxVp5_yJpV4FZTWf4cMEV-pwPyql0H18bOSnkAbd9oEBFE1NvpdcwcjfM3-QeYEre2I1H8OiDGKUdloFfhM4IbGOufZWxaH4YhXwhHniDMAPpDakqvkAb9ron7_7XlLaGs4B3ozJUGEgOE-QLrmCMYUdW2C_6vM/s4032/PXL_20231113_000854268.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqv5jH3v1Dp_hyphenhyphenBv88fX5gN1pCsxWoZxVp5_yJpV4FZTWf4cMEV-pwPyql0H18bOSnkAbd9oEBFE1NvpdcwcjfM3-QeYEre2I1H8OiDGKUdloFfhM4IbGOufZWxaH4YhXwhHniDMAPpDakqvkAb9ron7_7XlLaGs4B3ozJUGEgOE-QLrmCMYUdW2C_6vM/w400-h300/PXL_20231113_000854268.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>They had a good two man band playing while we were there. The food was good too.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrnv-QR4qBpjzAQ5wZxLr03JzOviYosRnyuv7KvcZUtsZpka8pkB0cTILvSRE6uVx1bxgDeT4yxGN_dE9-Ps8ZYrxbFi9w0yuBjVTwLplLQ2TwnjErQw1MRHn6aFjSPE2e3boUONaKo_N9qKP4hoRpxHo-JMBkck-BJ5IpjK3zjrkQreh2ArqNhW8_cgE/s4032/PXL_20231113_000221361.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrnv-QR4qBpjzAQ5wZxLr03JzOviYosRnyuv7KvcZUtsZpka8pkB0cTILvSRE6uVx1bxgDeT4yxGN_dE9-Ps8ZYrxbFi9w0yuBjVTwLplLQ2TwnjErQw1MRHn6aFjSPE2e3boUONaKo_N9qKP4hoRpxHo-JMBkck-BJ5IpjK3zjrkQreh2ArqNhW8_cgE/w400-h300/PXL_20231113_000221361.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21EB-EzMO9v90QiXT6VlT1mQ2zknHOJfbX27JiB1t9jMS62nTt1hF5Pk2GYj9NJpITU4exdXP6LZvL7FoPYJVfoHP5bYhvFxXLKRYXUeBbqbF-JJWHZQ9OclEmNs8bibVdzt_IQuYdz8DB8YjCEFIctf41Bk82Waw-1CHhsc2PQgww5UoO3i-BtbPPoo/s2464/original_8528cbf1-365a-4f38-aed6-7cf9cefe244b_PXL_20231113_000224292.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2464" data-original-width="2387" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21EB-EzMO9v90QiXT6VlT1mQ2zknHOJfbX27JiB1t9jMS62nTt1hF5Pk2GYj9NJpITU4exdXP6LZvL7FoPYJVfoHP5bYhvFxXLKRYXUeBbqbF-JJWHZQ9OclEmNs8bibVdzt_IQuYdz8DB8YjCEFIctf41Bk82Waw-1CHhsc2PQgww5UoO3i-BtbPPoo/w388-h400/original_8528cbf1-365a-4f38-aed6-7cf9cefe244b_PXL_20231113_000224292.jpg" width="388" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2C0c7qzFi6xe3dceNrCIVxXsj5uPhYQgpUellkdDChUWXH1vpYLnHKN2ZHOncjc4KhfSkrgAXQoOtxWmWBbiawYYarPlL0fDrAZ5TKDhIxFZik0ibzYe-4TMblROQS6bCNtcIAh6M_7k1Apd84XPBQfpJ0lB7Swr8hDcE6tvj6kOPPAZySa-9zz5bRA/s2048/PXL_20231113_000226921_exported_511_1699934293456.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2C0c7qzFi6xe3dceNrCIVxXsj5uPhYQgpUellkdDChUWXH1vpYLnHKN2ZHOncjc4KhfSkrgAXQoOtxWmWBbiawYYarPlL0fDrAZ5TKDhIxFZik0ibzYe-4TMblROQS6bCNtcIAh6M_7k1Apd84XPBQfpJ0lB7Swr8hDcE6tvj6kOPPAZySa-9zz5bRA/w400-h300/PXL_20231113_000226921_exported_511_1699934293456.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>After dinner, we had to make a quick stop at Clear River. This place is open later than any place else on Main Street other than restaurants. They have great homemade ice cream in so many different flavors. They also have pastries and sandwiches. Years ago we would bring our RV to Fredericksburg and stay at the Lady Bird Johnson RV park between Christmas and New Years. We often ended up at Clear River last thing in the evening for coffee after walking around downtown.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFDsQtSISuSNMyPSdm4SP95C7kBV6u8q4ofOtbx_zZKxxorgrTNvLU-W4uH5CCskQtaPiR1gYr83Z9c0Jb3RAnRlL_Xoj5h3QZTmmTzfIt3AlXXR-r7fuTWGTz8XePZXRQJk62zZpLN4t-pN_WIZE5x0caAMupMJkkhxSp7aoMfRDDVQ3vIijbt-aEmlI/s1440/Screenshot_20231120-153648.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1440" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFDsQtSISuSNMyPSdm4SP95C7kBV6u8q4ofOtbx_zZKxxorgrTNvLU-W4uH5CCskQtaPiR1gYr83Z9c0Jb3RAnRlL_Xoj5h3QZTmmTzfIt3AlXXR-r7fuTWGTz8XePZXRQJk62zZpLN4t-pN_WIZE5x0caAMupMJkkhxSp7aoMfRDDVQ3vIijbt-aEmlI/w400-h274/Screenshot_20231120-153648.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>TravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050287180076649026.post-92077231886446358602023-10-27T17:39:00.091-05:002023-11-05T13:17:52.996-06:002023-10-27 Tour of Bastrop Texas <p> Bastrop is a nice smaller town about 75 miles east north east from San Antonio. There are interesting things to see, a great state park near town, and the usual amenities like hotels, restaurants, Walmart, and HEB.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMVWHihBX_4ZpbQlX-1vBF34iKwwBUITYuiHt4RtoC2CBrtNXR6xv5BkJIsvlK_5f-lFf9Alv3TAXISJ8UvrFHTlC-nomG41gfjvwj6qAK9Yk5E2ixxsUMb6tyOT2iYtQ2Sz5hBZ9xIsbQoFPGv8aun7pfsnkwtEMZel8nv82fdnwOmGk8oJ7mQvcP_hw/s3511/original_198c7cf7-24dc-4c58-ab7f-847794e5105d_PXL_20231024_155837086.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2461" data-original-width="3511" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMVWHihBX_4ZpbQlX-1vBF34iKwwBUITYuiHt4RtoC2CBrtNXR6xv5BkJIsvlK_5f-lFf9Alv3TAXISJ8UvrFHTlC-nomG41gfjvwj6qAK9Yk5E2ixxsUMb6tyOT2iYtQ2Sz5hBZ9xIsbQoFPGv8aun7pfsnkwtEMZel8nv82fdnwOmGk8oJ7mQvcP_hw/w640-h448/original_198c7cf7-24dc-4c58-ab7f-847794e5105d_PXL_20231024_155837086.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There is an interesting Main Street to explore.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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See the bars?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilx6Vf7ull6HRCe2n2DJpUGi9vElNyVdOtkeiHq7XhXa-Zrgx0JYBhSKpNQH7NM4FIEbaZW_tX27bDFbzwj6bN5IpGV98L8ZtOPJqHnS87kUXWqEcxsThk3oqPf5Uan6uUdxmcBvzk6t2dbEsLPmBjHMWjbvI63cPp4JYxr-sLu-zuDjt4YG-zcsGTzE4/s4032/PXL_20231024_161020112.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilx6Vf7ull6HRCe2n2DJpUGi9vElNyVdOtkeiHq7XhXa-Zrgx0JYBhSKpNQH7NM4FIEbaZW_tX27bDFbzwj6bN5IpGV98L8ZtOPJqHnS87kUXWqEcxsThk3oqPf5Uan6uUdxmcBvzk6t2dbEsLPmBjHMWjbvI63cPp4JYxr-sLu-zuDjt4YG-zcsGTzE4/w400-h300/PXL_20231024_161020112.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>An old gas station serving as a bank.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZheAvYOabRK9cz9Ff0XqpkCv857_JahyphenhyphenFSo6qEDHetcFZjuHoFVBK0xJrx7WO98dSQCZSNCzfR3q6Jx1PlV2a3R2W420X-i21wZBrSVodZ3-lYRBgLLGbMqGyYlQXDoBygP0j2aR5K5NAHllrvSA7CaCKa3REtXnPxBIjHn2v1WY70VSI14ULbeIprvk/s4032/PXL_20231024_164053381.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Ooh! Happy Halloween.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYm3kaQ2Nl7umP2IZ5aiX9u1LFouvaR9kpLodnJ0jR_WZt-s4O_gKRxXVIqrhOkTXcHT5zBYCf4NOw43BiBzguGDOabIDweC3dX4oPBSFUU_CdpFu5-X5bf6C1rhbzursZg05L0C9OklgkPtNq_6amtiH4QzVW8hzxJR_iE7LQDKudFo7Xr4KC9vxSrY/s3688/original_f1534533-52d8-4907-94c8-e004189f97a2_PXL_20231027_165604428.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2717" data-original-width="3688" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWYm3kaQ2Nl7umP2IZ5aiX9u1LFouvaR9kpLodnJ0jR_WZt-s4O_gKRxXVIqrhOkTXcHT5zBYCf4NOw43BiBzguGDOabIDweC3dX4oPBSFUU_CdpFu5-X5bf6C1rhbzursZg05L0C9OklgkPtNq_6amtiH4QzVW8hzxJR_iE7LQDKudFo7Xr4KC9vxSrY/w640-h472/original_f1534533-52d8-4907-94c8-e004189f97a2_PXL_20231027_165604428.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>The idea of a scavenger tour was a great one. You just never know what you will find. Every town has things to see if you just take the time to look.</p>TravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050287180076649026.post-50731856534055094002023-10-26T17:34:00.121-05:002023-11-05T12:56:20.674-06:002023-10-26 Bastrop Texas Ramblin' Roses Rally<p> Texas Ramblin' Roses Rallies are always great especially if you come early and stay late. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixEdzHuoj_RnlyMW3OCkWbCUl8DblxqduNy_9YJNaApZayGTkPAcR7WxjE7bALr0I1QYW40Ar9WscwXLfNJuHpuboSRqGYhecTEFoY8l-8mkH6R99hEBoroE3Zm_auv1GB4FPHu50KZTThSJi02dQeLfUemxBKpGGTGcLIlW_6n2CSHcmyJ_uZNvhFaAo/s480/17291.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixEdzHuoj_RnlyMW3OCkWbCUl8DblxqduNy_9YJNaApZayGTkPAcR7WxjE7bALr0I1QYW40Ar9WscwXLfNJuHpuboSRqGYhecTEFoY8l-8mkH6R99hEBoroE3Zm_auv1GB4FPHu50KZTThSJi02dQeLfUemxBKpGGTGcLIlW_6n2CSHcmyJ_uZNvhFaAo/w300-h400/17291.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Teri is a full timer but this area is her home stomping ground. She told us about Snow's BBQ in Lexington Texas. The pitmaster is Tootsie Tomanetz. She's over 80 and very well known in the BBQ world. She has been featured on Texas Country Reporter and Texas Monthly. Snow's is only open on Saturdays and the line starts early.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8pqD6csepb4q3uKGJRe4TCVD7be_HQn8PVIIjJXJY0x1c-g21s4QrVsMuGj0MZh-A-dmKX_-WIoP_Dh_CrbnIWwFOBhPYbNPLdvJNx4y9EEBHkM6oF3MyJAAyZWMX3Lq-XWyweFUloDLf73mo3zWMFEe7gwR4eTF1YeZM_pQyZ3N8cmbuiSGwFj2da4/s1841/original_d39b5e66-4ad8-44e9-8ee6-646a05adf85e_PXL_20231021_135354099.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="989" data-original-width="1841" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8pqD6csepb4q3uKGJRe4TCVD7be_HQn8PVIIjJXJY0x1c-g21s4QrVsMuGj0MZh-A-dmKX_-WIoP_Dh_CrbnIWwFOBhPYbNPLdvJNx4y9EEBHkM6oF3MyJAAyZWMX3Lq-XWyweFUloDLf73mo3zWMFEe7gwR4eTF1YeZM_pQyZ3N8cmbuiSGwFj2da4/w400-h215/original_d39b5e66-4ad8-44e9-8ee6-646a05adf85e_PXL_20231021_135354099.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Did I mention there is a line and the line starts early? It wraps around the block even though they don't start selling until 8 AM. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHC_LIFHGSeYM-_u6JEg0xi7t8dkEtmQFcGUGCtAIA_k2xppx4debbMsuMGsjXjjsKs86JOPK4KhoO38Agm-J634R4zaFz8hxO8E3fhXtb6xvGqVUW0q-ivuUOYhZhGBwuTCLXf0KVkgKO0d3bw8IzDLXz9Q_dPvzF5igmeaqMr4FaHIUnXki-7YKjcKA/s4032/PXL_20231021_135117891.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHC_LIFHGSeYM-_u6JEg0xi7t8dkEtmQFcGUGCtAIA_k2xppx4debbMsuMGsjXjjsKs86JOPK4KhoO38Agm-J634R4zaFz8hxO8E3fhXtb6xvGqVUW0q-ivuUOYhZhGBwuTCLXf0KVkgKO0d3bw8IzDLXz9Q_dPvzF5igmeaqMr4FaHIUnXki-7YKjcKA/w400-h300/PXL_20231021_135117891.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Teri, Sherry, and Teresa arrived at 8:30 AM and were around the block. They waited in line for 3 hours. Elaine and I arrived at 9 AM and decided we weren't going to stand in line for hours and they do run out sometimes. the other women decided to stick it out and insisted they would get us some. They did and it was very good (and expensive too) but a 3 hour wait is just too much.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjb6r7M8Cg84fzogXWZMMQoKTUPIAf6wXFK0B9qRkeRkrCQx_BAA2YD2mqLrwaiaM-ooRtqj0-8SSkTZhKoBluJBd6vslQeTBa7K9XAc3KC5PB48MUBNoPy0NjGpraXzU2AqDEJVhJ4YCOmu8P_9i6Bn9nMZOnUkPx72bOB15pcQiEj8oJLJ0-zRbS9Hs/s4032/PXL_20231021_135132397.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjb6r7M8Cg84fzogXWZMMQoKTUPIAf6wXFK0B9qRkeRkrCQx_BAA2YD2mqLrwaiaM-ooRtqj0-8SSkTZhKoBluJBd6vslQeTBa7K9XAc3KC5PB48MUBNoPy0NjGpraXzU2AqDEJVhJ4YCOmu8P_9i6Bn9nMZOnUkPx72bOB15pcQiEj8oJLJ0-zRbS9Hs/w400-h300/PXL_20231021_135132397.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Rain was a big possibility during this rally and we did not have a rally room since it was a state park. Teri had a cover stored at a friend's house which she picked up and we those of us that arrived early set it up on Friday. This was not just one of those easyup clamshells but a large 20 by 10 foot cover with tie downs.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6X6hxY3fNH7iaPbbdba5AjM-ybC_Vb3s1MRwqqNYhrp7uhsoAgrNj1DnyJ9_VYk5yfE3l9NdcfuRk8BZ_nIoHe-osODjlWkqwajf7hw3QKqG0k-q374d9_GIOYNnVN-zQNOpwi00tHvsTHBQRVMGdyFzjxdg9HmX6pz5LEjRuFuTX69zA-seSETQYDXE/s4032/PXL_20231022_144153310.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6X6hxY3fNH7iaPbbdba5AjM-ybC_Vb3s1MRwqqNYhrp7uhsoAgrNj1DnyJ9_VYk5yfE3l9NdcfuRk8BZ_nIoHe-osODjlWkqwajf7hw3QKqG0k-q374d9_GIOYNnVN-zQNOpwi00tHvsTHBQRVMGdyFzjxdg9HmX6pz5LEjRuFuTX69zA-seSETQYDXE/w400-h300/PXL_20231022_144153310.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We put the top together on the ground and then those of us that are tall lifted it up while others put the poles in place.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpIru0BshVft-qIvumJlanj3ZNA4K9YPHSeFkUxSOKm4enL82DxrXIcj0q-svQfGOUcY9er82sQunnV-2z0fiTkJSKGywobZSYmNjN4Lc_edAP3GQys2FW1NbPrZCy6CO5YaU5myjF1k2wQVEXj-ku3vv16UAr9QQaNVjCjWTcpH7RQGSy8VQIkBIRps/s4032/PXL_20231022_144248062.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWpIru0BshVft-qIvumJlanj3ZNA4K9YPHSeFkUxSOKm4enL82DxrXIcj0q-svQfGOUcY9er82sQunnV-2z0fiTkJSKGywobZSYmNjN4Lc_edAP3GQys2FW1NbPrZCy6CO5YaU5myjF1k2wQVEXj-ku3vv16UAr9QQaNVjCjWTcpH7RQGSy8VQIkBIRps/w400-h300/PXL_20231022_144248062.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And then we tied the top to the frame and staked it down with guy ropes. Elaine brought two 8 foot long tables for under it. It came in handy for both shade and rain drops. Several other women brought easy-ups which we put over top a couple picnic table where we set up food and a coffee stand.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHFzhG96MTaUpkUy24AdKBG0RxDW3LoDzOu262XM_0mjC5l0B1icTw9RMWyYX6yWIpjxKC7F99JetAoIuN2jxm2TmMjUaD9tG9BbUQhv5kU6h5GYVQdc3skpQfdsg0Mn8PcAYJeWmc9Vu53u0MH0ZmZxzDoP2yX8aQLSEYPG5l_jtPI_j46tJhdvx-oNY/s4032/PXL_20231022_144304280.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHFzhG96MTaUpkUy24AdKBG0RxDW3LoDzOu262XM_0mjC5l0B1icTw9RMWyYX6yWIpjxKC7F99JetAoIuN2jxm2TmMjUaD9tG9BbUQhv5kU6h5GYVQdc3skpQfdsg0Mn8PcAYJeWmc9Vu53u0MH0ZmZxzDoP2yX8aQLSEYPG5l_jtPI_j46tJhdvx-oNY/w400-h300/PXL_20231022_144304280.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Several of ventured into town to Maxine's for breakfast (a couple times). It was great.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJlYD6CxoxgiTRTuCaBU0DvL5uXxRqaBGYGHV4nGo-acImLBPT0XsUHuc5OCO4sw87cuL1YSdX1cBiThfmIG-jneL-O3764qjxm7bd_zszG1qWXvMShpGTI1b6e17yR7mkbFXjRFMs8AXd5_u_XbnFLJQrdk8hb3FmBHGm0dcvyMCmR90QWMdqvK4zOQ/s4032/PXL_20231024_153518545.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJlYD6CxoxgiTRTuCaBU0DvL5uXxRqaBGYGHV4nGo-acImLBPT0XsUHuc5OCO4sw87cuL1YSdX1cBiThfmIG-jneL-O3764qjxm7bd_zszG1qWXvMShpGTI1b6e17yR7mkbFXjRFMs8AXd5_u_XbnFLJQrdk8hb3FmBHGm0dcvyMCmR90QWMdqvK4zOQ/w400-h300/PXL_20231024_153518545.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We also gathered other places.....<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmNwwj2-y5QX81YmvYUf4jVMoHkkpunl3zQbO0H2qZlQKh0zSrEO7kyrOIgRAKSKI_eVoaPxtugKCTeBtEbzxO6vbLx5HIa0He8gekwQJsyGo2_KYpgmXyA8EQkCuVUj4LpyPmoQCFNdy4m_o1r9vGJi8plSHvzkT2tD-vbR3uA70pqxtEy8K-hLLrMU/s4032/PXL_20231024_224903708.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdmNwwj2-y5QX81YmvYUf4jVMoHkkpunl3zQbO0H2qZlQKh0zSrEO7kyrOIgRAKSKI_eVoaPxtugKCTeBtEbzxO6vbLx5HIa0He8gekwQJsyGo2_KYpgmXyA8EQkCuVUj4LpyPmoQCFNdy4m_o1r9vGJi8plSHvzkT2tD-vbR3uA70pqxtEy8K-hLLrMU/w400-h300/PXL_20231024_224903708.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>...for a weinie roast and s'mores.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbk-k42TAI8A9qhElFIfk5mFggh7tdR1XPDJD8pGFJZ5wGWCsODzxF4juqn1yU3pWJWlxiM7P8jb23GaKRzz5GYKU_JbzJWnRkuz2RELTn-1WvXCyRyYCGQs3Ym0E7fpkF1dbKFDUJyiNa6Rr4_9LV_qjq8ceDNdMjpQwtrG1hqECru0mFhEvoCki-sqE/s3396/original_ec016a8d-cf5f-44a6-9bf0-f77fe0b7649e_PXL_20231024_231830209.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3396" data-original-width="2993" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbk-k42TAI8A9qhElFIfk5mFggh7tdR1XPDJD8pGFJZ5wGWCsODzxF4juqn1yU3pWJWlxiM7P8jb23GaKRzz5GYKU_JbzJWnRkuz2RELTn-1WvXCyRyYCGQs3Ym0E7fpkF1dbKFDUJyiNa6Rr4_9LV_qjq8ceDNdMjpQwtrG1hqECru0mFhEvoCki-sqE/w353-h400/original_ec016a8d-cf5f-44a6-9bf0-f77fe0b7649e_PXL_20231024_231830209.MP.jpg" width="353" /></a></div><div><br /></div>If you want to set around in a circle, you can play "Left, Right, Center" in a big plastic box.