Retread/5th Wheel Adventures Feb.16th thru March 1st

Watching the weather Monday night we got a little concern. The focast had snow and it showed it

Dipping down below Alpine. The next morning it didn't seem so bad. In these two photo they are 

south of Alpine. It looks a little dicey, there is ice all over the plants on the side of the road.

Headed out of the desert the creosote bushes are being replaced by mountain cedar.

On the drive into Fredericksburg the Live Oaks are showing up. There are a lot of dead lLive Oaks.

They are suffering from oak wilt. Soit is sad to see them suffering. We have watched this happening

For many years. 

So Wednesday and Thursday found me under the weather. Riding was not very appealing to me.

So Jim and I set out to do some projects around the trailer. This is our first long outing in the 5th wheel so Ideas and little Things keep popping onto our list. Plus the wind was awful. 25 to 30 mph. Talked us right out of riding. Friday we did stuff. One project was to hang some things. In a trailer you have to think real hard where something may go. The water color of an Airstream, Mike and Judy Pluto gave us. We first started looking at them and eventually fell in love with our Tesla 5th wheel instead.

Above is a hubcap we picked up at the Śtarlight Restaurant in Terligua. A lady named Callie paints 

Hubcaps. You will find them in different places around Big Bend. We chose this one. It was small and with the heart and wings it was perfect for an anniversary gift to ourselves. February 14th was our 29th. So now with a heart for love and wings for travel it has a home with us.

The KOA camp has all kinds of animals around. These chickens are always walking about.

There are also long horns in a field in back and much to Doogie's attention there are cats everywhere.

We have to stay ahead of him so he doesn't go on a cat rampage.

We met Jackie and Simon, who were tent camping here. They are from Cantebury England.

They are on a year's trip around the U.S. They have been together for 15 years. They actually met in New Zealand. Jackie was traveling around the world at the time and Simon as well. They teamed up and continued on. We invited them for dinner the night before. It was fun to hear their adventures. 

This morning they are headed to San Antonio. They will be hoteling it for a bit. Which is great because the weather is going to be quite cold for the coming week. 

It's Saturday and we are out on our bikes. The roads are familiar to us. We have been coming 

to the hill country since the early 80's. Where we are staying let's us easily ride to Luckenbach.

Over the years we have taken many photos of the post office there. Everyone who goes there, it is mandatory to do that. Instead I thought a photo of the school would prove to be more interesting.

There is a historical marker in front of it as well. Many may not see it. It is not in the town. Rather it is on a road across the way marked Luckenbach/Caincity.

All right an old barn. It has a great view behind it as well.

These have to be the biggest goats I have ever seen. Almost all of them were white with brown 

Sunday finds us headed into San Antonio. A good friend David Pensak has opened a restaurant.

 His original one is in Austin. It has an interesting name Tacos and Tequila.  

We have never seen so many Tequilas in one place. They even have them on tap. 

Sunday there is a brunch buffet. This place was so busy. It was fun to watch.

This is Friday not a day of riding this week . The streets are slick and icy. The steps of the trailer are scary. These two photos are pictures of the tress outside our window. We did go to a movie this evening. We saw "Focus".

This one lone icicle is hanging for the trailer hitch.

Out our side window we usually see a beautiful field. Right now it is cold and gloomy.

We are trying to decide to go back home for a few days then come back down for Hell Week

Which starts the14th of the March. The weather is much the same back home as it is here so it is hard to decide what to do. We have moved to Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park that has RV camping as well. We like it. It is more open with less trees. There is a massive field adjacent to the park that will be a Dog Park soon, Yahoo! There are hiking trails here as well. Unfortunately they are really muddy right now. 

We've had a hard time getting away from cold weather on this trip. That was one of the plans for this inaugural adventure in our 5th wheel. It has been a learning experience for us however and that is a good thing. So on to the next month and we see how things go.