OST
Dinner at the OST (Old Spanish Trail) There’s a John Wayne room Or you can grab a saddle at the bar
Category: Texas travel
5:00 wine with Elaine
With my mother in law, Elaine. She has a glass of wine every evening. And now I’ve had two! So I just wanted to tell you all I love you so very much. I am the luckiest person I’ve ever …
Bandera TX
We are ensconced in a park in Bandera Tx. The cowboy capital! Here for a month! We are going to look for boots too. This will be fun. If not a bit too hot. I am spoiled from being in …
Heavy lunch
Lunch at Heavy’s Bar B Que Beef, Chicken, Potato salad… It was plenty for several meals
Val Verde winery
Oldest winery in Texas. It was surprising, located in a neighborhood. Dolly tried their port, pronounced it most excellent – got one for her and one for Vince. We couldn’t be traveling without his help checking on the house. Elaine …
Judge Roy Bean’s saloon
At Judge Roy Bean’s saloon It was surprising. The plantings were wonderful.
Langtry
At Langtry there is a road runner greeting us from the plantings in front of the tourist center He is camera shy and runs around the plants
Mexico
So there is a little place on the Rio Grande, where we can get on a boat to go across to Mexico. Take a burro ride into town. And have a cerveza. I can’t wait to see my mother in …
Big Bend
We are in Big Bend!
Star party
Star party success at McDonald observatory. No moon. Clear skies. The lecture on constellations was fun. If I had taken notes i might remember some of it. 😉 And I saw Saturn through a telescope. And some other stuff. But …
Balmorhea
late afternoon at Balmorhea state park, there’s been a bit of rain lately Hugh swimming pool fed by the spring. So you can swim with the fishes.
Texas and rain
It’s crazy rain. But the lakes are full. And I assume we are finally out of the 10+ year drought that was worse than the dust bowl days. Texas does it big.
on the road – to Denton
On the road again… Finally. Dolly has left the building. We are going all the way to Denton today. 40 miles. Lol. Meeting friends for dinner. Sorry I’ve been so out of touch. Family reunion this previous weekend. And packing …
windsurf lessons
Have taught more people to windsurf than I care to remember. Number 1 is get lessons, and learn to do it the easy and correct way from the first minutes on the water. We sold boards and gave lessons, and …
Fredericksburg TX recommendations
There are some very good places to eat, pick up the local tourist info newspaper. Mico brewery, pie store, chocolates, wine tasting, and more. The huge German resturant on the west end is Friedheim’s Bavarian Inn. We have also enjoyed …
Galveston to see
We really enjoyed the jack up oil rig museum Oceanstar, at Pier 19, one block off the Strand. It’s a great self guided, mulit media, 3 story example of a jack up rig, and the way the oil industry works …
Dinner in Denton
When we got stopped and parked the coach this afternoon in Denton, Dave stepped out the door and with a sigh of relief said: Aaah. It’s warm. We had a great dinner with Christy and Kelsey at the LSA burger …