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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They just kayaked near the takeout ramp since paddling back agains the wind would have been tough.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTDKJdqZuVA3Z9hWFqUcsVt-4MxS2SXdLAC4NwQX515vesTcOnESNtRy3vFO08kYA0Qva6Wv5wBmllh2DjR2t7ppAh4GLT0aoSp9qNGd5HGhxfBZHQi_C1EO4XRVJRpLE5-Rgf2itLKZEZ182BH6V7hN73P-R3W51da2OopTID5cCE9ZSMNpYeU7ilEl8/s628/original_8c9b2a09-93a9-45a2-8872-578d7fe7af2e_17437.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="628" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTDKJdqZuVA3Z9hWFqUcsVt-4MxS2SXdLAC4NwQX515vesTcOnESNtRy3vFO08kYA0Qva6Wv5wBmllh2DjR2t7ppAh4GLT0aoSp9qNGd5HGhxfBZHQi_C1EO4XRVJRpLE5-Rgf2itLKZEZ182BH6V7hN73P-R3W51da2OopTID5cCE9ZSMNpYeU7ilEl8/w400-h279/original_8c9b2a09-93a9-45a2-8872-578d7fe7af2e_17437.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Plan B worked for some water fun.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQHGi4BbK810vagR_klHXVyRyoUAg3OKikxhR7V5E3S_VcbqNplTrjOoaJpdOPX19ez4JIozXskj905D3B16Di76IBdckyLW71jGmaiXY3PTBTq3De1MdPTTSDvLgFuyWv4lVkzv7FLW6u2UMlixFH5pHBv38NZoVJWvfMQD36rovOgfaCH0r6KkqibU/s640/18117.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="640" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQHGi4BbK810vagR_klHXVyRyoUAg3OKikxhR7V5E3S_VcbqNplTrjOoaJpdOPX19ez4JIozXskj905D3B16Di76IBdckyLW71jGmaiXY3PTBTq3De1MdPTTSDvLgFuyWv4lVkzv7FLW6u2UMlixFH5pHBv38NZoVJWvfMQD36rovOgfaCH0r6KkqibU/w400-h305/18117.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6U16ZqrF7aY6Ek48qYUNorpJGA8W-bf51AkoY5awcsPZtPblWtY_Tx61dGAcyylvjL4a6AGCe5S2TJtuW_67y-ngOo-ic9H7SqxSUs05jC3sSuTw5p7Rd-oFrwo_C7BS7YDAhFKuo2Rb71ihoAJnl0pmAORiMpNcGmdzSOTV9J8uEkAAj1rINnJvP3s/s640/18118.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="640" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6U16ZqrF7aY6Ek48qYUNorpJGA8W-bf51AkoY5awcsPZtPblWtY_Tx61dGAcyylvjL4a6AGCe5S2TJtuW_67y-ngOo-ic9H7SqxSUs05jC3sSuTw5p7Rd-oFrwo_C7BS7YDAhFKuo2Rb71ihoAJnl0pmAORiMpNcGmdzSOTV9J8uEkAAj1rINnJvP3s/w400-h306/18118.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJWA-VA6NquJW42cPDPRrTe4WZMvxdnUuEaQ-WQt3JbLhCacC-6-rnAYDjpNazzbSdF9eIWmv-WbRRR47zCzw9YF8ly-Bt-q6867fg3IzBU3Vwl-4MikaR4oi-6GUJ1Fdcv6UTzopBp1AX5BTEfeKNGsrdngZmL9jnD6unDQjEwDyTwQ5_tHyXYTgguk/s640/18120.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="640" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJWA-VA6NquJW42cPDPRrTe4WZMvxdnUuEaQ-WQt3JbLhCacC-6-rnAYDjpNazzbSdF9eIWmv-WbRRR47zCzw9YF8ly-Bt-q6867fg3IzBU3Vwl-4MikaR4oi-6GUJ1Fdcv6UTzopBp1AX5BTEfeKNGsrdngZmL9jnD6unDQjEwDyTwQ5_tHyXYTgguk/w400-h316/18120.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>It was a great rally. WIth 32 women including 4 new members, it was a smaller rally for our group whch is the case with state park rallies since it is very hard to get sites. Check out my other posts for other things we saw and did during this rally.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpuc96SVMkCL34f-C00JHRh0lMe0-BUrnwKZ-9AwyAU1cwv2z16wJj24oaeOPoUzO6T-nBm8WHGXOEZNmZYEGra7rn6paG1PVYNxDNZhntWT19u-wrikc2sT77KN0zK9ZGGNG1kKdUx5Gvy4YNysri9qEzqe40UlY5E94U8RGwAL0hm785K0-penKqISQ/s1599/FB_IMG_1698285301766.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1599" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpuc96SVMkCL34f-C00JHRh0lMe0-BUrnwKZ-9AwyAU1cwv2z16wJj24oaeOPoUzO6T-nBm8WHGXOEZNmZYEGra7rn6paG1PVYNxDNZhntWT19u-wrikc2sT77KN0zK9ZGGNG1kKdUx5Gvy4YNysri9qEzqe40UlY5E94U8RGwAL0hm785K0-penKqISQ/w400-h180/FB_IMG_1698285301766.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>TravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050287180076649026.post-73570125969081484312023-10-25T17:28:00.100-05:002023-11-05T12:17:03.244-06:002023-10-25 Bastrop TX Museum<p> One of the things some of us did at the rally is to take a tour of the Bastrop Museum. We had a very interesting tour guide. He is sitting in front of the group after we finished the tour.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpf3dg9-nTy9jOXR3ZH8mxT_mu5sBmDIyDVZcOo_NStgOK2iYfUHGVC5vvYJHZ8em8d0VAElyDyxfop3wtT9NZzyzmuI80IHGzPkgQ3S3YUCJfzAci5LYVjP-iGNE4vWyeYzIzHZRyVk4_dvPQy1tsU9RY48vaGTkujmq2Vwk0DYfGqUdNgeo2XkYXbDQ/s540/original_3e13f513-b9a1-44d0-a81a-b2d1204cb127_17509.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="540" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpf3dg9-nTy9jOXR3ZH8mxT_mu5sBmDIyDVZcOo_NStgOK2iYfUHGVC5vvYJHZ8em8d0VAElyDyxfop3wtT9NZzyzmuI80IHGzPkgQ3S3YUCJfzAci5LYVjP-iGNE4vWyeYzIzHZRyVk4_dvPQy1tsU9RY48vaGTkujmq2Vwk0DYfGqUdNgeo2XkYXbDQ/w400-h335/original_3e13f513-b9a1-44d0-a81a-b2d1204cb127_17509.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Texas has a very interesting history. This area has actually been under six different flags beginning with the Spanish.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYm2H7I1OiJzMWaKyZeSU8NJa4f_7gB9_vnDSU7tFjqTt1FmSshKSmxsNbRnFlS4607t0cUONaGw5eo6Jl-2B_Ukr4YYAv0tv3Kq17R1ol6iG8Um9vRbtyaX1h4RdXSZR-Ohrkw6PsstyvQk7LWRBBJxvTggXo3MQS7kxrAq4gEMLuuLF4tMrSbEoe5o/s4032/PXL_20231025_163457836.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCYm2H7I1OiJzMWaKyZeSU8NJa4f_7gB9_vnDSU7tFjqTt1FmSshKSmxsNbRnFlS4607t0cUONaGw5eo6Jl-2B_Ukr4YYAv0tv3Kq17R1ol6iG8Um9vRbtyaX1h4RdXSZR-Ohrkw6PsstyvQk7LWRBBJxvTggXo3MQS7kxrAq4gEMLuuLF4tMrSbEoe5o/w640-h480/PXL_20231025_163457836.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi61ibZkQRZyuX0f2h9MefrzRlcrMWyoShGgF4DFZcQhBUACRuTFfOuVNe01cVJaso9NKhsXsZ3NPm7LM9UO-OBKeA99DYda84_KqsnvDvZw66Oz1Tn7J4m7vgeXlMhQf_1Dcn4r87F5-Bf7kVP_TBleqdcH7wJnIEP28I7xBJ4SVf1HICMlgl__fcAShw/s4032/PXL_20231025_163511465.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi61ibZkQRZyuX0f2h9MefrzRlcrMWyoShGgF4DFZcQhBUACRuTFfOuVNe01cVJaso9NKhsXsZ3NPm7LM9UO-OBKeA99DYda84_KqsnvDvZw66Oz1Tn7J4m7vgeXlMhQf_1Dcn4r87F5-Bf7kVP_TBleqdcH7wJnIEP28I7xBJ4SVf1HICMlgl__fcAShw/w480-h640/PXL_20231025_163511465.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzsrGdVPJWty8YUd4ECpLrGexym-hjli96GdBRy36WbMXn3na3lvlbw2zrz75TseYzQob-pI1buTUbSEyTiAiGPctFyUc8eQ226T0Y5H7KU76KAoH0cELPX1RTy8HfRfK2hNtZ4iUus3gk8p8NME-vMGUgPiDk0CofdBq5Q72Cp0MGqYUHRCZm236MCvQ/s3139/PXL_20231025_164538021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3139" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzsrGdVPJWty8YUd4ECpLrGexym-hjli96GdBRy36WbMXn3na3lvlbw2zrz75TseYzQob-pI1buTUbSEyTiAiGPctFyUc8eQ226T0Y5H7KU76KAoH0cELPX1RTy8HfRfK2hNtZ4iUus3gk8p8NME-vMGUgPiDk0CofdBq5Q72Cp0MGqYUHRCZm236MCvQ/w616-h640/PXL_20231025_164538021.jpg" width="616" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-dckNjm4XhSMUzljVTOTPmvosZgDas2uw6_32G0CdQgGEaDEP9zBiSiN_A9RC5qHSnzUOxVqjcsZL4ggI-12kCK5zxVv5Sn4Qnj4Pm6hLB-ftyhKLDpD9dGHCUo4aIhBFmKrUVjXEl9mE069vHFhZcuRCJDP0gmtlXXSmIVuRNtseIiXMMZqNfNtfL0/s3088/PXL_20231025_165050764.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-dckNjm4XhSMUzljVTOTPmvosZgDas2uw6_32G0CdQgGEaDEP9zBiSiN_A9RC5qHSnzUOxVqjcsZL4ggI-12kCK5zxVv5Sn4Qnj4Pm6hLB-ftyhKLDpD9dGHCUo4aIhBFmKrUVjXEl9mE069vHFhZcuRCJDP0gmtlXXSmIVuRNtseIiXMMZqNfNtfL0/w391-h400/PXL_20231025_165050764.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Moses Austin petitioned to bring colonists to this area but was initially turned down until he met the Baron of Bastrop who was not really a baron at all but a man with influence with the Spanish government in San Antonio de Bexar. The baron interceded and got permission on behalf of Austin.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZ9_vH45k34iKo1t8OW2e0FEke9mtZads2-99lERWh8bbPmZQCAY9FocPBV9GdknYRWPHIwLP6lJYhJh1kXJIc6EK9YS-LzmMK2tLynu7e_RQXt6y7SYyX2jakgHmPV5IVhnmnBvdye2nfzsyCXf8jpalQBU-J3i3zu35AA91IbYp1-xEBTGf2nLFQzQ/s4032/PXL_20231025_165103949.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZ9_vH45k34iKo1t8OW2e0FEke9mtZads2-99lERWh8bbPmZQCAY9FocPBV9GdknYRWPHIwLP6lJYhJh1kXJIc6EK9YS-LzmMK2tLynu7e_RQXt6y7SYyX2jakgHmPV5IVhnmnBvdye2nfzsyCXf8jpalQBU-J3i3zu35AA91IbYp1-xEBTGf2nLFQzQ/w480-h640/PXL_20231025_165103949.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmihbZCqTr1BuGHdCSoz0f6PURed0wG63HTm2xF65VdbGgYl6tkSkEffdEMRfXwtipUCaDAl0cK0E5EufQv306Zt6wpQxO_iEGc7Rc_m1oQkxAhNaryc57-5kt1vNbMI3UC07bKBGVypThJeC2jvAzYLX7I_8W0DktxhjgU0Z6jE0QRjUWj3sA89bGS84/s4032/PXL_20231025_165110251.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmihbZCqTr1BuGHdCSoz0f6PURed0wG63HTm2xF65VdbGgYl6tkSkEffdEMRfXwtipUCaDAl0cK0E5EufQv306Zt6wpQxO_iEGc7Rc_m1oQkxAhNaryc57-5kt1vNbMI3UC07bKBGVypThJeC2jvAzYLX7I_8W0DktxhjgU0Z6jE0QRjUWj3sA89bGS84/w300-h400/PXL_20231025_165110251.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Catholic priests made trips from their missions to other locations. Settlers were required to become Catholic and everyone had to be married by a priest regardless of whether or not they were already married.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0L9unNuGHc038dnP0boqYZDGCNsohd8Gv0fOTcECpR2podXd_EhoiSp-tWOM01uLC_xEUr7YS_8TtZ0yYWucsXKcy_HfIOXux1TjsHGiY326YoysXZCZCLUkNmQ3VVK-55a8Ctlx-pjihIR0Eo09s1YfIpqfiGW_PPu7ECtQXPrUbn0xTHK6XuYjhP4/s4032/original_eb1837fc-a062-4690-a1c8-a27d16949bc2_PXL_20231025_165302926.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX0L9unNuGHc038dnP0boqYZDGCNsohd8Gv0fOTcECpR2podXd_EhoiSp-tWOM01uLC_xEUr7YS_8TtZ0yYWucsXKcy_HfIOXux1TjsHGiY326YoysXZCZCLUkNmQ3VVK-55a8Ctlx-pjihIR0Eo09s1YfIpqfiGW_PPu7ECtQXPrUbn0xTHK6XuYjhP4/w480-h640/original_eb1837fc-a062-4690-a1c8-a27d16949bc2_PXL_20231025_165302926.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF12pBT2Qr_9n6U9WBoA_l7alu_6DcQAtYN2ExpMmuzVZGt3owPAJ0ko5AfkghFgAwrgzcaucaana05cLjzpwy8Lum_jXCxatmtQnfGgAKJBaAgjjQd0Z3s0ZeN3QXxRt0X0AUAdVmlTK__JllE14FrmUGW2pjZckyKr6SzWTcZIFmH60Td3Ia2p3g-MU/s4032/original_c073c297-fd98-4665-ae0b-112a5daad6f2_PXL_20231025_165310757.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF12pBT2Qr_9n6U9WBoA_l7alu_6DcQAtYN2ExpMmuzVZGt3owPAJ0ko5AfkghFgAwrgzcaucaana05cLjzpwy8Lum_jXCxatmtQnfGgAKJBaAgjjQd0Z3s0ZeN3QXxRt0X0AUAdVmlTK__JllE14FrmUGW2pjZckyKr6SzWTcZIFmH60Td3Ia2p3g-MU/w300-h400/original_c073c297-fd98-4665-ae0b-112a5daad6f2_PXL_20231025_165310757.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Bastrop was initially named after the baron by Stephen F. Austin, grandson of Moses Austin in 1834. By 1834e control was under Mexicans rather than the Spanish and the town name was changed to Mina to honor a Mexican revolutionary hero. By 1837 Texas had won independence from Mexico and the town was renamed Bastrop.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI684ILOVUpsWTYNM9qYjm_G8CFFdktrnWJA0EN5PxewYFXm5W2kL5aJd8u5gZpM8F98w630QKReS4pvu15tfESUyxDpeZvW7Zu-8T0tZBVDhq6VntWiqB01R5I8nvKHsbkLvzVhbKUEXVETyrpPjzq0NXhd1YrBTedvOPefX1LrQjN5soEzvIdLUD2Ws/s4032/original_ce3774d4-4f0c-4248-97ac-b50c2ea0226e_PXL_20231025_165905713.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI684ILOVUpsWTYNM9qYjm_G8CFFdktrnWJA0EN5PxewYFXm5W2kL5aJd8u5gZpM8F98w630QKReS4pvu15tfESUyxDpeZvW7Zu-8T0tZBVDhq6VntWiqB01R5I8nvKHsbkLvzVhbKUEXVETyrpPjzq0NXhd1YrBTedvOPefX1LrQjN5soEzvIdLUD2Ws/w480-h640/original_ce3774d4-4f0c-4248-97ac-b50c2ea0226e_PXL_20231025_165905713.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>During the Texas revolution, citizens fled Bastrop in advance of Mexican troups using carts such as this pulled by people because the horses were all gone to fight the war elsewhere.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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After the war, they were worked by sharecroppers, tenant farmers, and family members.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPOaKEAma9kxjgciBXsN6qhex_48hTgDXMtcbqdj4NrMX3e5IV-eZ2TdRoCkR0wrWHoe5PsEcqIH03Gtcg-29jJEClxbP0dmmY8rLpUflqZdzFwSmwwiz9gOrH2Te-PCSJx5ZvVKsyK-z5XiNCxtwUz37myg3-bBtuBlPllfsYyo-RWJiDTKnGKUwq4Y/s4032/PXL_20231025_171448126.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihPOaKEAma9kxjgciBXsN6qhex_48hTgDXMtcbqdj4NrMX3e5IV-eZ2TdRoCkR0wrWHoe5PsEcqIH03Gtcg-29jJEClxbP0dmmY8rLpUflqZdzFwSmwwiz9gOrH2Te-PCSJx5ZvVKsyK-z5XiNCxtwUz37myg3-bBtuBlPllfsYyo-RWJiDTKnGKUwq4Y/w480-h640/PXL_20231025_171448126.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Cattle became the major industry after the way. The original cowboys were patterned after Mexican vaqueros.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSwgCrbImQNmYU00k4CJV0dsQs1vk1R_gVisy-TLHIXKau6C6-jBCGdPdfg9lOKoTRZeoCbParUImtb2f_GU6NdL4WGrUhojW9aPZNDiil0SaB3V36gD2S1pSwbZh8xLhxC2LYY9fXnHusQm-ZB4kcqM5I9rfI0take1FrQqzyXhuKd99uR307QlrDlo/s4032/original_f0e990b7-7ed8-4790-bc88-38a5e85906e8_PXL_20231025_171744541.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSwgCrbImQNmYU00k4CJV0dsQs1vk1R_gVisy-TLHIXKau6C6-jBCGdPdfg9lOKoTRZeoCbParUImtb2f_GU6NdL4WGrUhojW9aPZNDiil0SaB3V36gD2S1pSwbZh8xLhxC2LYY9fXnHusQm-ZB4kcqM5I9rfI0take1FrQqzyXhuKd99uR307QlrDlo/w480-h640/original_f0e990b7-7ed8-4790-bc88-38a5e85906e8_PXL_20231025_171744541.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMpVovHTNCnUP3MKFr34TdwtCPrTJIUJn6jIy3je2WvjhTERQoqLe-iiiESpg1ZTeLzXoCetwT066Or7GxfH3uvMl2wY6Yds-c2kaC1xbIPueGkjkAgs43YeV5S1Iwo091SdTxDCOuKgVhIBd56YsTGLGHwchYZvE92KHC8XZm21ovt4camSEtLXE_S0I/w300-h400/PXL_20231025_172146033.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p>The museum is very interesting and contains a lot of history of the local area....well worth a visit.</p>TravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050287180076649026.post-10173085440312442532023-10-23T15:23:00.112-05:002023-11-04T17:28:15.624-05:002023-10-23 Bastrop State Park<p>Our October Texas Ramblin' Roses was held at Bastrop State Park right outside of Bastrop Texas.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81h0JcfMCnNnMlU9wsSXw7OnUpL9XUucRocX_rfUNG_knlX5gmXJC2J5QKQiIpag_ffhG4TELdGN2GSmCPayoQBue0ORuhaHSZDfcmI1HkxjLTxTrYE93IZE5zx8wlKXhKFU3CCnhhAPTjZXDvnjhemWM8Ad2rRYqlf7yS6M0-HC-UknaTIiw5ZiyXAU/s4032/PXL_20231021_163315712.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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In addition to the loss of many homes was the loss of millions of loblolly pines. Park personnel were able to save all the park buildings and millions of trees were replanted. These tall trees survived and the replanted trees are now about 10-12 feet tall so things are filling in. The site was devastating right the fire but it is lovely once again.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0kDle6qnH6tLMzMr-TwxH4N_5Li3XiZ8JHSVloisgG9eVqALEZfmD-400wBERnD6vH45DREJa9SWKxaaCdHfzatwUCTAREDOq0XrVaDF54OIOlM5y_IBcAY2MTkgQlB20D-pLp0VzZuPXwuxrNzAUrgWV2MF8SPPVp1bL6yeZVRxymZd4lU5XYcATvr8/s4032/PXL_20220519_222020440.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0kDle6qnH6tLMzMr-TwxH4N_5Li3XiZ8JHSVloisgG9eVqALEZfmD-400wBERnD6vH45DREJa9SWKxaaCdHfzatwUCTAREDOq0XrVaDF54OIOlM5y_IBcAY2MTkgQlB20D-pLp0VzZuPXwuxrNzAUrgWV2MF8SPPVp1bL6yeZVRxymZd4lU5XYcATvr8/w300-h400/PXL_20220519_222020440.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The scenic overlook area is a great place to watch the sunset.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8c6KeCpUWomuvreOQuOUOAml17BqfiyCPzIYL_YNiMIJAou8thKXCPjEJmpJzHLaH1yzfiozYYQ9SkLK1MX9d7WoG8rHhuR4DAH0yIMGJ-0ZHA906brLCYjEx3zpzdNlDZBXGhHTeHdd2SDt54jEg2t7X3-scG_L5jy6X6KL0-rPle5nY7NJP7acwyE/s4032/PXL_20220519_221443445.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8c6KeCpUWomuvreOQuOUOAml17BqfiyCPzIYL_YNiMIJAou8thKXCPjEJmpJzHLaH1yzfiozYYQ9SkLK1MX9d7WoG8rHhuR4DAH0yIMGJ-0ZHA906brLCYjEx3zpzdNlDZBXGhHTeHdd2SDt54jEg2t7X3-scG_L5jy6X6KL0-rPle5nY7NJP7acwyE/w300-h400/PXL_20220519_221443445.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn0iphDX6cWi4HQoPhdWGYQ75hp3pXT4MIpyXXV5RAexB9Bi0fbniRs641aw2cFNg_eDPBQ3QqQCmY13FFwFJ2X2oTR5RFQ5icRri700zhmctToT0DWalEmKo9ALD_SARhmxTV6LI0YvSGziPwackzuEN_50TLQkXWD_f4w-41pde0fgQIzr91c0G6ny0/s4032/PXL_20231025_192158531.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn0iphDX6cWi4HQoPhdWGYQ75hp3pXT4MIpyXXV5RAexB9Bi0fbniRs641aw2cFNg_eDPBQ3QqQCmY13FFwFJ2X2oTR5RFQ5icRri700zhmctToT0DWalEmKo9ALD_SARhmxTV6LI0YvSGziPwackzuEN_50TLQkXWD_f4w-41pde0fgQIzr91c0G6ny0/w400-h300/PXL_20231025_192158531.jpg" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>It was just one of the many great buildings built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95coQL2XKxyb8jg1d4fKnpZCF4saJknVKdDY1K3V6NkB0qnsn8Mf3Hfry49cRQ7DRfpVPr5ORCAqrfd-1WtKjBfRNyLr2DkNhwL60-j9oCK21OXw4PyNPtlH4TQKou8jb4OVbOUIufAHR1bhiPEA0eCt2oNmFsaL195ZjiDllqfJfsQXA4kiX2b8UINk/s4032/PXL_20220519_221147467.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95coQL2XKxyb8jg1d4fKnpZCF4saJknVKdDY1K3V6NkB0qnsn8Mf3Hfry49cRQ7DRfpVPr5ORCAqrfd-1WtKjBfRNyLr2DkNhwL60-j9oCK21OXw4PyNPtlH4TQKou8jb4OVbOUIufAHR1bhiPEA0eCt2oNmFsaL195ZjiDllqfJfsQXA4kiX2b8UINk/w400-h300/PXL_20220519_221147467.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The refectory is another CCC building. There were special efforts made during the 2011 fire to save all the CCC buildings. Events from the public are often held in the reflectory.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SI7X4CuJ8h9TjHktvRLr5kbNXo5bq8HJ9aA44w1NLKcJbtQkhBmeWPRCjGxw_h5zWOixMIuqynhF7d0uzlhrje8kzEKtOMes2akz64opxpLn71ICrZhZu1QUmBCOg-NCGqlt4Fcbfh-sCXa6dZlth6c_Hx2PM6CQqPIUtYaEgMoY2Ujm8zHoA0c9Il4/s3661/original_ab65e735-8aa5-4180-a2fc-7aee51a0d12a_PXL_20231025_185834713.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="3661" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SI7X4CuJ8h9TjHktvRLr5kbNXo5bq8HJ9aA44w1NLKcJbtQkhBmeWPRCjGxw_h5zWOixMIuqynhF7d0uzlhrje8kzEKtOMes2akz64opxpLn71ICrZhZu1QUmBCOg-NCGqlt4Fcbfh-sCXa6dZlth6c_Hx2PM6CQqPIUtYaEgMoY2Ujm8zHoA0c9Il4/w400-h224/original_ab65e735-8aa5-4180-a2fc-7aee51a0d12a_PXL_20231025_185834713.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The CCC also built some great cabins here at Bastrop.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFgVv52dbP2_VwRHvzl4NXhbouKwYei6A-ZYlZO2flwdAGVz1WndupdH1e1jQur3YRasL2I6Xi0BRi20CgxOY_I5oq3BP1HjIhSfY3ndLFHl3pIjpMaYx7M7UVpj137fMoE3zMuBUutp1SBuEspBYrqA3w4d4DvO7-xpiFAUiXmc6z4RACskANoN5AFk/s2224/original_49ac951d-4b83-4b45-be38-7fea7c7a9da7_PXL_20231025_190653609.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2224" data-original-width="1925" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwFgVv52dbP2_VwRHvzl4NXhbouKwYei6A-ZYlZO2flwdAGVz1WndupdH1e1jQur3YRasL2I6Xi0BRi20CgxOY_I5oq3BP1HjIhSfY3ndLFHl3pIjpMaYx7M7UVpj137fMoE3zMuBUutp1SBuEspBYrqA3w4d4DvO7-xpiFAUiXmc6z4RACskANoN5AFk/w554-h640/original_49ac951d-4b83-4b45-be38-7fea7c7a9da7_PXL_20231025_190653609.jpg" width="554" /></a></div><div><br /></div>They are built of rocks and untrimmed lumber. By untrimmed, I mean the boards are not squared off.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsXKRHw1xGSJscSnwEURzVFCiSAgQSbjFXKCsR6mFFxmasr3CbFox7tBsEjQVN0Qt6HYfW7OaCkDNMkOUByRjMeZLl36nByrUp2u1cUPQ3_3yoczceE7Qa4-k9q9H5MPoqbq5mHtbNYhWPG0zlfgGi1acDAm0yvCrK93TTg4Lbm9ks2cGKDyYX_nq7bTY/s4032/PXL_20231025_190552639.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsXKRHw1xGSJscSnwEURzVFCiSAgQSbjFXKCsR6mFFxmasr3CbFox7tBsEjQVN0Qt6HYfW7OaCkDNMkOUByRjMeZLl36nByrUp2u1cUPQ3_3yoczceE7Qa4-k9q9H5MPoqbq5mHtbNYhWPG0zlfgGi1acDAm0yvCrK93TTg4Lbm9ks2cGKDyYX_nq7bTY/w400-h300/PXL_20231025_190552639.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There was a sign about the Historic Golf Course building with exhibits but when we looked inside it was just being used for storage.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaynmP29e9n6ql_r8fBqN00k8g5S3SruD_a15BA0h9fj90YxPlkz_vY_4l3z-ODedPvmU5nhevyqJtaze_e_fvpqCBDBz6Waf2P9atH5kX-2GqO8F7iKhbFha6DclHal3rwi1YmwIFGNfq9HEiDHUaEM8VaC7DS_QpfOyrhcgRkScFyv6B8l8Aan0bXQ4/s4032/PXL_20231025_185208321.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaynmP29e9n6ql_r8fBqN00k8g5S3SruD_a15BA0h9fj90YxPlkz_vY_4l3z-ODedPvmU5nhevyqJtaze_e_fvpqCBDBz6Waf2P9atH5kX-2GqO8F7iKhbFha6DclHal3rwi1YmwIFGNfq9HEiDHUaEM8VaC7DS_QpfOyrhcgRkScFyv6B8l8Aan0bXQ4/w400-h300/PXL_20231025_185208321.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Interesting sign "Historic Starter House" but nothing to see through the windows.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQdd-bw2LNShxsuNAoUO3_X4kXAUTu7mFXUWJrcaAmBfXq0E2d-hDxg_XdH4mEIrCRbtnfqXsBU7y7IiYzmnZv1CiOZLLuld7c0pZnEzR8CrhF4quBUWw5JDJRQhQGlq-fGWs1pLOUf2tyjExjtiBTAQRGQrETuacya5TUW1_-cLxN59s_PLJPljJxJs/s3472/original_378a692b-b8c9-4997-bafb-2529a4bc528d_PXL_20231025_185330866.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2465" data-original-width="3472" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAQdd-bw2LNShxsuNAoUO3_X4kXAUTu7mFXUWJrcaAmBfXq0E2d-hDxg_XdH4mEIrCRbtnfqXsBU7y7IiYzmnZv1CiOZLLuld7c0pZnEzR8CrhF4quBUWw5JDJRQhQGlq-fGWs1pLOUf2tyjExjtiBTAQRGQrETuacya5TUW1_-cLxN59s_PLJPljJxJs/w400-h284/original_378a692b-b8c9-4997-bafb-2529a4bc528d_PXL_20231025_185330866.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I stayed in the Copperas Creek Camping area which has back-in sites. Some are full hook up while others are water/electric but there are lots of tall pine trees. There is also a nice covered picnic pavillion built of rock by the CCC.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHOkQITC1uBYakePHmHqyJ-QsVcbpu49QOg9V1rpNsw0vn6JJdSP76FCXkNJUu-W2cUvZijAZXJYk4QNgKqyNfhy0w022pcmWvYvjxQwKglC4Q5xou7ZYkM_D9-PE1QkxLwXt_nyjCLTj2kYFaQ1B-cnw90ro7cXFXpJ0rYFkpcV-gnGHPwBOjQdQ8r0/s4032/PXL_20231028_195056951.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHOkQITC1uBYakePHmHqyJ-QsVcbpu49QOg9V1rpNsw0vn6JJdSP76FCXkNJUu-W2cUvZijAZXJYk4QNgKqyNfhy0w022pcmWvYvjxQwKglC4Q5xou7ZYkM_D9-PE1QkxLwXt_nyjCLTj2kYFaQ1B-cnw90ro7cXFXpJ0rYFkpcV-gnGHPwBOjQdQ8r0/w640-h480/PXL_20231028_195056951.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEklwA0BDKHMFnSCHHl955L8KBLKV4n7rHLNJ0-8S82FXrjMZrx8vt9s_k_Nbz0JPIMyCX0IcTxKTT5T7WoEECtW6wO6Ph06xxXknuwnhqX0N8tK6UDCimWudPkYIW_k5ZdJ02TN0jmPW5AUm9nNUSdbpscETqPo4fZ3rs7hJJXM8vxTP4teWeWRSrFBI/s4032/PXL_20231028_195112842.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEklwA0BDKHMFnSCHHl955L8KBLKV4n7rHLNJ0-8S82FXrjMZrx8vt9s_k_Nbz0JPIMyCX0IcTxKTT5T7WoEECtW6wO6Ph06xxXknuwnhqX0N8tK6UDCimWudPkYIW_k5ZdJ02TN0jmPW5AUm9nNUSdbpscETqPo4fZ3rs7hJJXM8vxTP4teWeWRSrFBI/w400-h300/PXL_20231028_195112842.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>It has a very nice new restroom area that has great showers and toilets for men and women on opposite sides of an open hallway running down the center of the building. There is also a great outdoor sink area for washing dishes and cleaning things.</p><p>There is also another RV camping area where all the sites are pull-through with full hook ups. there is a bit less shade there as the fire hit that area harder. It is great for trailers but the sites on one side of the road can be a bit more difficult for motorhomes as they slope down in the back so it's necessary to lift the back up to get it level.</p><p>There is also a road over to Buescher State park, a 12 mile jaunt up and down over hills that is popular with bicyclists and runners.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />TravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050287180076649026.post-67193963994577859732023-10-15T17:33:00.001-05:002023-11-02T14:55:07.526-05:002022-10-15 Our Annual Eclipse<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I bought the eclipse glasses for all five of my family that would be here for the eclipse. We planned to watch and then grill hamburgers. The dawned cloudy but the weatherman promised it would clear by 10 AM. It was looking real iffy. I sat out with my granddaughter for a while until she lost interest. My daughter-in-law popped in and out as she had some work to do before they went out of town. My son and husband were in the garage tinkering with motorcycles. As the actual time for the biggest part of the event rolled around, the clouds had cleared and my son came out. My husband insisted his motorcycle helmet would work just fine...we didn't let him try it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMaMPgn9lNLH70ik3i0ZeYstyokQ0cmvjDdmzzSHlvE36JtMai_mb-ym1EP1my_1yd_r1h1cdLugfsEDyD2t2q0R8uMOMs53B3mCKOfue57-aD5A6Y3Z5CiNKpJNZczt0HdhDm0tOXfi5bEu7PJ8hGKUO4v_kI53tTwFdR5qoIh78llicZxW3AJuOzrM/s4032/PXL_20231014_163858182.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMaMPgn9lNLH70ik3i0ZeYstyokQ0cmvjDdmzzSHlvE36JtMai_mb-ym1EP1my_1yd_r1h1cdLugfsEDyD2t2q0R8uMOMs53B3mCKOfue57-aD5A6Y3Z5CiNKpJNZczt0HdhDm0tOXfi5bEu7PJ8hGKUO4v_kI53tTwFdR5qoIh78llicZxW3AJuOzrM/w300-h400/PXL_20231014_163858182.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p>And then it started. Just pictures from here on. Some from friends and acquaintances that got good shots. Ours were not too good as you can see below. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Obviously professional equipment and talent but it was not credited when I found it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0w1xIc04N3vTWJ2lxCXdKtkD1NM0dPaHAAqwfX9zq7SDfiRj0UpTmacbWjfcnzXGTkVXJCd9XqIHzZ0hVg1CscPyPIrfK8VmvuBSaRobMWI8jb9ObTgdjwD30VUXOGmm9XuF0vlNqS-3l2CDGdi-ZFJEM-h85r5wRW2lSX0PSUwwkQPMl43ygeYhZjac/s2048/FB_IMG_1697386599158.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0w1xIc04N3vTWJ2lxCXdKtkD1NM0dPaHAAqwfX9zq7SDfiRj0UpTmacbWjfcnzXGTkVXJCd9XqIHzZ0hVg1CscPyPIrfK8VmvuBSaRobMWI8jb9ObTgdjwD30VUXOGmm9XuF0vlNqS-3l2CDGdi-ZFJEM-h85r5wRW2lSX0PSUwwkQPMl43ygeYhZjac/w200-h400/FB_IMG_1697386599158.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It was only a couple hours to the stop we picked out. We decided to go to Marathon to a motel and RV park I have heard about over the years. We also decided that rather than go back up to Alpine the way we came down and then drive east to Marathon, we would drive east through the national park and then go north to Marathon. I've never been that way so it would give us yet another view of the park. My GPS said that the distance would actually be less going that way but, of course, we would be driving slower in the national park. We were not in a hurry so that didn't matter. we were hoping to stop at the dinasaur exhibit but the sign came up unexpectedly and you had to drive down a road to get to it. Not knowing whether there would be room to turn around or park both our RVs, we kept on going.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pslFaMXFzWWKbwByrxGRyrFvp1xpYRjaGZxQ0r_2wr0_z9-BGRh-cRdwLDqHz4kvuoHKWW7EFHio0xHKbIndiwOMfKX2vmzxdtvAE-ZDtt9WQ76LRmbNsXfYn_AyLtbFFj3vlhUkbm5wB7Bx8DpR4iIIpNfFAZO-4Lse54J2XyERcF-5dWEjLeOVxPo/s4032/PXL_20230923_144434898.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pslFaMXFzWWKbwByrxGRyrFvp1xpYRjaGZxQ0r_2wr0_z9-BGRh-cRdwLDqHz4kvuoHKWW7EFHio0xHKbIndiwOMfKX2vmzxdtvAE-ZDtt9WQ76LRmbNsXfYn_AyLtbFFj3vlhUkbm5wB7Bx8DpR4iIIpNfFAZO-4Lse54J2XyERcF-5dWEjLeOVxPo/w400-h300/PXL_20230923_144434898.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We found the RV park without any problem and they honored our Passport America membership so camping was half price. Score.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_dOusVpU-lZUWteZOoRgkEoET7ulF_2FGNqOo96D_thk0S49nWaix-fthp263VjujawCQhwBszPiC4p_gL0lNDIhUTlHGGG1BeY0Dn4jWtMWWjmAJsuMT3DO64GFdCtMzzgUdPItj3jtS63OJc7hzgLc8XP3mdt6PvBdNcvkhDpVdqZFzFd41T5XLG4o/s4032/PXL_20230922_212331437~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_dOusVpU-lZUWteZOoRgkEoET7ulF_2FGNqOo96D_thk0S49nWaix-fthp263VjujawCQhwBszPiC4p_gL0lNDIhUTlHGGG1BeY0Dn4jWtMWWjmAJsuMT3DO64GFdCtMzzgUdPItj3jtS63OJc7hzgLc8XP3mdt6PvBdNcvkhDpVdqZFzFd41T5XLG4o/w300-h400/PXL_20230922_212331437~2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I thought I took pictures of our RV sites but I guess not. We had pull-through water and electric sites. They also have full hookup sites. The camping area is 3 rows of pull-throughs in a desert gravel setting with a picnic table. The rest of the park is quite nice. This is a very large enclosed by adobe patio area which has lots of trees, grass, roses and other plants as well as a beautiful fireplace alcove with seating. I took Harley out about 10pm and heard some faint guitar music so I think we missed out on a performance.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga42zsPWY7w8kdQjaoNF8jAXUTsL_aqBMhkTzd0nJcdcQm_ZrnHMaKuwqUkDy5rBKXKkqcK0EJNcbi9Ci2irk6lp82amEla-3vC2uJ9xP79KnTPZGhww9XmIkiL7wIGQ9ilLXI5Fe0xFP3qHSRXiaCIa9Eg2Qjs__DRn8Yr036bUUbdW0oGyplseDk9Ws/s3591/PXL_20230922_212045176.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2459" data-original-width="3591" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga42zsPWY7w8kdQjaoNF8jAXUTsL_aqBMhkTzd0nJcdcQm_ZrnHMaKuwqUkDy5rBKXKkqcK0EJNcbi9Ci2irk6lp82amEla-3vC2uJ9xP79KnTPZGhww9XmIkiL7wIGQ9ilLXI5Fe0xFP3qHSRXiaCIa9Eg2Qjs__DRn8Yr036bUUbdW0oGyplseDk9Ws/w400-h274/PXL_20230922_212045176.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This was the interior of the enclosed area.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I unhooked the care and we drove to the Gage Hotel. The history of the hotel is very interesting. Alfred Gage had a ranching empire of over 500,000 acres. When the railroad came to Marathon, Gage felt there was very little to offer in terms of places to stay. He commissioned famed architect Henry Trost to design a hotel. The Mission and Spanish hotel opened for business in 1927. Gage died the following year. The hotel hosted illustrious guests for a while but it fell into disuse. It was finally purchased in the 1970s by JP Bryan and his wife as their private residence. In 1981, they opened it to the public but it was years before they had any business to speak of. Knowing how important it was to the community, they persevered.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgYBskHCzkcN16gO2u3IaLvzDBAbFaxosnOxITvzAtrDWO9lxt53DZDWOnxHIXaLp3amC4UmnEonGxf0weHLlC2OkymKgu_BTJs_NcoXs_sTcJSh9Kypj_dzfVw5QQoSbH_UwZJ4hcXGQPEPq4_49a6EmhIMOhouvekzrvQtxRIToEAw6OW-5rNapo1Hg/s4032/PXL_20230922_213522619.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgYBskHCzkcN16gO2u3IaLvzDBAbFaxosnOxITvzAtrDWO9lxt53DZDWOnxHIXaLp3amC4UmnEonGxf0weHLlC2OkymKgu_BTJs_NcoXs_sTcJSh9Kypj_dzfVw5QQoSbH_UwZJ4hcXGQPEPq4_49a6EmhIMOhouvekzrvQtxRIToEAw6OW-5rNapo1Hg/w480-h640/PXL_20230922_213522619.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The hotel is unique and beautiful from the adobe walls to the layout and grounds.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAaFy3awbGyVxf5NXnqR4BxlJenTKlVs_OYSJGJ_05DNugO8-Zcmxlx1CLDJA40dJUHSHwLXIg6LDDGnVsuJlbU8WehyosVVhyphenhyphen-MjQ7Kpc-_6SdqPmfaNk73cLQjm7gHDlCs9wybX2CEV2gbaCpkIczaCufrVgqdRer2KCfTRNYn97JUuEYVtV-5oWZro/s4032/PXL_20230922_212726085.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAaFy3awbGyVxf5NXnqR4BxlJenTKlVs_OYSJGJ_05DNugO8-Zcmxlx1CLDJA40dJUHSHwLXIg6LDDGnVsuJlbU8WehyosVVhyphenhyphen-MjQ7Kpc-_6SdqPmfaNk73cLQjm7gHDlCs9wybX2CEV2gbaCpkIczaCufrVgqdRer2KCfTRNYn97JUuEYVtV-5oWZro/w300-h400/PXL_20230922_212726085.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The rooms open off the grass courtyard filled with trees. This particular grass is not real but it is real and just as green in the other courtyards.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8uwQq5_x8JDKokGb_4fz2izXHZJOvydOT6Tg4abLF7lX1H51xvRf-DxVc7ZJqoK-vOFwQ5oz3fSYIGwwWMOqs2ci17wmZ-OBtM_ttifQSPDe5RLBbwGy5B58xbYYnVGFl4j18thCjzinUMs_yUwEkYiFHNAbR0PRzcwCcCXTWc2bVGt35QD5t99dWfc/s4032/PXL_20230922_212752098.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8uwQq5_x8JDKokGb_4fz2izXHZJOvydOT6Tg4abLF7lX1H51xvRf-DxVc7ZJqoK-vOFwQ5oz3fSYIGwwWMOqs2ci17wmZ-OBtM_ttifQSPDe5RLBbwGy5B58xbYYnVGFl4j18thCjzinUMs_yUwEkYiFHNAbR0PRzcwCcCXTWc2bVGt35QD5t99dWfc/w400-h300/PXL_20230922_212752098.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-shSYuar9BkTEge4GesxCAeK7ykP4VjuA41qx3ImgimGG6KLf5K9gKe3IVMJuVWo8vit9SL9j1qJRXUVEVDc2vmeKzEgoHQfPJeg-HW-Rp61AgH5BSodJYOg1-cYai7LnVgKqiQpHXrlyauYNXlF1Nn_3XuCv1-9FlzPwIzl2a31Zm3hNNqWT7Xe5dgw/s4032/PXL_20230922_212921893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-shSYuar9BkTEge4GesxCAeK7ykP4VjuA41qx3ImgimGG6KLf5K9gKe3IVMJuVWo8vit9SL9j1qJRXUVEVDc2vmeKzEgoHQfPJeg-HW-Rp61AgH5BSodJYOg1-cYai7LnVgKqiQpHXrlyauYNXlF1Nn_3XuCv1-9FlzPwIzl2a31Zm3hNNqWT7Xe5dgw/w400-h300/PXL_20230922_212921893.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The walled pool area was gorgeous.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6SVncyg-h3BLVxlkUr-_h7EjIgLjzZyoQLENlEYLIBDJa7J7bILeGm9VynOlkmNuge9sl3g8tB_I9oTMNacUSMz61iY1C8OPPuIVS0e8ZfnZMK3j91-4jRPid3CodSonMy7c8u9G0qsILF0JViBEfuGJH5JxC2vBhkvutyNStb1Pw8NsPeQpt5CZQ7c/s4032/PXL_20230922_212958597.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6SVncyg-h3BLVxlkUr-_h7EjIgLjzZyoQLENlEYLIBDJa7J7bILeGm9VynOlkmNuge9sl3g8tB_I9oTMNacUSMz61iY1C8OPPuIVS0e8ZfnZMK3j91-4jRPid3CodSonMy7c8u9G0qsILF0JViBEfuGJH5JxC2vBhkvutyNStb1Pw8NsPeQpt5CZQ7c/w300-h400/PXL_20230922_212958597.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9a19uhyb14SLUXgzF3cC-tYxURgkvPRqvpBqaBiOR6SU5OXgUszxIQoI1zavjiPO8a__ojCqgXCotfgsfBTiEglHDieHOrufwponjL_H5suvGMVuoORU4qVGmRU1hnBMY_xebveAEpuUcEMhwqbsmTyONHudR2_4SMWcxKGOA21zNwoUclXFTdzHa-SA/s4032/PXL_20230922_213029629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9a19uhyb14SLUXgzF3cC-tYxURgkvPRqvpBqaBiOR6SU5OXgUszxIQoI1zavjiPO8a__ojCqgXCotfgsfBTiEglHDieHOrufwponjL_H5suvGMVuoORU4qVGmRU1hnBMY_xebveAEpuUcEMhwqbsmTyONHudR2_4SMWcxKGOA21zNwoUclXFTdzHa-SA/w400-h300/PXL_20230922_213029629.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We walked through this courtyard which was being set up for a wedding dinner. I hope it was a very late dinner because the temperature was about 100 degrees. The lobby was small but equally impressive. The Gage has an inhouse restaurant and the white Buffalo Bar as well as owning the V6 Coffee Bar and the Brick Vault restaurant and brewery next door. They also have an extensive beautiful garden that is offsite and open to the public. It was being used for the wedding as well so we headed back to the rV park.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrl4pCFmZLyWG0BYtR2hpux1HYvzdIFAGE87u8DejC9HcJINaTO_fDVnY2DO5lU_Ntd_lut8ViL2HBNzQ2UiLtV_ZqchWTqaQ3Qoz26pwQqjk10KuWUFI6I_NC_CVlL1QPzKTvAb_Q8ow1QH0UTyT3lN45i2hV6tC2X7tzwzqzoqCfNaUz8s2-LvT-U1A/s4032/PXL_20230922_213203982.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrl4pCFmZLyWG0BYtR2hpux1HYvzdIFAGE87u8DejC9HcJINaTO_fDVnY2DO5lU_Ntd_lut8ViL2HBNzQ2UiLtV_ZqchWTqaQ3Qoz26pwQqjk10KuWUFI6I_NC_CVlL1QPzKTvAb_Q8ow1QH0UTyT3lN45i2hV6tC2X7tzwzqzoqCfNaUz8s2-LvT-U1A/w400-h300/PXL_20230922_213203982.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Another interesting place in Marathon is Eve's Garden Bed and Breakfast. There are organic gardens and the rooms are handbuilt with recycled content, paper/adobe fiber-cement content.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7MKK1P6K_m2F8GYpLsbgUkGyUruhAbZEqmQ2Xg1xlWHjzCpNX-1wQVeW5nv_7M-205RFsOTTefZlpdDHizWiSmu1bfsn0MspUZM_liE59rwfjsTuJQYfRCxvxaVFbDDdhtRCWLHHXuxy7UQemWMZjXQy8_jwgo107vW1WsplKJC2pWktB-tAFqkCzQc0/s4032/PXL_20230922_214546015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7MKK1P6K_m2F8GYpLsbgUkGyUruhAbZEqmQ2Xg1xlWHjzCpNX-1wQVeW5nv_7M-205RFsOTTefZlpdDHizWiSmu1bfsn0MspUZM_liE59rwfjsTuJQYfRCxvxaVFbDDdhtRCWLHHXuxy7UQemWMZjXQy8_jwgo107vW1WsplKJC2pWktB-tAFqkCzQc0/w400-h300/PXL_20230922_214546015.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Bwtlj-4GybKleKoz1kcuSZnQP-JudKII3NSiZi4y5FC3RU0cnrUcwZYSV1F_W5Ne3Dge9VNNiyKLJNh95VtgHyxL9Qnptb_32w-6R8l1xuWrl2WFT480qx32qBtzVWOZMYPpan6aiovXa_ZtpYEKXIDQV2Q_ie3rhNW9b1nJ2rcvrxtiKLzO6eiPaRo/s3291/PXL_20230922_214702755.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1766" data-original-width="3291" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Bwtlj-4GybKleKoz1kcuSZnQP-JudKII3NSiZi4y5FC3RU0cnrUcwZYSV1F_W5Ne3Dge9VNNiyKLJNh95VtgHyxL9Qnptb_32w-6R8l1xuWrl2WFT480qx32qBtzVWOZMYPpan6aiovXa_ZtpYEKXIDQV2Q_ie3rhNW9b1nJ2rcvrxtiKLzO6eiPaRo/w400-h215/PXL_20230922_214702755.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Even without the star parties, it was a very interesting and worthwhile stop. The next morning Elaine headed north early. I used the dump station and headed east towards home. One more interesting site was the miniature Buc-ees located between Marathon and Sanderson on Hwy 90. I was planning to stop at the Judge Roy Bean museum but they have rebuilt the highway and it is no longer on the main road. I did not know that until I saw the sign for the turn off and was past it before I could change direction. There was no good place to turn around or another turn off so that will also have to be for another time.<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrFOI0X4CBvBbfV6BefJw2M7l2qq2j1y2EHdkfdljBYHWEWYTXQoUp9bQeSDffBFxYh_FF7B-9DO743zPPssNzekAabsk5ABGqqljkjfPjkzteTCMkP6RF5LCYtjdLARQJEopz5J2IhYK57mC4ClXb0bp-2WJ9ZFIvjAC0MbONCDBWp_pCVsp9awyWCA/s1307/FB_IMG_1695336523583.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="1307" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGrFOI0X4CBvBbfV6BefJw2M7l2qq2j1y2EHdkfdljBYHWEWYTXQoUp9bQeSDffBFxYh_FF7B-9DO743zPPssNzekAabsk5ABGqqljkjfPjkzteTCMkP6RF5LCYtjdLARQJEopz5J2IhYK57mC4ClXb0bp-2WJ9ZFIvjAC0MbONCDBWp_pCVsp9awyWCA/w400-h305/FB_IMG_1695336523583.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div>I made it home in time for dinner. I'm already looking forward to my next rally in October.</div>TravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050287180076649026.post-57240006330980300932023-09-21T14:14:00.184-05:002023-09-30T15:42:29.849-05:002023-9-21 Lajitas and Ziplining<p> Thursday, some of the group that went to Boquillas or went canoeing headed back into Big Bend to see areas they had missed while some of us headed south to Lajitas. It seems like the word about ziplining at the resort got out. Elaine said doing a zipline was on her bucket list and it seems like 4 other women agreed. It's about 25 minutes to Lajitas which consists mainly of the resort which also has an RV park called Mavericks and the Visitor's Center for the Big Bend State Park. We weren't sure where to find the zipline office so we asked an employee crossing the parking lot. He said it was his first day but if we could wait just a minute, he would be right back with the info and he was. He told us the shortest route would be to go through the lobby to the other side and go left out the door.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHzhb4cF1NNiVDXHLE30679urDiw_sF8qj3zjPiz3mKurMV-WF_MUIwZisVJ48VvxaJjXROfgXw3TDG9z6hbYsmHVp8Pz-HqGO3oa9EYu0_9QYSQnVEpLBt7f5YirReXSOrugmrn2qYL6mnM7R4ymurKQ7KXiHwZvPrUjGQNvG0O6Yzzf21vkx0xp8IE/s2886/PXL_20230921_190412146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2405" data-original-width="2886" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHzhb4cF1NNiVDXHLE30679urDiw_sF8qj3zjPiz3mKurMV-WF_MUIwZisVJ48VvxaJjXROfgXw3TDG9z6hbYsmHVp8Pz-HqGO3oa9EYu0_9QYSQnVEpLBt7f5YirReXSOrugmrn2qYL6mnM7R4ymurKQ7KXiHwZvPrUjGQNvG0O6Yzzf21vkx0xp8IE/w400-h334/PXL_20230921_190412146.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The lobby was beautiful and the staff was very friendly everywhere we went. This is the registration desk.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_AcLCCMAU2wPsQWOEt2bCXRmwXOvayL_oeftOpeOR8yiztPKuDnwsLe6u5qNJFekh1AkeAIGDft_ulLmaCe0tOYDh8X605JAeVJeq89zTMCmMX2j_jdhb2gAyjOw6mz0FBQu_aFKy-4ogjlzNrKlsaCxiNE9UAs5Fx5iuZUNr-z_VddpUOYK_D8Fk_g/s4032/PXL_20230921_163458014.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_AcLCCMAU2wPsQWOEt2bCXRmwXOvayL_oeftOpeOR8yiztPKuDnwsLe6u5qNJFekh1AkeAIGDft_ulLmaCe0tOYDh8X605JAeVJeq89zTMCmMX2j_jdhb2gAyjOw6mz0FBQu_aFKy-4ogjlzNrKlsaCxiNE9UAs5Fx5iuZUNr-z_VddpUOYK_D8Fk_g/w400-h300/PXL_20230921_163458014.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And this is the sitting area.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAef9x4Q-M_fMu-vSCsPWZBSUEIgQmIF9vNpnaPysn2SFwdjytzGTebVEbtCEE_58vQdIJVxSLDlQGeH7-JLOUslnMHiUIskB7xYE2B4tMDj1O6_xur0d-ZUbZoAxMlHo9RlZw0n1h0GpzbvzX4g6bZ1nZRc_7aY-4DitsZO0Q_1dfwUulkJflTX4dE5A/s4032/PXL_20230921_163501314.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAef9x4Q-M_fMu-vSCsPWZBSUEIgQmIF9vNpnaPysn2SFwdjytzGTebVEbtCEE_58vQdIJVxSLDlQGeH7-JLOUslnMHiUIskB7xYE2B4tMDj1O6_xur0d-ZUbZoAxMlHo9RlZw0n1h0GpzbvzX4g6bZ1nZRc_7aY-4DitsZO0Q_1dfwUulkJflTX4dE5A/w400-h300/PXL_20230921_163501314.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There was an open area between the hotel lobby and shops and the rooms on the other side. A large crew was in the process of putting in a concrete walkway down the middle. You can just make out the very neat motorized cement delivery machine. Out of the truck, into the concrete delivery machine, and unloaded into the formed area.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzE6l9IfxqkndCK8dRJ91w-egf__Mx6A_eC1wUsEPpqSa8RjCNMTQ3jDQ6yRQVvEfpDHgRkmZihh3AkQuiPQLr4r1B4AXfHB-TREz-TIwIOjkugNYKSOKVOCugB8ZJVc1G6bQrUF7EKvLNYiuOppWP5VS0rBne-JyKkbsCFqenoP8IItQmJlXX78NnRw/s4032/PXL_20230921_145321742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzE6l9IfxqkndCK8dRJ91w-egf__Mx6A_eC1wUsEPpqSa8RjCNMTQ3jDQ6yRQVvEfpDHgRkmZihh3AkQuiPQLr4r1B4AXfHB-TREz-TIwIOjkugNYKSOKVOCugB8ZJVc1G6bQrUF7EKvLNYiuOppWP5VS0rBne-JyKkbsCFqenoP8IItQmJlXX78NnRw/w300-h400/PXL_20230921_145321742.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We found the zipline office and after a briefing, the women got suited up.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqv7GGPWEKQ8xrTnWRRJmJCDFHAEMJL5r-JJ2AbB8biY22MNNqrMEl3M_oeBFoKTyfhq4ZvZfjWjrPsoet5robSBmiRhGn90thBKkGWA0b5K1zg3Xz3hbTku51Uzu8ihyy0jRJesB6lO62Hh1fe8cxbf52vtGoekdUrjMw88g4YvXmm99yJUhRUUmwKyU/s4032/PXL_20230921_143703370.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqv7GGPWEKQ8xrTnWRRJmJCDFHAEMJL5r-JJ2AbB8biY22MNNqrMEl3M_oeBFoKTyfhq4ZvZfjWjrPsoet5robSBmiRhGn90thBKkGWA0b5K1zg3Xz3hbTku51Uzu8ihyy0jRJesB6lO62Hh1fe8cxbf52vtGoekdUrjMw88g4YvXmm99yJUhRUUmwKyU/w300-h400/PXL_20230921_143703370.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaf_8bkAIupo4hYlf1_NjkVd_QpKFDUOU8nMc-EVO4AB3PVZndF5kwHAYfyyheDiswAyTnrOqg7t_C1L8NqG-6hkjwfXBMwX4nmf3Itf9n4juBd9bxU0jtxmF2dZD5sEbFz8K5cGeqYft9xDUYv-OGkuxfCDChi70tCw4ORrFF6eWc39LV1H0oNIDMxoA/s2048/IMG_0776.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaf_8bkAIupo4hYlf1_NjkVd_QpKFDUOU8nMc-EVO4AB3PVZndF5kwHAYfyyheDiswAyTnrOqg7t_C1L8NqG-6hkjwfXBMwX4nmf3Itf9n4juBd9bxU0jtxmF2dZD5sEbFz8K5cGeqYft9xDUYv-OGkuxfCDChi70tCw4ORrFF6eWc39LV1H0oNIDMxoA/w300-h400/IMG_0776.JPEG" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Here they are all ready to go.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxX8y-OOmRo9cISVc8wiNgpLe0VGk-9UHWeWbMbVxmF7jGtvkjRLGAfIpxgZrca1fYRwVY5bTwsgIAskxRj9ADronXNiVxtIGIgQwUK7ewC1GdYpEGCR3eTtZ42OrjalavQ51LtxaRkOXKTurHJLb4u3rOFuDcBXw3BHQ6SSe4oJeLkhWwDUsVMWr7nQ/s2048/IMG_0780.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxX8y-OOmRo9cISVc8wiNgpLe0VGk-9UHWeWbMbVxmF7jGtvkjRLGAfIpxgZrca1fYRwVY5bTwsgIAskxRj9ADronXNiVxtIGIgQwUK7ewC1GdYpEGCR3eTtZ42OrjalavQ51LtxaRkOXKTurHJLb4u3rOFuDcBXw3BHQ6SSe4oJeLkhWwDUsVMWr7nQ/w300-h400/IMG_0780.JPEG" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The plan was for me to take pictures but that was foiled because the zipliners were whisked away to a canyon on private property via ATVs.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ3C6P5uL4oICPCH9gZfu54opsy2CfEGcPzt95G0kDqS7x1IezbY5wa8mRHtfi7TPe6vRyMjqvF4PveAAF1_nkbcSCSlGlW0yt4z48rA3TLe-ooIZ1Tk_wGOIJseF8LxoKH3yTyUToAOqQ-DEhbr5HGZAj0b5Jf1TjKrTavWEC2o-mJzBOzOM3_2QoHFQ/s2048/IMG_0782.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ3C6P5uL4oICPCH9gZfu54opsy2CfEGcPzt95G0kDqS7x1IezbY5wa8mRHtfi7TPe6vRyMjqvF4PveAAF1_nkbcSCSlGlW0yt4z48rA3TLe-ooIZ1Tk_wGOIJseF8LxoKH3yTyUToAOqQ-DEhbr5HGZAj0b5Jf1TjKrTavWEC2o-mJzBOzOM3_2QoHFQ/w400-h300/IMG_0782.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>So the three of us who accompanied them to Lajitas checked out some shops on the way to the coffee shop and bakery. This T-shirt pretty much covered our trip but I was surprised they didn't add Lajitas to it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrn1TVSGGjR6uhi84ndS3MNwCevP-fND0XV1X5H3YOSpl9_RHYFsfNrDnw_nWHjp5GqqxDMsLV169_H_Dptq5HT8QKbJ9E3VqL2ESfMexSBebr_meKmf0IAOLZTumRXhZKjd2Z7mLYMap01gJMVfeA7Ebykwgpf0IU0IBvz_H2vE1X0e7oga8VS7qE0FA/s2536/PXL_20230921_145927989.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2503" data-original-width="2536" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrn1TVSGGjR6uhi84ndS3MNwCevP-fND0XV1X5H3YOSpl9_RHYFsfNrDnw_nWHjp5GqqxDMsLV169_H_Dptq5HT8QKbJ9E3VqL2ESfMexSBebr_meKmf0IAOLZTumRXhZKjd2Z7mLYMap01gJMVfeA7Ebykwgpf0IU0IBvz_H2vE1X0e7oga8VS7qE0FA/w400-h395/PXL_20230921_145927989.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We had to cross part of the construction area to get there. By the time we relaxed with our coffee and a cinnamon roll, the concrete was all poured in the main area and the crew was busy with forms turning it into "paving rocks". It was really amazing to watch them.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4D_NpvaDsLFtLt8-FLNX-Ceq_cKL3Hd1ldcrizIQyO_WTym07LvE_NABpwAotDILtEhICOZn2zKXD_aFd5cDfxiAclHLGUKj0kJwNrCnM89TfnS3Drr6I3N2rivmEihDzkkpF-kTCNDrW8Hr-CakiTfxQeIXb4DZKVcYwVP9tS6oVDS7rZWDCnYlLB0Q/s4032/PXL_20230921_150135995.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4D_NpvaDsLFtLt8-FLNX-Ceq_cKL3Hd1ldcrizIQyO_WTym07LvE_NABpwAotDILtEhICOZn2zKXD_aFd5cDfxiAclHLGUKj0kJwNrCnM89TfnS3Drr6I3N2rivmEihDzkkpF-kTCNDrW8Hr-CakiTfxQeIXb4DZKVcYwVP9tS6oVDS7rZWDCnYlLB0Q/w400-h300/PXL_20230921_150135995.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We checked out this corridor that led to a restaurant at the end.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhN4uH8UzQVLkmJ2gyRzUjWO8q6Y_pRxhiEl0W9VbbfUec69u0XQmXrBK6yenZeSO3Lv-T4c4umhd2-uX92eVBWdDnKnTm8OWnQDrjUu1YZyC3PGv997uQCkA8t2IGqw9WfPrbLajFGwO2z1F_qhPHIfTpLqFCJkUz7mgJJ6PbSBOo-P6Is1uDw7zbjQ/s4032/PXL_20230921_161842692.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhN4uH8UzQVLkmJ2gyRzUjWO8q6Y_pRxhiEl0W9VbbfUec69u0XQmXrBK6yenZeSO3Lv-T4c4umhd2-uX92eVBWdDnKnTm8OWnQDrjUu1YZyC3PGv997uQCkA8t2IGqw9WfPrbLajFGwO2z1F_qhPHIfTpLqFCJkUz7mgJJ6PbSBOo-P6Is1uDw7zbjQ/w300-h400/PXL_20230921_161842692.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There was inside and outside seating.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitG3fwlZOviEAbQHo4c8qDvmSyzrw1lEJl6fqOmF5nGZXcZvGZVFnNOQqTmw99DhwClpjyVSHmCv-hNWDFdFQMoxVaplbRUWtg9rWDKfPVWYnqMt6JA-JCIL_RiWv-wY2gH_vfhxLORaqgirAJHjle0kauolnfxuzsTcf3Vo3D0cjS_gW-T5ZKviRsiWE/s4032/PXL_20230921_161948600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitG3fwlZOviEAbQHo4c8qDvmSyzrw1lEJl6fqOmF5nGZXcZvGZVFnNOQqTmw99DhwClpjyVSHmCv-hNWDFdFQMoxVaplbRUWtg9rWDKfPVWYnqMt6JA-JCIL_RiWv-wY2gH_vfhxLORaqgirAJHjle0kauolnfxuzsTcf3Vo3D0cjS_gW-T5ZKviRsiWE/w400-h300/PXL_20230921_161948600.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And a lovely green grass patio area. The golf course was off to the right.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmpiKBMIZzz-2hgYpZSmGLaVDFVy95-8RQy44zhyphenhyphenQZTcZ72FgsFzu0ahBQv3XdFlGBGlgNnzGZusx5p2Qk2wy9TrKyYie_09A4_G1klLN0gRRw7263yxPJWq7kpQoM9PE55MTWY1GVU97WgJHi4tqIBFa0PKAGydOsO2M1-NsE_WhyphenhyphenCla7ykbzmkZtr8/s4032/PXL_20230921_161956382.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlmpiKBMIZzz-2hgYpZSmGLaVDFVy95-8RQy44zhyphenhyphenQZTcZ72FgsFzu0ahBQv3XdFlGBGlgNnzGZusx5p2Qk2wy9TrKyYie_09A4_G1klLN0gRRw7263yxPJWq7kpQoM9PE55MTWY1GVU97WgJHi4tqIBFa0PKAGydOsO2M1-NsE_WhyphenhyphenCla7ykbzmkZtr8/w400-h300/PXL_20230921_161956382.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>After the zipliners came back, Elaine and I spent a little more time checking out Lajitas. This is the general store/gas station/snack place.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_CjKemW-dQ4z9wDDPl4VxT9wCY_gAUcuo1XlH_HyYKmtNzsUM-JRug9g9UkTmY3inID_oKqhWpdNXKyEiClAMhdKXt61ATPR7koPVCBKb37uj6nqySpkGyKHd6IOZzUrkVdGWtmkfbcAbo54h1nzRKuLmp_vyEI5z8DHHFHxpWR_CtYQM3LX7E_8MVz8/s4032/PXL_20230921_192200786.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_CjKemW-dQ4z9wDDPl4VxT9wCY_gAUcuo1XlH_HyYKmtNzsUM-JRug9g9UkTmY3inID_oKqhWpdNXKyEiClAMhdKXt61ATPR7koPVCBKb37uj6nqySpkGyKHd6IOZzUrkVdGWtmkfbcAbo54h1nzRKuLmp_vyEI5z8DHHFHxpWR_CtYQM3LX7E_8MVz8/w400-h300/PXL_20230921_192200786.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And this is Clay Henry, the mayor of Lajitas. It's a very small community.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRMRuPIcwCJL2GzM0ViY3KnYm5hx3YPrlDHBtXNRZBXysXL-eAbAnccLERtawQJwiAtTTJSjSJB-XzEr8aX1AGtxZDBrQ30sberJMLOeU4_3GzGgmEYQWN_lzCGDWjUUkGvAwvmY5w74KtHgZq2TVzD2g6K7b5nVQEDNMyn3pLACJATHrZg7hpWb6oGQ/s4032/PXL_20230921_192057190.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRMRuPIcwCJL2GzM0ViY3KnYm5hx3YPrlDHBtXNRZBXysXL-eAbAnccLERtawQJwiAtTTJSjSJB-XzEr8aX1AGtxZDBrQ30sberJMLOeU4_3GzGgmEYQWN_lzCGDWjUUkGvAwvmY5w74KtHgZq2TVzD2g6K7b5nVQEDNMyn3pLACJATHrZg7hpWb6oGQ/w400-h300/PXL_20230921_192057190.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We checked out the RV park but I didn't take any pictures as we drove through. There are many who love it but I would rather be closer to Big Bend if that is why I am in the area. I will admit the pool was nice. An those staying in the RV park have access to the resort and golf course.<div><br /></div><div>Next we headed to the Visitor Center for the Big Bend Ranch State Park.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WCyFdFzCQ041So2F3Ft_waKHbX7faXvvXKKs6vS6Z5WYwEFsSqM-PKVyTl4oxvu4gKLo3iJHrR31_yUwtyY8uTx3J2Rw7R_-89KJEQ7Z7XbKextV2xebx-hVoKaEJlXWf71FWMCHBx6stA5N-crTY2s_lNHLwiNLLYro0hGkmT884gTqk4FfFSgfk-Y/s4032/PXL_20230921_193550322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WCyFdFzCQ041So2F3Ft_waKHbX7faXvvXKKs6vS6Z5WYwEFsSqM-PKVyTl4oxvu4gKLo3iJHrR31_yUwtyY8uTx3J2Rw7R_-89KJEQ7Z7XbKextV2xebx-hVoKaEJlXWf71FWMCHBx6stA5N-crTY2s_lNHLwiNLLYro0hGkmT884gTqk4FfFSgfk-Y/w300-h400/PXL_20230921_193550322.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzS_KxIxb9xIEo6CC8BXnmZWe4gibwNFii9T3asgEYlKsyLsuC5ckDMx04yYId4Q5V1EARg-o6BnpiHm3ZOIcnvZLWulLrAy3BY07UnjKXwnw8sMUJIlNA-hUxS89M6XrFQAJdhNB2pUot6qccokFpN_LoHNQ84TnMIWWgEXclJfHVa09Xd-Lrz10CLc/s2048/IMG_0797.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzS_KxIxb9xIEo6CC8BXnmZWe4gibwNFii9T3asgEYlKsyLsuC5ckDMx04yYId4Q5V1EARg-o6BnpiHm3ZOIcnvZLWulLrAy3BY07UnjKXwnw8sMUJIlNA-hUxS89M6XrFQAJdhNB2pUot6qccokFpN_LoHNQ84TnMIWWgEXclJfHVa09Xd-Lrz10CLc/w400-h300/IMG_0797.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The Visitor Center had a lot of information about the area in an exhibit that spanned about three rooms. One unique thing about the state park is that while the park has camping, it is dry camping and the sites are located off to the side along the road that continues along the river headed towards Presidio. Apparently there are a few campsites further into the park on gravel roads/trails for the extremely adventurous.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMwaTgduqRY8mhFBG_gwH_oiAtArU_R07mzLKci8UA4vNMzceylFadaPGnpXCqv-wYvY0jNBVmU4qrcwHOY163ld_w7o8YWXo-rPNH96LIKxqWvm6JYXgqxa0Yjly8yOXUOEfF4x950lZRtSy5JHXYIAtdilpuJb0Vj8IeKwystLAMSE6EBNpPY-elXk/s2985/PXL_20230921_195229179.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2393" data-original-width="2985" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMwaTgduqRY8mhFBG_gwH_oiAtArU_R07mzLKci8UA4vNMzceylFadaPGnpXCqv-wYvY0jNBVmU4qrcwHOY163ld_w7o8YWXo-rPNH96LIKxqWvm6JYXgqxa0Yjly8yOXUOEfF4x950lZRtSy5JHXYIAtdilpuJb0Vj8IeKwystLAMSE6EBNpPY-elXk/w640-h514/PXL_20230921_195229179.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAKgoOh-lv3y60ZRwJ8ftWVXfipe883ibb82rSdM9nttTUZikpbOX6ga2o3uhcFa90xtAlJHHI8Wxv5ZPZt2wTZgkON-vSxniZ3dUmV8pujcvt5CQMPCGp1qIVHbqyCp66R-TGa9h7otwZkqBfM-qdrqemjM_lix9mjkJMNehETl9ezhxlYCI8kzf7BE/s3024/PXL_20230921_195355671.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2323" data-original-width="3024" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpAKgoOh-lv3y60ZRwJ8ftWVXfipe883ibb82rSdM9nttTUZikpbOX6ga2o3uhcFa90xtAlJHHI8Wxv5ZPZt2wTZgkON-vSxniZ3dUmV8pujcvt5CQMPCGp1qIVHbqyCp66R-TGa9h7otwZkqBfM-qdrqemjM_lix9mjkJMNehETl9ezhxlYCI8kzf7BE/w640-h492/PXL_20230921_195355671.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>A few more pictures of the intrepid zipliners.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir1ZmLG4jyQHlmAtg8Vof__xmG1kP6bBjUUYRKphm8J23vWSW106ZI6JvOGBaM330Krj7wrNO5Z9Oid0bdwb4X4S6jatXiA-eHccpwp114_8Zdl2VhtL4LaNXn7fJ1vEhRzOck6RDCHknS1djHhsLNwACzuo-Wcv-UkkwZvCEm0vBE_5aSKIglZCSEYeA/s1599/FB_IMG_1695349277045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1599" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir1ZmLG4jyQHlmAtg8Vof__xmG1kP6bBjUUYRKphm8J23vWSW106ZI6JvOGBaM330Krj7wrNO5Z9Oid0bdwb4X4S6jatXiA-eHccpwp114_8Zdl2VhtL4LaNXn7fJ1vEhRzOck6RDCHknS1djHhsLNwACzuo-Wcv-UkkwZvCEm0vBE_5aSKIglZCSEYeA/w400-h180/FB_IMG_1695349277045.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xLJmiyBRqk8pHxpAAbpYAHNJHQ8iZolx6VgWj6-mCwaTJrGnIIZKqVSCWDkMDg9_XFJTNqefDsXc2iSVA54AKft77LWfnkzQ_tPjSNf2qmeyw16DwMduA5BperI89L1h5nNAtae2Jw2k1uJZJMEX4HPCWt5UXf5n_gYbXbvenT-LmRMMqWW5q8-aXmA/s2048/FB_IMG_1695349320419.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="922" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xLJmiyBRqk8pHxpAAbpYAHNJHQ8iZolx6VgWj6-mCwaTJrGnIIZKqVSCWDkMDg9_XFJTNqefDsXc2iSVA54AKft77LWfnkzQ_tPjSNf2qmeyw16DwMduA5BperI89L1h5nNAtae2Jw2k1uJZJMEX4HPCWt5UXf5n_gYbXbvenT-LmRMMqWW5q8-aXmA/w288-h640/FB_IMG_1695349320419.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Back at the office, this is a picture of the zipliners plus their guides on each side.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0WAEnBAajvWCMBMBBERKegtQJvb2-VCwtAZ4RbUkPW4JVk7aONo1-sGMAvYLslVA0d-VL5A1BAI7A0f93ji71nRSpzN2pnQQ5EMSYAXtdd9VqUhA8D1trazP2m1BaMp9fOSc1pz-P7YXaqxCdiODctinA9impuiiAUygdu7MJ9JMwYA950n0AYxmpRAI/s1600/FB_IMG_1695349303158.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0WAEnBAajvWCMBMBBERKegtQJvb2-VCwtAZ4RbUkPW4JVk7aONo1-sGMAvYLslVA0d-VL5A1BAI7A0f93ji71nRSpzN2pnQQ5EMSYAXtdd9VqUhA8D1trazP2m1BaMp9fOSc1pz-P7YXaqxCdiODctinA9impuiiAUygdu7MJ9JMwYA950n0AYxmpRAI/w400-h400/FB_IMG_1695349303158.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">All in all, it was another interesting day in the Big Bend area. we leave tomorrow but I am already looking forward to my next visit.</div></div><br /></div>TravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050287180076649026.post-40124995712005108312023-09-20T16:38:00.223-05:002023-09-30T14:11:53.245-05:002023-9-20 Big Bend Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive/Castolon<p> Wednesday morning Elaine and I were off to tour the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive. There are three distinctively different areas in Big Bend and I strongly recommend you plan at least three days to tour the park. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-3cuSyUaS-lHBDR5-5PVUwOLQpfVrGspTmEvFyGl0YGHednI9yehUuxLanqW31irNG-h_xr44rHRjuBr2KqiM31fKLESJsoZO2UUOKocTHMQWPfgzytDcxQHGwXy9Rmobvm3UMxWQXglzMu9wkR5jSxajkW_d6mcF0OQcHiYbcYfTSoT2M3ag-JkWZ2c/s4032/PXL_20230920_154523574.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-3cuSyUaS-lHBDR5-5PVUwOLQpfVrGspTmEvFyGl0YGHednI9yehUuxLanqW31irNG-h_xr44rHRjuBr2KqiM31fKLESJsoZO2UUOKocTHMQWPfgzytDcxQHGwXy9Rmobvm3UMxWQXglzMu9wkR5jSxajkW_d6mcF0OQcHiYbcYfTSoT2M3ag-JkWZ2c/w400-h300/PXL_20230920_154523574.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Federico Villalba was one of the many key pioneers in the Big Bend area.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJAlz0FuPx0R8WzNLZlHjAXHyMYhVJIPQjf_Wj1BmZWsLGU-UoieyOYp37fbGlVtbh2yn7RtHWFH7Zxnp_SYE5fwcXcbL6Lh9WU9CyXT8kD6Nq9_pHl15fg9YqdH46EqDKyHUeiHQ7bFjzv3DVQCKuclSEEvYmpd-tPCqy7e037IZMfQLEm4xNyiW8B8/s3398/PXL_20230920_142928561.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3398" data-original-width="2153" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJAlz0FuPx0R8WzNLZlHjAXHyMYhVJIPQjf_Wj1BmZWsLGU-UoieyOYp37fbGlVtbh2yn7RtHWFH7Zxnp_SYE5fwcXcbL6Lh9WU9CyXT8kD6Nq9_pHl15fg9YqdH46EqDKyHUeiHQ7bFjzv3DVQCKuclSEEvYmpd-tPCqy7e037IZMfQLEm4xNyiW8B8/w406-h640/PXL_20230920_142928561.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Sam Nail was another big Bend pioneer. The remnants of this ranch are close to the road so it's a pretty easy hike to see it. There are remnants of the adobe house, a couple of windmills, one still working. There are figs and pecans that the Nails planted to transform the desert.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3A1ZdRzoZNtTaEtD0DZ1MV4NPtmi5vdfxobM2zRLzSh6gPzZ9tMtKJy2bZe0ImRRV3X8oRrqNTl7Vx3Oib1jnbkqr8WvYVP4W3FSLbYUSTD0o8P_TBjVS5ZiPLNVAUz7ijmJxGrGdIvcF8LwM7i0E1a0-hCExFYqb-YLpTGvcHYtoxBwr5e_VHsZhAxo/s2508/PXL_20230920_150836775.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2508" data-original-width="1835" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3A1ZdRzoZNtTaEtD0DZ1MV4NPtmi5vdfxobM2zRLzSh6gPzZ9tMtKJy2bZe0ImRRV3X8oRrqNTl7Vx3Oib1jnbkqr8WvYVP4W3FSLbYUSTD0o8P_TBjVS5ZiPLNVAUz7ijmJxGrGdIvcF8LwM7i0E1a0-hCExFYqb-YLpTGvcHYtoxBwr5e_VHsZhAxo/w469-h640/PXL_20230920_150836775.jpg" width="469" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNULeOGe_ZSginZA7muWABkl4GIYHse5Df0PhBcjoFCW4fTikmhAMz629Pox0nE_Urgb_THs9knPOUD_HHWp6xN2-aohKKHPNGyWcaeMMpPXQ8R4y5aZoRp32B0pFoktUVPYm9ZYp7Z4jbOkrBp_oncqZ6UDvPuUtA1jVp1CTCgt_HhZRc53Hqf-K7Jk/s4032/PXL_20230920_151645533.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I think they were part of a mining operation.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlB24LM7vwX3aFtuJxAiImJoVDflHuMNO8FXLISgcF7GHlrrDPNZmTdGpWKDl13ms4okSIj3qGSG-7uxmYjt0iLQomLyt3RCs5SXTpQZ2vtJ2X3IxATomjwmQ2R9BRUyUycslFtLPqhHlhhnzawLjXUePQ4AjIJYqxKa250mViSyHB3l0id6rXEhJi-p4/s4032/PXL_20230920_163243048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlB24LM7vwX3aFtuJxAiImJoVDflHuMNO8FXLISgcF7GHlrrDPNZmTdGpWKDl13ms4okSIj3qGSG-7uxmYjt0iLQomLyt3RCs5SXTpQZ2vtJ2X3IxATomjwmQ2R9BRUyUycslFtLPqhHlhhnzawLjXUePQ4AjIJYqxKa250mViSyHB3l0id6rXEhJi-p4/w400-h300/PXL_20230920_163243048.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>From up on the hill we could see across the border to a small Mexican town. Remember that this is the far eastern part of the park and this town has no crossing to the U.S. and no road to Boquillas.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrz2QRnblCWsYi2goUkF0POX6tIsqRK6c5tPMXf5J8VRXW-B7lHmZ4_nF-Atp4tYCrBVwcy7SjUVkn0x-ltZ65AM-s-faGtSzNSc1YoYAiuP3XaU6JT10oP_pxrtLfdGWzs-JcmL8GWA7PpZvhQU82mp4naamGyUHuY1nmotdUCF5t4IvC1hwQzWIWab0/s4032/PXL_20230920_164017218.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrz2QRnblCWsYi2goUkF0POX6tIsqRK6c5tPMXf5J8VRXW-B7lHmZ4_nF-Atp4tYCrBVwcy7SjUVkn0x-ltZ65AM-s-faGtSzNSc1YoYAiuP3XaU6JT10oP_pxrtLfdGWzs-JcmL8GWA7PpZvhQU82mp4naamGyUHuY1nmotdUCF5t4IvC1hwQzWIWab0/w400-h300/PXL_20230920_164017218.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We were at Castolon at this point when we looked across the river and saw the tiny town. The ranger station and Visitor Center were closed but we found a young man who worked in the park having lunch in the shade behind the rangers station. He told us about the town. Castolon has a small store but the woman working there said she was just filling in and knew nothing at all about Castolon or this part of the park. Hmmmm. There was a much larger store there with a big covered area and picnic tables but it burned down a couple years ago and has chain link fence around it. This is a different building that is falling into disrepair.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRara6IUpCDP5HzJLA5oHy-ZJfAV4Fg3_tln_qHgizuTy-oLkjEEAJ2-HmdVvElL5Qj1gFo94p1K9SPT49AvHWaVDqPkbWxnAatF0vZA0gsPkCa49gx-PQBLK2-5majyd7gCSeOplZcvj_KZlOjVC1dkLWs5hRqKXvvrLSo6BBPJQvV-YDilm1ujlucAw/s3506/PXL_20230920_164220299.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1978" data-original-width="3506" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRara6IUpCDP5HzJLA5oHy-ZJfAV4Fg3_tln_qHgizuTy-oLkjEEAJ2-HmdVvElL5Qj1gFo94p1K9SPT49AvHWaVDqPkbWxnAatF0vZA0gsPkCa49gx-PQBLK2-5majyd7gCSeOplZcvj_KZlOjVC1dkLWs5hRqKXvvrLSo6BBPJQvV-YDilm1ujlucAw/w400-h226/PXL_20230920_164220299.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Some of the old equipment is still around.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdIigPpMoRVGzZJVOVG4zmQn0Y75ZDyJD6sA6ZPL6KdkKO0cWNE1opnWLFuJmeGCTAxwINWQwyr0mbkFwDZT6_LcAdEumL6cmh1C4yegQY_hna7L9ORMfecZCMg6M8C0D3UFCcJLb7FIOBQ39x_JzrAeJ_THldh8vOj_TYnuONYChHjwYZYuNySbqsr0A/s4032/PXL_20230920_164253320.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdIigPpMoRVGzZJVOVG4zmQn0Y75ZDyJD6sA6ZPL6KdkKO0cWNE1opnWLFuJmeGCTAxwINWQwyr0mbkFwDZT6_LcAdEumL6cmh1C4yegQY_hna7L9ORMfecZCMg6M8C0D3UFCcJLb7FIOBQ39x_JzrAeJ_THldh8vOj_TYnuONYChHjwYZYuNySbqsr0A/w400-h300/PXL_20230920_164253320.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Magdalena's house where she raised 5 children as a widow while she worked for the La Harmonia Company.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiIrlHTK8Nmieva9NfYk_dP1aT8jr-7bqX8OME1rSRzqayG-Eu1fLYDzMta5L2IyH-fTlme9wlhoFg9o6SqsdHm_E6JPAsHijTcgaMKMiXVfoU4uC2p5kt_KSH7mBcpXRf1kbx_9TztRHJ1pS34xYJgyKm8h7AvbsC-dZJW5SGmOGaCxsdDpkY-jGC-qY/s4032/PXL_20230920_164805726.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2050" data-original-width="4032" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiIrlHTK8Nmieva9NfYk_dP1aT8jr-7bqX8OME1rSRzqayG-Eu1fLYDzMta5L2IyH-fTlme9wlhoFg9o6SqsdHm_E6JPAsHijTcgaMKMiXVfoU4uC2p5kt_KSH7mBcpXRf1kbx_9TztRHJ1pS34xYJgyKm8h7AvbsC-dZJW5SGmOGaCxsdDpkY-jGC-qY/w640-h326/PXL_20230920_164805726.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrb7SHyOv2njJxR0NbHj_AAllI5czABZ9VVPfUEYN2lIq__2_WJTCd_DGEXoCg2vauKhakLkAuJDOuzepzQduguBvcMQtDS6FugHxl-CrTPZByoYRxnHDoEs-S40CNEJoeLzOh8e-2YGS88j9buYfppTLzrx5cZX47RQUF7Sly64niDKJ7M1J9QkPYzLc/s4032/PXL_20230920_164816948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrb7SHyOv2njJxR0NbHj_AAllI5czABZ9VVPfUEYN2lIq__2_WJTCd_DGEXoCg2vauKhakLkAuJDOuzepzQduguBvcMQtDS6FugHxl-CrTPZByoYRxnHDoEs-S40CNEJoeLzOh8e-2YGS88j9buYfppTLzrx5cZX47RQUF7Sly64niDKJ7M1J9QkPYzLc/w400-h300/PXL_20230920_164816948.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The Garlick House is located below the Castolon bluff. It was used by the farm manager for the Harmonia Company, Fred Garlick.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5cVAC3u1sJIJ2zRu5qx98VIAayWzjA2Mefk2zYKRT45DNEtj7rZqvq4s2BETfJmMUSB5vSAwVezd6tJpOjzhN7tDzL4WS9BXnCPSL6FnADdr_QdPM4MPoVfb_aNXPhzRI8GlMKXTLdji6xUputyqH8OfW3K2fFkGiH5PRb_aWT8oJhBLPb6rjxaK1Qfw/s2384/PXL_20230920_164908801.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1246" data-original-width="2384" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5cVAC3u1sJIJ2zRu5qx98VIAayWzjA2Mefk2zYKRT45DNEtj7rZqvq4s2BETfJmMUSB5vSAwVezd6tJpOjzhN7tDzL4WS9BXnCPSL6FnADdr_QdPM4MPoVfb_aNXPhzRI8GlMKXTLdji6xUputyqH8OfW3K2fFkGiH5PRb_aWT8oJhBLPb6rjxaK1Qfw/w640-h334/PXL_20230920_164908801.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZXiMViPq_oZtCDwZMwoE4iLFX_tRRufD9oNuUBhoWjBPMWSK1VJ_4L_Lq1jhiT0UXUEkVWh0VROqWZWH5eCKE8YgXm5n_EFAw7PDRKrFk8vna7JYT_U9ZhnNwq92kwypnMF5mQRah4xVkjFY7PPEyAR5F9N1UACiWGBd3OhXhfgtk2VJ-dSdprB2cy40/s4026/PXL_20230920_164912613.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2341" data-original-width="4026" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZXiMViPq_oZtCDwZMwoE4iLFX_tRRufD9oNuUBhoWjBPMWSK1VJ_4L_Lq1jhiT0UXUEkVWh0VROqWZWH5eCKE8YgXm5n_EFAw7PDRKrFk8vna7JYT_U9ZhnNwq92kwypnMF5mQRah4xVkjFY7PPEyAR5F9N1UACiWGBd3OhXhfgtk2VJ-dSdprB2cy40/w400-h233/PXL_20230920_164912613.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>At one point the cavalry was posted here.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj12U0R1LHxtU7h0ygaOul87XgOqJn6ZJmQpy3wmdM55sC2KiRc1aPA-h1yHMVlM-bF8VfSVxV3YASS5xadUcc_UPQx6k4fgcGJcD_dMin47JO4FUxm1UYkxnQqC1cwW2tBrPXDg_7SCT_eoQoyXY_3Nl6pH1eX5jo4xKxL9-FF4M1HkC12JY4WdOgjxyY/s3295/PXL_20230920_164951791.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1682" data-original-width="3295" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj12U0R1LHxtU7h0ygaOul87XgOqJn6ZJmQpy3wmdM55sC2KiRc1aPA-h1yHMVlM-bF8VfSVxV3YASS5xadUcc_UPQx6k4fgcGJcD_dMin47JO4FUxm1UYkxnQqC1cwW2tBrPXDg_7SCT_eoQoyXY_3Nl6pH1eX5jo4xKxL9-FF4M1HkC12JY4WdOgjxyY/w400-h204/PXL_20230920_164951791.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhtK7WZNW4hDEzgfwyVnDZPRuS9JKQafXy8P6U5gCJPwqR4ytME8jdUwK_IpNOSWWxXKA9Gr7xz3sBfW5y2ehg_-u4vnKpttkAMYzVpz9sHaYGV6llbayA5T7GjerdQjrWk_z6UubJq4H4VdiMIhnDPHq8x9xzPpIMgxgKrWFdzOB67v9T9OGtuZv1hM/s4032/PXL_20230920_165149942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2817" data-original-width="4032" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlhtK7WZNW4hDEzgfwyVnDZPRuS9JKQafXy8P6U5gCJPwqR4ytME8jdUwK_IpNOSWWxXKA9Gr7xz3sBfW5y2ehg_-u4vnKpttkAMYzVpz9sHaYGV6llbayA5T7GjerdQjrWk_z6UubJq4H4VdiMIhnDPHq8x9xzPpIMgxgKrWFdzOB67v9T9OGtuZv1hM/w400-h280/PXL_20230920_165149942.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0R6Xxd99JOR-ZjZQ3J1go1D0ZtrGdXsjrrtOg4hOn93ObNiujLIBgpLh_fkzrpAfvkQKc0EVz1-HMKGA2lk1_CSG6AAKHHFoISS0ToJr1IBTwckVdcMGOOMvJ8MmCCMH1zUzoA58Ew9YOJ6wz5VmnoPELuw0007WaR1gqfmfzbyXgia7ITxvkXfTNF5c/s1488/PXL_20230920_165825361.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1488" data-original-width="860" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0R6Xxd99JOR-ZjZQ3J1go1D0ZtrGdXsjrrtOg4hOn93ObNiujLIBgpLh_fkzrpAfvkQKc0EVz1-HMKGA2lk1_CSG6AAKHHFoISS0ToJr1IBTwckVdcMGOOMvJ8MmCCMH1zUzoA58Ew9YOJ6wz5VmnoPELuw0007WaR1gqfmfzbyXgia7ITxvkXfTNF5c/w370-h640/PXL_20230920_165825361.jpg" width="370" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The next stop was the Cottonwood campground. In my opinion it may be the nicest campground but it has no hookups just shade and grass around the sites. A mama javelina and her baby come out of the brush far down the campground from us. The mama nursed the little one and then it went back into the brush. Javelinas are peccaries not wild hogs but they can still do some damage if you aren't careful to pickup around your campsite but this campground was not open to camping right now. Every site has a bear box.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSNGBJNP4q4TcsuaEy0kTLh7YP57JzvHZ4j5pnICYrTSYKH5T8hgLoV_2ASyaLufiMI8fvXDZPb1Njmz9hcxC2wG1wiP8LyEaNDXy6pnp3YiBFsUsx40nuH0ZVMm3Aco_MB_nPRyWd0Hc5_EVyug9F9DBVkyFrsLb3J0swDmpIyLk7RpyiefvbRloLDc/s2191/original_c7e75a4d-032a-4513-9bbb-5728c54be62b_PXL_20230920_171421613.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="2191" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSNGBJNP4q4TcsuaEy0kTLh7YP57JzvHZ4j5pnICYrTSYKH5T8hgLoV_2ASyaLufiMI8fvXDZPb1Njmz9hcxC2wG1wiP8LyEaNDXy6pnp3YiBFsUsx40nuH0ZVMm3Aco_MB_nPRyWd0Hc5_EVyug9F9DBVkyFrsLb3J0swDmpIyLk7RpyiefvbRloLDc/w400-h356/original_c7e75a4d-032a-4513-9bbb-5728c54be62b_PXL_20230920_171421613.jpg" width="400" /></a> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once again we saw lots of roadrunners. This one was very brave. He maintained his position 3 feet away while Elaine got up from the picnic table to get our phones/cameras out of the car. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMiyiGkWk6mF9DJ9KXdv7X25PkZKLcI3ktKfD1h0AOagm6wlgvkRoTkFVrbOQBBdIFSyMYR5kR0urX94GHSQU9sNAA6QdKRyBHwryngCilLzsoryR0k9HeXr1RGeqNY3laxVMf35Wx0KODpwqpXPFjgUmYhTZ8lYAB9Alz8kIB2IZ7L5qaHdQsR6r0FYI/s2350/PXL_20230920_171434006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1612" data-original-width="2350" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMiyiGkWk6mF9DJ9KXdv7X25PkZKLcI3ktKfD1h0AOagm6wlgvkRoTkFVrbOQBBdIFSyMYR5kR0urX94GHSQU9sNAA6QdKRyBHwryngCilLzsoryR0k9HeXr1RGeqNY3laxVMf35Wx0KODpwqpXPFjgUmYhTZ8lYAB9Alz8kIB2IZ7L5qaHdQsR6r0FYI/w400-h275/PXL_20230920_171434006.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqbdUbt6eBfR__dAlifWQqU0EI4agTaA2QkNUTCXHDzAAGiA7LFo5lkiaJJ-s5X9OjobkkLYwUoO4G2FNRWtLlFEvCVvLztq76P5s2n7-tU4ssjTSVBQ71DAxWvaifQvANLDRuq-x7mdAHgQSLF7Js8BHudMZeZ5RSzEiaR5CmfzLusEZQbEQvGNWjCw/s2540/PXL_20230920_171939066.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2397" data-original-width="2540" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqbdUbt6eBfR__dAlifWQqU0EI4agTaA2QkNUTCXHDzAAGiA7LFo5lkiaJJ-s5X9OjobkkLYwUoO4G2FNRWtLlFEvCVvLztq76P5s2n7-tU4ssjTSVBQ71DAxWvaifQvANLDRuq-x7mdAHgQSLF7Js8BHudMZeZ5RSzEiaR5CmfzLusEZQbEQvGNWjCw/w400-h378/PXL_20230920_171939066.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This was the store used by early settlers near Castolon.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSuwOB8Ock8TIOP_cZcckvsdcCnXmWhu7l3dRgFAIcO_ZM2sHW7GpE5DY2gdUNrFsPXrRiErKBBWKFyI_3wsBetXj4nLqgwWKJUjKip1ctmoYLN7jB583wfUrWnHLRobMroxCxfxnseXGJ8oMZF7HP-gdXGyYuI-P_WxamgZzq2q1zO1glCyNpyTooyV4/s3838/PXL_20230920_175706097.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2224" data-original-width="3838" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSuwOB8Ock8TIOP_cZcckvsdcCnXmWhu7l3dRgFAIcO_ZM2sHW7GpE5DY2gdUNrFsPXrRiErKBBWKFyI_3wsBetXj4nLqgwWKJUjKip1ctmoYLN7jB583wfUrWnHLRobMroxCxfxnseXGJ8oMZF7HP-gdXGyYuI-P_WxamgZzq2q1zO1glCyNpyTooyV4/w400-h231/PXL_20230920_175706097.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9r30AbOVj8pLqLxTSqeFXhMwGvlvdELdFptVPde_CdcHEdJQ4LBHud4tszz5wEP5lo6P2NEkt0kPXnELBuPXtF8hUIZvTCZBSsotALWN5acKUs0GUHloReFlBO5E08OoVPMo1HkN91SuCpvom0k_DcOUzq4uWDizqD7V17VLvAMRYYqSEtiuT2jpqpHE/s2048/IMG_0723.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9r30AbOVj8pLqLxTSqeFXhMwGvlvdELdFptVPde_CdcHEdJQ4LBHud4tszz5wEP5lo6P2NEkt0kPXnELBuPXtF8hUIZvTCZBSsotALWN5acKUs0GUHloReFlBO5E08OoVPMo1HkN91SuCpvom0k_DcOUzq4uWDizqD7V17VLvAMRYYqSEtiuT2jpqpHE/w400-h300/IMG_0723.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>It was actually like a small compound with buildings on 3 sides.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDNLIkahZXlQFHm8fCsAbRzcH-8OusSaMjFgtwf9jfcRYPrE90lMNw6tqVP10Ea3I0pNaR-KazqX9MWrIxpEVn0dC5j7XDxFblWKgnCNe_NZqQ-G4o6YT4ly8XEi7JL8FeqWkNiogfEwxymkZIgLM9GjiS9V6WbUGhf8-UtLHAgwhooCNKSWhzWYS3Ls/s4032/PXL_20230920_175726126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipDNLIkahZXlQFHm8fCsAbRzcH-8OusSaMjFgtwf9jfcRYPrE90lMNw6tqVP10Ea3I0pNaR-KazqX9MWrIxpEVn0dC5j7XDxFblWKgnCNe_NZqQ-G4o6YT4ly8XEi7JL8FeqWkNiogfEwxymkZIgLM9GjiS9V6WbUGhf8-UtLHAgwhooCNKSWhzWYS3Ls/w400-h300/PXL_20230920_175726126.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>While the sides still look good, the reed style roofs have caved in. The windows and doors have wire across the openings.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-oBIfOJy8deH4-hb3JgmpDH2WQrbyj5eKTFQ3aLXraEJHu0tPZC9m68TipauElP2RqKzl2R4FCSpUE8RKSmIemUF1pnn9sYmwMf6wjLuyMmipe3PIuL36VxHnWqU4gcZ1AMKuUm-0yXo9kB8RTi5SKEK-0yynEnrEDWu56Lja0xzwjtag0Zda1TmfNE/s4032/PXL_20230920_175749561.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK-oBIfOJy8deH4-hb3JgmpDH2WQrbyj5eKTFQ3aLXraEJHu0tPZC9m68TipauElP2RqKzl2R4FCSpUE8RKSmIemUF1pnn9sYmwMf6wjLuyMmipe3PIuL36VxHnWqU4gcZ1AMKuUm-0yXo9kB8RTi5SKEK-0yynEnrEDWu56Lja0xzwjtag0Zda1TmfNE/w300-h400/PXL_20230920_175749561.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI40DhxwohLwrS2R5qN102PFVHu3F9p5Yr7iRTTkKLZsmqwOVfIrDq4lulnFg6plSXZgsf5e4nWsoB7PVrlqKZGjhUUGJfy0_McSxncHjY41NPEo87uWunyB4ACMAn9Uf-f6qf8J4KMDqyyStBYrEZ4SbYcHc821CcyI67SwzKuI0N5sOk_hqDG-9KGLc/s4032/PXL_20230920_175826065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI40DhxwohLwrS2R5qN102PFVHu3F9p5Yr7iRTTkKLZsmqwOVfIrDq4lulnFg6plSXZgsf5e4nWsoB7PVrlqKZGjhUUGJfy0_McSxncHjY41NPEo87uWunyB4ACMAn9Uf-f6qf8J4KMDqyyStBYrEZ4SbYcHc821CcyI67SwzKuI0N5sOk_hqDG-9KGLc/w400-h300/PXL_20230920_175826065.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This was the boat ramp to the Rio Grande near Castolon. We met this woman and her husband down at Santa Elena Canyon again. They were from Germany.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPa_3UgJmhBMKYAEQViM-xmVKKgiyn3v2KiZ-_ec3wvJm8h2hb13fZb15w6AAsLVdro9FNK_2vj7UzBnpAd5hewZzKgwVfPwzfcESm660OHoXPDqR4DDYM3DD_XIpuZerivnwK029zf11d00iseQrXOuz4vpdji-FBg7ZKrCmaTQ79dnh1sUtv0xOCbew/s4032/PXL_20230920_181407716.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPa_3UgJmhBMKYAEQViM-xmVKKgiyn3v2KiZ-_ec3wvJm8h2hb13fZb15w6AAsLVdro9FNK_2vj7UzBnpAd5hewZzKgwVfPwzfcESm660OHoXPDqR4DDYM3DD_XIpuZerivnwK029zf11d00iseQrXOuz4vpdji-FBg7ZKrCmaTQ79dnh1sUtv0xOCbew/w300-h400/PXL_20230920_181407716.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Santa Elena Canyon, the left side is Mexico and the right side is the U.S. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDBuB3LZt8hKSs8MvoVGfCForhCx1F2bVG3TtLOd8fdONVztyq6F8zREzDY8taFAlufrLSpJmJ_ljodtRFdcXHPb2_A-VhYYqEtY74LUhqfLZBOOIJi-l2RtjdzEZY8CNSZ4Ee2v5MDieq_dgBysO2d7CCFmlcKhQ1lz2WMpMfobSWfIQeT85dwZn6DEs/s4032/PXL_20230920_182123330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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That is why the gate was closed. They had to bulldoze the mud from the road.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80C4vKgvGUJ9NdIYWEgb9cwDOnx_o719WYWDTRVcIfX6H4lcsgQUKfWl8FLcXZRcYEEjE0viXUtusDCAYEsXmepPNI6kZJviTr_HFN0aP9b4JHHXiop4teVLqbz8Y2HXR8id-phOyf3p5X4NP86XFQpYJVaVKRpVRCchULhUxfCon81U-7kqgLv0RVnw/s4032/PXL_20230920_183612422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj80C4vKgvGUJ9NdIYWEgb9cwDOnx_o719WYWDTRVcIfX6H4lcsgQUKfWl8FLcXZRcYEEjE0viXUtusDCAYEsXmepPNI6kZJviTr_HFN0aP9b4JHHXiop4teVLqbz8Y2HXR8id-phOyf3p5X4NP86XFQpYJVaVKRpVRCchULhUxfCon81U-7kqgLv0RVnw/w400-h300/PXL_20230920_183612422.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>On the way back down the road, we met these travelers.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17fYYdFWTuaBxWXf2nv5wuTnXKt5OWYCCdEj5OznHrmkQj8nQPsK8eNOO3Mun5z-CL6D4EzGiFqNZ38SMFaEgIcgBRy3ZFdfI0Xo7Amb2zhC02Q1AM_KCcOVMbkJ2e0ExCSi5siw8km6qfhFEfOSspjV5UZdCmrtTAZMJb8HMTp69mNDXa97vT0ydSOQ/s4032/PXL_20230920_184623762.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17fYYdFWTuaBxWXf2nv5wuTnXKt5OWYCCdEj5OznHrmkQj8nQPsK8eNOO3Mun5z-CL6D4EzGiFqNZ38SMFaEgIcgBRy3ZFdfI0Xo7Amb2zhC02Q1AM_KCcOVMbkJ2e0ExCSi5siw8km6qfhFEfOSspjV5UZdCmrtTAZMJb8HMTp69mNDXa97vT0ydSOQ/w300-h400/PXL_20230920_184623762.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-O4qRlaT3rvFB7NMbD4wDGwsbNw_uYE2XhX4FFVEWKO4Q0Iuw1BEEOZ28ik3UiEcRaPBWzA9yLUMWlefcdgfIXfEp2IOLvrBCUxSH2Xju3gRj29XFxniV1xihyphenhyphenJFExfSYV7S4-krg5pIzAD8toaPUAqvNn_M_S_34ddzJr67oNSi_QbBfrLUe2JadPW0/s4032/PXL_20230920_184648918.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-O4qRlaT3rvFB7NMbD4wDGwsbNw_uYE2XhX4FFVEWKO4Q0Iuw1BEEOZ28ik3UiEcRaPBWzA9yLUMWlefcdgfIXfEp2IOLvrBCUxSH2Xju3gRj29XFxniV1xihyphenhyphenJFExfSYV7S4-krg5pIzAD8toaPUAqvNn_M_S_34ddzJr67oNSi_QbBfrLUe2JadPW0/w300-h400/PXL_20230920_184648918.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0nzvpWhgOwbI82m0fIx9518AMm6nZtqHjXV1FMFO3fQ3Cq7EpDvXTmCtQlohy78Of3LqwXOubd5zVLYwfTpcia1tzmG_mf5FVFrP_4o25zKA_uKfdvR2KoobwPHFDwewpCsM1uWTQg3W0OIBKsQeUhSmYx6JpRpg01BHztOHKpXxQWUORBq90Qup9ik/s3163/PXL_20230920_184650194~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3163" data-original-width="2779" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0nzvpWhgOwbI82m0fIx9518AMm6nZtqHjXV1FMFO3fQ3Cq7EpDvXTmCtQlohy78Of3LqwXOubd5zVLYwfTpcia1tzmG_mf5FVFrP_4o25zKA_uKfdvR2KoobwPHFDwewpCsM1uWTQg3W0OIBKsQeUhSmYx6JpRpg01BHztOHKpXxQWUORBq90Qup9ik/w351-h400/PXL_20230920_184650194~2.jpg" width="351" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Coming back along the road, we stopped to look down at the Homer Wilson ranch. You can hike down there but it is down a steep hill and then across the valley.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwb7nkcLRtlU4eaDES2AUgCEVnjGnEYIH4i4uUFpx7CZIpw8746HQ1vD4siOs_8cJzz8oE8IIqQUsJ_5soA-DvnCJW09DDS07C6nWoR18ebSQZ1X7Wfwt8Q96iIg3SisyXxIzMfEXAvilWxt9j5KpQpKohqUuinOhg2zUJio7kJHflj3AhL17d2TNfwI/s4032/PXL_20230920_193005920.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwb7nkcLRtlU4eaDES2AUgCEVnjGnEYIH4i4uUFpx7CZIpw8746HQ1vD4siOs_8cJzz8oE8IIqQUsJ_5soA-DvnCJW09DDS07C6nWoR18ebSQZ1X7Wfwt8Q96iIg3SisyXxIzMfEXAvilWxt9j5KpQpKohqUuinOhg2zUJio7kJHflj3AhL17d2TNfwI/w400-h300/PXL_20230920_193005920.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-SxYFwcriSW7gGma4CcsqyrENfpV8ntB-7T2LnWJC7n0lRbX19rH1So1nnl431-ur4qCCSxR0wBiAtMj6Oc4dD-BT-mxQycSmIOuEWHyNrd7OS5N4ljJTevnI2IHXAsRdRmHRz3ht0xOBppD6DTXZHxFzvfYb41PhmvsM6dSOtXSQe-lPnkYk3qlupnQ/s1746/PXL_20230920_193043441.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1746" data-original-width="1691" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-SxYFwcriSW7gGma4CcsqyrENfpV8ntB-7T2LnWJC7n0lRbX19rH1So1nnl431-ur4qCCSxR0wBiAtMj6Oc4dD-BT-mxQycSmIOuEWHyNrd7OS5N4ljJTevnI2IHXAsRdRmHRz3ht0xOBppD6DTXZHxFzvfYb41PhmvsM6dSOtXSQe-lPnkYk3qlupnQ/w620-h640/PXL_20230920_193043441.jpg" width="620" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Everything looks like you could move right in but that is really not the case. You can see a corral behind the house.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKYcFUNX9xvmD1QHYk-JTM81V1sQRIx35umGrbXPRsEsEJf7NMtLCbu7Q2F2FYgZCVeeOPFOkfvQRhAmSI_9UiVsd_wSRhIjYS3KvXGM-8HewqqYrp0cB_RAMW7g2KvofrmghxIXBPNgQOkQynfMZGM5NWXR2-DE21Wp1kGKP8Fa7zAJoJDGhsNCSZBE/s3374/PXL_20230920_193117513.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2417" data-original-width="3374" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYKYcFUNX9xvmD1QHYk-JTM81V1sQRIx35umGrbXPRsEsEJf7NMtLCbu7Q2F2FYgZCVeeOPFOkfvQRhAmSI_9UiVsd_wSRhIjYS3KvXGM-8HewqqYrp0cB_RAMW7g2KvofrmghxIXBPNgQOkQynfMZGM5NWXR2-DE21Wp1kGKP8Fa7zAJoJDGhsNCSZBE/w400-h286/PXL_20230920_193117513.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>While we were doing this tour, some of our intrepid friends were in canoes paddling their hearts out. It ended up being canoes rather than rafts as the river was too low for rafts. They went with a local outfitters who drove them to the canoe site. That is not the Santa Elena Canyon but a canyon further south.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvp7GnU1hmnGcraFC4bLB8vwG1ElAM-DY8F0uekbYjkTMTpWeip9KVJvnajuI4SBqoqyZfHGAIfF-CG5PzonBO1b-a5VDLpKGTBNTaiWG6BNg7Gkqfo-2ClhC_CqPrBhbD2NsB5NXTXeF6AEz0KXTX0XLhXoDw6fldr82oOsuhaDPCVWpJq5BlgxrOhmc/s800/FB_IMG_1695946950725.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvp7GnU1hmnGcraFC4bLB8vwG1ElAM-DY8F0uekbYjkTMTpWeip9KVJvnajuI4SBqoqyZfHGAIfF-CG5PzonBO1b-a5VDLpKGTBNTaiWG6BNg7Gkqfo-2ClhC_CqPrBhbD2NsB5NXTXeF6AEz0KXTX0XLhXoDw6fldr82oOsuhaDPCVWpJq5BlgxrOhmc/w300-h400/FB_IMG_1695946950725.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p>Another great day in Big Bend National Park.</p>TravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050287180076649026.post-37622983623728251942023-09-19T15:34:00.096-05:002023-09-29T16:24:13.747-05:002023-9-19 Big Bend Chisos Mountains<p> Tuesday morning, Beverly, Myrt, Elaine, and I were on our way back to the coolest place in Big Bend. By coolest, I mean the coolest temperatures because all of Big Bend is cool. The road up to park center is steep and curvy. It is not recommended for any RVs over 20'.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSlfjtQd8JnLPpdIQJxhuTYfP8Cq7NTz0QxevKywwTQkfCZOJ5QxNMbNDnjXF9k3hcGawRG5iQa4u7038CaB3rXqQwv8nnGQYnkE73PPWH0rJb21o8ixHsN6XINdEfuPcdTpG5sJ7FwHcpLL_oOVGsSd-eJts-45ZIlTKy3nKVb_kLXPS3RNUvR7F9CxA/s4032/PXL_20230919_144937228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSlfjtQd8JnLPpdIQJxhuTYfP8Cq7NTz0QxevKywwTQkfCZOJ5QxNMbNDnjXF9k3hcGawRG5iQa4u7038CaB3rXqQwv8nnGQYnkE73PPWH0rJb21o8ixHsN6XINdEfuPcdTpG5sJ7FwHcpLL_oOVGsSd-eJts-45ZIlTKy3nKVb_kLXPS3RNUvR7F9CxA/w400-h300/PXL_20230919_144937228.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_hNKNqVGr9Q5gPLka8zV6L_rzxazH_S6w1cMOgoHTq5ws_hNzU-QWp90rYuMWdmHb11QcqdPYeV9wF9KwTAvj6CVS2rwKqoRPICduqsox1_F9JHz5QDndOlK_6UdnCHA3jUSHhruOvzjBEPTJmFKgkcylF3kqz0ooObHFL8wIwZqU4-hqXOVcd_G5qdM/s4032/PXL_20230919_145000067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_hNKNqVGr9Q5gPLka8zV6L_rzxazH_S6w1cMOgoHTq5ws_hNzU-QWp90rYuMWdmHb11QcqdPYeV9wF9KwTAvj6CVS2rwKqoRPICduqsox1_F9JHz5QDndOlK_6UdnCHA3jUSHhruOvzjBEPTJmFKgkcylF3kqz0ooObHFL8wIwZqU4-hqXOVcd_G5qdM/w400-h300/PXL_20230919_145000067.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We stopped to read the signs along the way.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-_NTVQ4GYki0Dk3gBjKPWizCKdM_AfoKPbGp7j9dUhOZTRlw8hQ1BN1aHVOHXl-46tyUi2uo1jP-FYYbAHtTnNKALj6JWcG3dEj868pRXiA4k_P1aLoYmQJXzM14WlbnzyJzFlpqzPEtEoLQX489frfLdlkREGSrNjWVceUpiXgMfABVh1TLC6dp2BU/s4032/PXL_20230919_144928847.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-_NTVQ4GYki0Dk3gBjKPWizCKdM_AfoKPbGp7j9dUhOZTRlw8hQ1BN1aHVOHXl-46tyUi2uo1jP-FYYbAHtTnNKALj6JWcG3dEj868pRXiA4k_P1aLoYmQJXzM14WlbnzyJzFlpqzPEtEoLQX489frfLdlkREGSrNjWVceUpiXgMfABVh1TLC6dp2BU/w400-h300/PXL_20230919_144928847.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglW-utMfB_nCxdBlQdoSBLYcQaLNoP0MBInDQvJhp3OFzVRvO5X6smFT6VIc4IPZXHRzYYgJZNrF2PsFkYC7s1GPHXyy3O32_MKf6Ng0x_FZhgxlkY23cmU-tle_dqhH87z6fUVxi99Dk0h7CJzVOcY_scRPcgSmi23iX-1dCfFlO5RdTjaj75O2bOlxg/s2048/IMG_0634.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglW-utMfB_nCxdBlQdoSBLYcQaLNoP0MBInDQvJhp3OFzVRvO5X6smFT6VIc4IPZXHRzYYgJZNrF2PsFkYC7s1GPHXyy3O32_MKf6Ng0x_FZhgxlkY23cmU-tle_dqhH87z6fUVxi99Dk0h7CJzVOcY_scRPcgSmi23iX-1dCfFlO5RdTjaj75O2bOlxg/w400-h300/IMG_0634.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>See the "Window Trail" and the "Window View Trail". Be sure you know the difference because they are very different. Anyone can do the "Window View Trail" even if in a wheelchair.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkcMoqWRxwKn4G_oVjLsa4kYksunPDaj-ijxW1HN83H6oUfCZf4uiQaXCvo21IQwXNPBwFU1V04i0h3qVzvA8-cO9A9RcxR5kk7CKgPULQ7SQwJaK_FNjXJ7MhU1svmTCUDrbiVdtNzLX3V7KMM0kAkxxuPHZll5k6cTSKidpIrSlcdBRCrbkRmrDJGUM/s4032/PXL_20230919_151423725.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkcMoqWRxwKn4G_oVjLsa4kYksunPDaj-ijxW1HN83H6oUfCZf4uiQaXCvo21IQwXNPBwFU1V04i0h3qVzvA8-cO9A9RcxR5kk7CKgPULQ7SQwJaK_FNjXJ7MhU1svmTCUDrbiVdtNzLX3V7KMM0kAkxxuPHZll5k6cTSKidpIrSlcdBRCrbkRmrDJGUM/w300-h400/PXL_20230919_151423725.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Yes, there are bears and mountain lions in the park. Be absolutely sure to use the bear boxes and follow the instructions for camping and picnics. The bears were almost extinct in the park but they made a comeback when they crossed the border from Mexico.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihqf5u_bDocNwHYTaHO9iBBN49oYhJNmjmfStTeBECCuJmfEfhhO2QqR_5htsFTYUfahgJHocGY0_KOIfjWyPHPoI6xCtBqOCOUPkfrTlR1kBHASuObytr4Thn43he0coxJ_BIqpKAiUZDj0rMxRirB23_2YT-n_4Y5t3QxGicyzX-SUZHK4dBxHnxgrw/s3434/PXL_20230919_151433574.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3434" data-original-width="2546" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihqf5u_bDocNwHYTaHO9iBBN49oYhJNmjmfStTeBECCuJmfEfhhO2QqR_5htsFTYUfahgJHocGY0_KOIfjWyPHPoI6xCtBqOCOUPkfrTlR1kBHASuObytr4Thn43he0coxJ_BIqpKAiUZDj0rMxRirB23_2YT-n_4Y5t3QxGicyzX-SUZHK4dBxHnxgrw/w296-h400/PXL_20230919_151433574.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There are many trails in the park and hiking temperatures are cooler in the Chisos area.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimF9alBIHLO7qou2AIQm4VzH1S5ySx917Hu9mSivZhhcs7cnm0vnQ3I1y8j83Bv5z30g58o8V6Zz-g5aPCGAhB63AtKaiuEctdeePMUsfOktVie2tb2xLDmDzGZzGhSLtIqRFnGJ4fsfUAFncX7JC0lTJE_4qOmNMEiwpnTmWLOVaqryX7_RFMyB1yga4/s3517/PXL_20230919_151502879.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3517" data-original-width="2971" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimF9alBIHLO7qou2AIQm4VzH1S5ySx917Hu9mSivZhhcs7cnm0vnQ3I1y8j83Bv5z30g58o8V6Zz-g5aPCGAhB63AtKaiuEctdeePMUsfOktVie2tb2xLDmDzGZzGhSLtIqRFnGJ4fsfUAFncX7JC0lTJE_4qOmNMEiwpnTmWLOVaqryX7_RFMyB1yga4/w338-h400/PXL_20230919_151502879.jpg" width="338" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There are lots of cactus up here but it is also greener up in the mountains.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2mBY49y4fEwFg1nA6UvzD-S5HlqB3iP_1Nq1EHxb07w00dm-X7yr4rz_2P9WQQ7938y1hJkaUJbzMy82jBqA6qRYGd_FhX1Brofmn-gaJ1s_C6Af-jBJIsGHdKeT8CyiT2Cs9we4O5iEv7ptaXFF5eVtVEvbX-FTPddUv43METryXRfDkY53DsnKL-Uk/s4032/PXL_20230919_151812801.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2mBY49y4fEwFg1nA6UvzD-S5HlqB3iP_1Nq1EHxb07w00dm-X7yr4rz_2P9WQQ7938y1hJkaUJbzMy82jBqA6qRYGd_FhX1Brofmn-gaJ1s_C6Af-jBJIsGHdKeT8CyiT2Cs9we4O5iEv7ptaXFF5eVtVEvbX-FTPddUv43METryXRfDkY53DsnKL-Uk/w300-h400/PXL_20230919_151812801.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1mZ7W0tB4Gc6Ufs-Or5_jV7PcZ7wRPK6HvjfuKjIcdMny4DuEzlPAotwaAhISxHsFSHCsHfbE2KKIRS7cyB84jhGRqlavJ9SmKOOHqAqV3CSwZWB4-tG6OthEYN7h1FiB8lHWwidQhqYe3kUlxWf85aGRbpdgzE3zAHQJvlVGVE8eqCSQQXWEx1vzRQ/s4032/PXL_20230919_152201528~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2633" data-original-width="4032" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX1mZ7W0tB4Gc6Ufs-Or5_jV7PcZ7wRPK6HvjfuKjIcdMny4DuEzlPAotwaAhISxHsFSHCsHfbE2KKIRS7cyB84jhGRqlavJ9SmKOOHqAqV3CSwZWB4-tG6OthEYN7h1FiB8lHWwidQhqYe3kUlxWf85aGRbpdgzE3zAHQJvlVGVE8eqCSQQXWEx1vzRQ/w400-h261/PXL_20230919_152201528~2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This was taken on the "Window View Trail". This trail is paved and has several benches along the way. The view is breath taking.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkJzp3i8MyrmajCbi_IZkgs5HWNv-XEDAxSgKi1UVid_kBOXrB1gWzDCZNj2pZvRsuJ479B4S_iqsXBSzrYlo0vMPo0O-oE8fcvWkZYm0q1gjt2rHid7Ecu_x1O6vhY7uNiHCNA-RTOWplVWrE5GkJU99sI_jojWhKSQ4Lp8zVnhgQ3c5dmlwOLRIVdM/s4032/PXL_20230919_152339229~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkJzp3i8MyrmajCbi_IZkgs5HWNv-XEDAxSgKi1UVid_kBOXrB1gWzDCZNj2pZvRsuJ479B4S_iqsXBSzrYlo0vMPo0O-oE8fcvWkZYm0q1gjt2rHid7Ecu_x1O6vhY7uNiHCNA-RTOWplVWrE5GkJU99sI_jojWhKSQ4Lp8zVnhgQ3c5dmlwOLRIVdM/w400-h300/PXL_20230919_152339229~2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-atW2EzmKAwzfWQ1n8XlXB3xckdJX9KcGcw8W6u4a2asUaBO5kUFzR87zwf3G88yIbmLZk8GhBLM37mF7SNpNe4l_EyAE5-mStKil5AbiTVD0x-oXT4dzy5nRj9_tLRcGFrqISdFrzrh1O_TWlW_jO6Yxo5KnVOt_ii-ctsjf4a5VWKp6IgdMC4hAK8/s4032/PXL_20230919_160705571.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-atW2EzmKAwzfWQ1n8XlXB3xckdJX9KcGcw8W6u4a2asUaBO5kUFzR87zwf3G88yIbmLZk8GhBLM37mF7SNpNe4l_EyAE5-mStKil5AbiTVD0x-oXT4dzy5nRj9_tLRcGFrqISdFrzrh1O_TWlW_jO6Yxo5KnVOt_ii-ctsjf4a5VWKp6IgdMC4hAK8/w400-h300/PXL_20230919_160705571.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There are pockets of water up here from the infrequent rain.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhLwKuDWmGGJ5fj5G2V7ORuMM17BmieDGImWiJrCa9xFbvqjpSCRl34JEQjzYxPWYBmdbGs0OyGTPfhOlEIRP4eknCi9NJj-5A4fMJEWMwkqQ2GsocIV75xH7qxmeNwBWr7VLRaqbzZR5QTHhq9CBYxBq6l8T6L46PmqODjRUFyYcDJh6ckQrXU6IcNA/s3374/PXL_20230919_160748635.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1782" data-original-width="3374" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDhLwKuDWmGGJ5fj5G2V7ORuMM17BmieDGImWiJrCa9xFbvqjpSCRl34JEQjzYxPWYBmdbGs0OyGTPfhOlEIRP4eknCi9NJj-5A4fMJEWMwkqQ2GsocIV75xH7qxmeNwBWr7VLRaqbzZR5QTHhq9CBYxBq6l8T6L46PmqODjRUFyYcDJh6ckQrXU6IcNA/w400-h211/PXL_20230919_160748635.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0TaUMmUJZE_isYq56-WZ9P08PGCmE6mm9kXZJx_3Kz158x6EkCmkvRb9tX1yuMFtDxqc9RLDdGJLXovEIb4es8pF7AP0nxua6FzyqGhbIwANzm9U5DfklHxQtfFSZ0ZaWKtlkl_ChCUM7_OHW2fMgyfS-EQ4Edd0O_0IyIQYrI2r2a9OhdogjxA0fyRU/s2911/PXL_20230919_161729415.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2899" data-original-width="2911" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0TaUMmUJZE_isYq56-WZ9P08PGCmE6mm9kXZJx_3Kz158x6EkCmkvRb9tX1yuMFtDxqc9RLDdGJLXovEIb4es8pF7AP0nxua6FzyqGhbIwANzm9U5DfklHxQtfFSZ0ZaWKtlkl_ChCUM7_OHW2fMgyfS-EQ4Edd0O_0IyIQYrI2r2a9OhdogjxA0fyRU/w400-h399/PXL_20230919_161729415.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We went into the Chisos Visitor center where there were lots of displays.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZzjuPkpxMUVWMxeoA34Pqzv7ShIGVSjMveWhWOKzEoQTHaRvwcifLnIYHZ848JHPMvWsFeCWz0MXL1qOup2Sc4tVGB39JBGTzWMIIhFUwTMN4-0_SannHDgvxBIAalcKiaUHPXIIA3-74NZNsfNwEMdJcOYaiv2UicEouia6GQq4EVTd2F43CirSTnY/s4032/PXL_20230919_161826465.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We planned to have lunch in the Lodge dining room. The food was good and the prices were reasonable. I took this photo from the patio while we were waiting for the restaurant to open.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtR_DHHLFzxQm4UVmAGuIYNu6AxSPmntc7RL-6y3SRkFsb0xcgqQsQ0K_r6BCdDxWlVhkVKllJe421A9lyU7vHKWz3zNouo127hkqO66U-Ux9U_XHGZ9ZWwuydcqI05QbM-rlcqhjUDKhDO9mVPStCOUk_hL2LiKi0cCUhl_Is7iJc4DYfd7Pk21N0d0/s4032/PXL_20230919_163851641.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtR_DHHLFzxQm4UVmAGuIYNu6AxSPmntc7RL-6y3SRkFsb0xcgqQsQ0K_r6BCdDxWlVhkVKllJe421A9lyU7vHKWz3zNouo127hkqO66U-Ux9U_XHGZ9ZWwuydcqI05QbM-rlcqhjUDKhDO9mVPStCOUk_hL2LiKi0cCUhl_Is7iJc4DYfd7Pk21N0d0/w400-h300/PXL_20230919_163851641.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Great views wherever you looked.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppAMlF-oLqTDzBAX_3JFf4mhCN0j1CNFW2aYEvpdgwZWLnAd-CIqlJSC4gts15nGjdYyBX24dPF4Lufkhw5Wvx0CuAxgtioS_U6MwtgrQQxao25uwLpDeAf6xwrMpPS_5R1DP1Av77f0LCQS9KcCvxDfomc7lqc3vwzRzBMomgD-vKMSFM7e-Kbt7VBI/s4032/PXL_20230919_175004875.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppAMlF-oLqTDzBAX_3JFf4mhCN0j1CNFW2aYEvpdgwZWLnAd-CIqlJSC4gts15nGjdYyBX24dPF4Lufkhw5Wvx0CuAxgtioS_U6MwtgrQQxao25uwLpDeAf6xwrMpPS_5R1DP1Av77f0LCQS9KcCvxDfomc7lqc3vwzRzBMomgD-vKMSFM7e-Kbt7VBI/w300-h400/PXL_20230919_175004875.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The restaurant and Lodge check-in are up above the Visitor Center and park store. They have a separate parking lot.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpEREPl_XNu88LHtyXLE1VbiygGa69_pQVTMTog7q8XPJkkvuqyFB9zvI9U6t5QKVsS2_1wGW6xF5lQbNW4nK6Fb6hFXlmr-1o7byidcbhXfu7Amk7HLMSVKeu1Xoe1QeI-sl_JSTNTBxYGoBYx2yftke4rj8OIR7Lbb61LIERQ1Kr0umH-c3WuxfsZI/s4032/PXL_20230919_175023530.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpEREPl_XNu88LHtyXLE1VbiygGa69_pQVTMTog7q8XPJkkvuqyFB9zvI9U6t5QKVsS2_1wGW6xF5lQbNW4nK6Fb6hFXlmr-1o7byidcbhXfu7Amk7HLMSVKeu1Xoe1QeI-sl_JSTNTBxYGoBYx2yftke4rj8OIR7Lbb61LIERQ1Kr0umH-c3WuxfsZI/w400-h300/PXL_20230919_175023530.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>It was nice to have a cooler day up in the Chisos. I forgot to mention that there is another campground up here but it is more suitable for tents and very tiny RVs like Class Bs. The roads are twisty and the sites are very short.</p>TravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2050287180076649026.post-48181366433975386542023-09-18T13:53:00.005-05:002023-09-29T15:30:43.247-05:002023-9-18 Big Bend Rio Grande <p> Monday morning, Teri, Myrt, Elaine, and I headed out to Big Bend National Park. Paisanos RV park was only a couple of miles from the east end of Big Bend. We got quickly checked in and headed into the park. That is where the actual drive begins.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2cPTQJAornl8oEfBqgaLPRwhd262l95Kcw1u9s8FJQONus8fNQ8I6PYq9YsErSAk7IuPlE2sDCR6xwcQesLUaR_j1HeMvDOVoLfGMPKxsrdbRFIqg2DTxVGpiWM43l8s7WnREoZ5M6qfcbFi555tg7rz06Z7-GHY_LRw-icmU_tPx2YjTD2k7BbWla2k/s2048/IMG_0585.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2cPTQJAornl8oEfBqgaLPRwhd262l95Kcw1u9s8FJQONus8fNQ8I6PYq9YsErSAk7IuPlE2sDCR6xwcQesLUaR_j1HeMvDOVoLfGMPKxsrdbRFIqg2DTxVGpiWM43l8s7WnREoZ5M6qfcbFi555tg7rz06Z7-GHY_LRw-icmU_tPx2YjTD2k7BbWla2k/w400-h300/IMG_0585.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Our destination today was the far west side of the park at Rio Grande Village but we first stopped at Panther Junction Visitor Center. We watched a great film about the park.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-BV3jfOb49NAz3E7pgT5SqNIoeuivtt1jhrxqZt2ngE9JdK8bSVKciy9E1-c1flvsCDrhUqMXpsfMyaXjELZFqlyYCVAsNZ1lVvqQ3KcqbiEltl_zrbcZ5R1DiNIGTskuyRBMTGqjJUAAxTR6C2tZ-0XCg37y4miZXe4Lpt9F_Xb5myE6RdHogtmFkU/s4032/PXL_20230918_144639260.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-BV3jfOb49NAz3E7pgT5SqNIoeuivtt1jhrxqZt2ngE9JdK8bSVKciy9E1-c1flvsCDrhUqMXpsfMyaXjELZFqlyYCVAsNZ1lVvqQ3KcqbiEltl_zrbcZ5R1DiNIGTskuyRBMTGqjJUAAxTR6C2tZ-0XCg37y4miZXe4Lpt9F_Xb5myE6RdHogtmFkU/w400-h300/PXL_20230918_144639260.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>In addition to the film, there were a lot of great displays and more information about the park.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuLhAWJbawI5Uzt2RM_oYTXyBvyRNWheyhsidrN5NnTkP1V_hV2wMm2GOJSTcaSM-XJLmlEa-o3l_Yk58ywBrw0yjTCRMHtScEZ3UujinQIVakJubhtqdd_nSQt_Rv2VhqGdbQRW4mfJPQYkeRyFFPpNlMJSx9lPm9viwWuUqoVCjpXyFpP412ttB-6fM/s3425/PXL_20230918_144919409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2783" data-original-width="3425" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuLhAWJbawI5Uzt2RM_oYTXyBvyRNWheyhsidrN5NnTkP1V_hV2wMm2GOJSTcaSM-XJLmlEa-o3l_Yk58ywBrw0yjTCRMHtScEZ3UujinQIVakJubhtqdd_nSQt_Rv2VhqGdbQRW4mfJPQYkeRyFFPpNlMJSx9lPm9viwWuUqoVCjpXyFpP412ttB-6fM/w400-h325/PXL_20230918_144919409.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBZ3CSX0441IYp-VRa9y3njFSR9zS1EeH5TnyaymcLt_F84uf9DGNt18Tbllr_e76bb6ZX_rhcKflfobJ6GAgZwM2Wti3tOoqAU2GzL-9Oz2ay7J1aXOEPj86TchPvP-gzfuiULj8jKKnfRqs1ZWhce5Wv9QHJ6mHU0CDuc3r0rj523yhuF-uhW-nG7Q/s4032/PXL_20230918_145409450.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2666" data-original-width="4032" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBZ3CSX0441IYp-VRa9y3njFSR9zS1EeH5TnyaymcLt_F84uf9DGNt18Tbllr_e76bb6ZX_rhcKflfobJ6GAgZwM2Wti3tOoqAU2GzL-9Oz2ay7J1aXOEPj86TchPvP-gzfuiULj8jKKnfRqs1ZWhce5Wv9QHJ6mHU0CDuc3r0rj523yhuF-uhW-nG7Q/w400-h265/PXL_20230918_145409450.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>On our way west again.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXNnDy0QIDZte3qSWqBVYeWKLLlT9msLWyy2zTl7aj8toh1xUYLxe5mMFZCclebb-bj8Vmb66GHIEBkAI0FEEfdIXl7zTRz4fQamxCqJRZUtGpFBvor-1mNzMYCI-FZjkH5S-Q84j1WcWUWQxfcw0o5uUQDyHNIDS1gIcxHukR_NWg3EMa6lHpEQdtvo/s4032/PXL_20230918_155207458.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXNnDy0QIDZte3qSWqBVYeWKLLlT9msLWyy2zTl7aj8toh1xUYLxe5mMFZCclebb-bj8Vmb66GHIEBkAI0FEEfdIXl7zTRz4fQamxCqJRZUtGpFBvor-1mNzMYCI-FZjkH5S-Q84j1WcWUWQxfcw0o5uUQDyHNIDS1gIcxHukR_NWg3EMa6lHpEQdtvo/w400-h300/PXL_20230918_155207458.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There is a tunnel on the way. It's a large tunnel because lots of large and tall RVs pass through on their way to the two campgrounds on this side of the park.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcZUKmRX4m1-QIMnlIebrH0fLOvKF_QzbJ0UI2yN5z4eJikjfM5ECl3Z55jALgR_TlaWtU12HsqmyUxLbEdhZYjLGLaMqnSV8OalKkV1z9_spc_7MEySoDJPsSsvTslrWMKfQnFgGAg1Qzoire_1U8KzDmPbiVTV7pq_s_2NsDr31PK5d8RsHPnDMs-k/s4032/PXL_20230918_155842991.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcZUKmRX4m1-QIMnlIebrH0fLOvKF_QzbJ0UI2yN5z4eJikjfM5ECl3Z55jALgR_TlaWtU12HsqmyUxLbEdhZYjLGLaMqnSV8OalKkV1z9_spc_7MEySoDJPsSsvTslrWMKfQnFgGAg1Qzoire_1U8KzDmPbiVTV7pq_s_2NsDr31PK5d8RsHPnDMs-k/w400-h300/PXL_20230918_155842991.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqf5f2bilf1Pc2FLGD-GjllCX3np9JtcJAPjhWFRz1aC7ShaueejmHc9uxEGf1bolGt4w2YX27uidAY7GFrIMWfRcsA4aUsnw4ETcHYPHNv8fm7c49tjRMsvldqrX2NojBGYAc7ZgkakP3XzJlxeIT0tOGEmxsQmY0PBtNNBnOO7NMsJ6RifMJwvrYjQ/s2048/IMG_0601.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcqf5f2bilf1Pc2FLGD-GjllCX3np9JtcJAPjhWFRz1aC7ShaueejmHc9uxEGf1bolGt4w2YX27uidAY7GFrIMWfRcsA4aUsnw4ETcHYPHNv8fm7c49tjRMsvldqrX2NojBGYAc7ZgkakP3XzJlxeIT0tOGEmxsQmY0PBtNNBnOO7NMsJ6RifMJwvrYjQ/w300-h400/IMG_0601.JPEG" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>There are two campgrounds at this end of the park. One, Rio Grande Village, is full hook-ups but is just a parking lot situation with RVs across from each other and right next to each other. The other campground is nicer with grass and shade trees but no hook-ups. Water spigots are available.<div><br /></div><div>There is also a day use picnic area with tables and shade and lots of roadrunners.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQXa4LASw_8f3SC1Xa0m9m2fr4XGlB6mF_7Hw4m1qb041Lkf6k5ZB5uDwfy9hDxfkeruxsO3uFa0izyTCVXH2ohze5Xg0W10WwlktSb5HlSNCZsMo0LUqI-P57cK5DFvRRU1g4c1B3BsPe4R0aArFt6WtCPXpnnG7Huy0NFdA5paNivSUIBhATmYSew8/s4032/PXL_20230918_161136881.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHQXa4LASw_8f3SC1Xa0m9m2fr4XGlB6mF_7Hw4m1qb041Lkf6k5ZB5uDwfy9hDxfkeruxsO3uFa0izyTCVXH2ohze5Xg0W10WwlktSb5HlSNCZsMo0LUqI-P57cK5DFvRRU1g4c1B3BsPe4R0aArFt6WtCPXpnnG7Huy0NFdA5paNivSUIBhATmYSew8/w400-h300/PXL_20230918_161136881.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimV_XXEJWaie-kP83RsSlLc_bzlSBvQhpy_1cWKqdIP0QCzX2ovJ5urlYB3uBl3d_hHbkuhA5M2iIOcyKXCLB7twLeZWjFpzBrOx3PUJkl4uwIJpXllxyuV9QgITFuDrEL4hLhNswCLF4-a9ZzJ1pJW42zsvZUxsWHPrebfA5kpoSmijzJIn24Kuh4JMg/s2319/PXL_20230918_161136881~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1621" data-original-width="2319" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimV_XXEJWaie-kP83RsSlLc_bzlSBvQhpy_1cWKqdIP0QCzX2ovJ5urlYB3uBl3d_hHbkuhA5M2iIOcyKXCLB7twLeZWjFpzBrOx3PUJkl4uwIJpXllxyuV9QgITFuDrEL4hLhNswCLF4-a9ZzJ1pJW42zsvZUxsWHPrebfA5kpoSmijzJIn24Kuh4JMg/w400-h280/PXL_20230918_161136881~2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Sp1ACyt3N7Eh4bwtGgQdNuzl7olObPpUtPAg2LmLZgnwvIFplfwFY7Fil70ZUhvCy7KsLUwFdKVo_tZTZQXitLATUcHsYQeYQX44058oTSUSW90JqigDBH-D-iOIE216E6qS2CAcO3qWLSvS_SCCO0ztXwJXRCy4a3F3t7pQ2szikDmd0jIuIP-MsYk/s4032/PXL_20230918_161421842.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Sp1ACyt3N7Eh4bwtGgQdNuzl7olObPpUtPAg2LmLZgnwvIFplfwFY7Fil70ZUhvCy7KsLUwFdKVo_tZTZQXitLATUcHsYQeYQX44058oTSUSW90JqigDBH-D-iOIE216E6qS2CAcO3qWLSvS_SCCO0ztXwJXRCy4a3F3t7pQ2szikDmd0jIuIP-MsYk/w300-h400/PXL_20230918_161421842.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br />This area was part of the Daniels ranch so there were lots of trees they planted and a left over irrigation system. Things were green here due to the dike irrigation and there were even ducks in a pond.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6E1gx4UyEymeyyxxuYjHFvxn8nuFmxZgiDsfMgFmxZxDPLqElnutQafwugUZjCfNbHxPiMFtkj8Z7limU0OmSL_DYDIRs94K0yJ_zZEpZpjOecsJLdpoFS1VmwCkxYR-gB9T2BG1HM6fvg3rcb9MAVqvoBVOEUr7vTbu7PBRbxXtGOInhVsryOx3jxh4/s4032/PXL_20230918_163629654.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6E1gx4UyEymeyyxxuYjHFvxn8nuFmxZgiDsfMgFmxZxDPLqElnutQafwugUZjCfNbHxPiMFtkj8Z7limU0OmSL_DYDIRs94K0yJ_zZEpZpjOecsJLdpoFS1VmwCkxYR-gB9T2BG1HM6fvg3rcb9MAVqvoBVOEUr7vTbu7PBRbxXtGOInhVsryOx3jxh4/w400-h300/PXL_20230918_163629654.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We brought a picnic lunch with us so it was a great place to eat. We cleaned up all traces since there are bears and javalinas in the park.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEs2b51-5HHh7u2WtsAiigOkvLHM77VpTUw4QcJ_kLfL9a7NP41e4MAVf_f5yG6c64rdP5-NiZhvLr4A2YYXKnS_gywdlINI6NzYsem0hX1Bna2OWz-xy8rw69AjeWM4I6pE69T0IbCBVGRSzVCy3X9AjNScJWqewfnWUC3eJE7GJh8E-00E6EEP7fB5Y/s4032/PXL_20230918_164230247.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEs2b51-5HHh7u2WtsAiigOkvLHM77VpTUw4QcJ_kLfL9a7NP41e4MAVf_f5yG6c64rdP5-NiZhvLr4A2YYXKnS_gywdlINI6NzYsem0hX1Bna2OWz-xy8rw69AjeWM4I6pE69T0IbCBVGRSzVCy3X9AjNScJWqewfnWUC3eJE7GJh8E-00E6EEP7fB5Y/w300-h400/PXL_20230918_164230247.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Some industrious guests from across the border had items set out for sale next to the parking lot.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChlsxsx_YOgwCdg2lEuoWyE9bWkZFZNdY89J8lbSB3WNXQhyphenhyphenJOKdBUYOXg2E_cb_lNxMAjh5sDv6onDsT5AHvoAwHOqURRFKBLWgaGmdgGYS_JCAj4xl6aEuIg_eF0F_ARTmDU4YJKUzxHNw_oKPWhBqV4MMg8aAqjdvr0tcPbeJ5-V_ZbaxtVN77zsg/s4032/PXL_20230918_170801402.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiChlsxsx_YOgwCdg2lEuoWyE9bWkZFZNdY89J8lbSB3WNXQhyphenhyphenJOKdBUYOXg2E_cb_lNxMAjh5sDv6onDsT5AHvoAwHOqURRFKBLWgaGmdgGYS_JCAj4xl6aEuIg_eF0F_ARTmDU4YJKUzxHNw_oKPWhBqV4MMg8aAqjdvr0tcPbeJ5-V_ZbaxtVN77zsg/w300-h400/PXL_20230918_170801402.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHcGVyHoH9FZTca_5X4qsPfoJQPwnhNSq_XyoMgJLIpaQtP3WU4X-vZ-iM2Qk5QMwok3jvl1EkFJnWGWqQeXCJy1mlvoAgIV3GbvfWngDkjFjsU70m8n1vXZny1BL9dl64qWqXNspHiPBrEWdPlAnaicf_IdvXTWpVxzAHRG3S8bIpmJDhypHAfjdynA8/s4032/PXL_20230918_170820060.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHcGVyHoH9FZTca_5X4qsPfoJQPwnhNSq_XyoMgJLIpaQtP3WU4X-vZ-iM2Qk5QMwok3jvl1EkFJnWGWqQeXCJy1mlvoAgIV3GbvfWngDkjFjsU70m8n1vXZny1BL9dl64qWqXNspHiPBrEWdPlAnaicf_IdvXTWpVxzAHRG3S8bIpmJDhypHAfjdynA8/w300-h400/PXL_20230918_170820060.MP.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The heavy pipe box on the right is where they want you to put your money. If you buy, the items can be confiscated by the rangers as contraband.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_TwvtIuSVn3FcmNToSeUAepp8ynastmaG8BD_x1ZWhXHG97gqYRZxLvL6P4b962hmvJfKdHcDgxNodLCXqOrvJ4gcsJY37XdWi7TKZgIfkFe4z9-MoETRSFgWQyTV6L_Qojp8XVtA8RRWqVmjG9l9aFtEyf2kO2DOwbfpxuJ-_aJRFQwPdoxsYd3sc64/s4032/PXL_20230918_170831952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_TwvtIuSVn3FcmNToSeUAepp8ynastmaG8BD_x1ZWhXHG97gqYRZxLvL6P4b962hmvJfKdHcDgxNodLCXqOrvJ4gcsJY37XdWi7TKZgIfkFe4z9-MoETRSFgWQyTV6L_Qojp8XVtA8RRWqVmjG9l9aFtEyf2kO2DOwbfpxuJ-_aJRFQwPdoxsYd3sc64/w300-h400/PXL_20230918_170831952.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This house/store is left over from the days of the Daniels ranch and the early 20th century. The irrigation ditches are still in working order.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGqQpm6PNRZauJf7hhPWlMo74Fxsk9TuBv1HJmlOb_juGacl2L-TKr2b_ceO-gllefbpzhujQuaT3E-md2f-y3XojxSWksUmuTpeB83dgY674yUmIqQTsE5YsTvfkMTFFAcDjzioOE2i1mP9YzG3GxYAZNBCOj5D5oMGDIce8C2DnYcXAAqBQFrD4zfw/s4032/PXL_20230918_171047015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGqQpm6PNRZauJf7hhPWlMo74Fxsk9TuBv1HJmlOb_juGacl2L-TKr2b_ceO-gllefbpzhujQuaT3E-md2f-y3XojxSWksUmuTpeB83dgY674yUmIqQTsE5YsTvfkMTFFAcDjzioOE2i1mP9YzG3GxYAZNBCOj5D5oMGDIce8C2DnYcXAAqBQFrD4zfw/w400-h300/PXL_20230918_171047015.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>This is the Rio Grande river.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHw5GCXRjSXkLBzACGf9LwStq4UBSgbvGX9IZDCTdXKhlE5BQwXrhLECZIJO0e4zpQFlWYH_JYwgT4x80egQu8goRT7-BgT08aNf-tqlB0iU5LcNMMjx6ynzKPaoTX01tfTXHFtwpg2S7Dshk9hCvcdxVqBnm2fMwmVI1FR3fh_7cLvchSswtZvKtsNfY/s4032/PXL_20230918_175130350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHw5GCXRjSXkLBzACGf9LwStq4UBSgbvGX9IZDCTdXKhlE5BQwXrhLECZIJO0e4zpQFlWYH_JYwgT4x80egQu8goRT7-BgT08aNf-tqlB0iU5LcNMMjx6ynzKPaoTX01tfTXHFtwpg2S7Dshk9hCvcdxVqBnm2fMwmVI1FR3fh_7cLvchSswtZvKtsNfY/w400-h300/PXL_20230918_175130350.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We drove on to the Boquillas overlook. Half the parking lot was covered with items for sale. It looked more like a store and not very homemade. We didn't touch them but I really wondered if a "made in China" had once been on the back. This was a big operation. Since the park posts it as contraband, you really have to wonder why they don't remove it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-aVfsUhMaB_BSs3fTpzlMhSuWxSlqJ8V-PbzhV510zEPO4oix57i9TN1qLYXMxH95Ro2UUmBeBWiRaLhQZZ2nqo6rZzTHLSSgul87U4kW-BzJUpZPywDMFCyK-Wd296bKh-TmFLkKNWzHy22dO8QYZXcO6uWQcyoR2T7g85cLGI5ugn1dSNq9GAqPas/s4032/PXL_20230918_175208297.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-aVfsUhMaB_BSs3fTpzlMhSuWxSlqJ8V-PbzhV510zEPO4oix57i9TN1qLYXMxH95Ro2UUmBeBWiRaLhQZZ2nqo6rZzTHLSSgul87U4kW-BzJUpZPywDMFCyK-Wd296bKh-TmFLkKNWzHy22dO8QYZXcO6uWQcyoR2T7g85cLGI5ugn1dSNq9GAqPas/w400-h300/PXL_20230918_175208297.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>These are buildings in Boquillas across the river.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE98nZHyNmUFk21e1bl7t5ubfQYd2V2h1RWkZEEvsHdngh4fRIDCRzzDIfmluDaubRRYJkxz_XHcCPLTkCalX8FmZICy4wogIXiim_PbaOt9CktUlncdIt4Jh5JV9z1BCvU3BQcBBgPF5FxCm3P-SXaR8nCEMr9IiF4Skx3xf2p3ypI3YKyJwfwbuJPrk/s4032/PXL_20230918_180004876~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE98nZHyNmUFk21e1bl7t5ubfQYd2V2h1RWkZEEvsHdngh4fRIDCRzzDIfmluDaubRRYJkxz_XHcCPLTkCalX8FmZICy4wogIXiim_PbaOt9CktUlncdIt4Jh5JV9z1BCvU3BQcBBgPF5FxCm3P-SXaR8nCEMr9IiF4Skx3xf2p3ypI3YKyJwfwbuJPrk/w400-h300/PXL_20230918_180004876~2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFM6oAkAoEK0-BIbsm5cQzf_Cy-bYLB3qf5Nqs-xFyfnZNb4PAazeOiNZz5EXoGxZcLAE74sicTUg8bJRf_1Sus8ZFw_xGWyadKmibC00aFU5ik1dIDELuPZ01jkfFzexSquAPaB34fVDkTuMxACYoM25m0dwF-4jpHgIfqhKRmyImL-wOe7Yh7yXLfQ/s4032/PXL_20230918_181250538.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFM6oAkAoEK0-BIbsm5cQzf_Cy-bYLB3qf5Nqs-xFyfnZNb4PAazeOiNZz5EXoGxZcLAE74sicTUg8bJRf_1Sus8ZFw_xGWyadKmibC00aFU5ik1dIDELuPZ01jkfFzexSquAPaB34fVDkTuMxACYoM25m0dwF-4jpHgIfqhKRmyImL-wOe7Yh7yXLfQ/w400-h300/PXL_20230918_181250538.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Speaking of Boquillas, five of our group crossed the river in a rowboat at the Boquillas landing and rode the donkeys into town this day.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNL2SQ6PHtfsTsyg7LPBEpCwPq5W2-SbSzsG7aovtr65dMVmx2wYg81P_9yPNy0Qb03CcM15J4je9WldJ9E2lz2fPVH0gpBJMlO41nF_f1cBWwNGLcxD1lmrqGv8ikhsuLPYIJJNnVOiE1yEH7In9rVJQCIyeTmc1sCi9il1aJTqY4iNcSO3F_xlqQDU/s1600/FB_IMG_1695151665226.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNL2SQ6PHtfsTsyg7LPBEpCwPq5W2-SbSzsG7aovtr65dMVmx2wYg81P_9yPNy0Qb03CcM15J4je9WldJ9E2lz2fPVH0gpBJMlO41nF_f1cBWwNGLcxD1lmrqGv8ikhsuLPYIJJNnVOiE1yEH7In9rVJQCIyeTmc1sCi9il1aJTqY4iNcSO3F_xlqQDU/w300-h400/FB_IMG_1695151665226.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p>To see a lot more pictures about this side of the park and crossing over to Boquillas, Mexico, and the town itself, check out my visit in October 2019 at https://photos.app.goo.gl/nZxdxGPYKy7mohxPA.</p></div>TravelingLongdogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07562207397650862936noreply@blogger.com0