Another "Reacher" Town??

March 26/2016  Weather 73 Sunny, night 48.

riding 1 of the twisted sisters

At Buckhorn Lake RV Resort  talking with the crowd of bikers we were invited to ride to a town where Pie is worth the drive.  Sounds like something we would like to do.... Who doesn't like pie?  Weekends in the Hill Country is busy riding time, everyone is out enjoying the spring weather .   As we travel south on Hwy 16 from Kerrville we meet up with several riders.   Comically we actually got in the way of some crotch rockets.   These two fellows couldn't wait to get around the 3 of us Harley's.   There are just so many corners and curves it took them a bit to go "zzzinnnggging" by. 

these guys zinged by us

Funny thing was there was some construction on the curvy highway that kept bringing traffic to a 1 lane stop with lights for bridges out.   Ha, ha, ha, ha.   We kept catching them at the construction.    After leaving those 2 fellows we headed west on hwy 337, one of the "twisted sisters roads".   Just a beautiful ride.  On this particular stretch there is a rancher known to have the largest herd of Black Rhino's in the USA.  We slowed down at the gates of his ranch, but couldn't spot any.  Seems silly, what were we thinking....since he probably owns thousands of acres the Rhino's are not going to be hanging out by the road.  Another corner and we are headed to our destination town of Utopia.  On this stretch we were overtaken by not other motorcycles but some Italian sports cars out for a ride.... When they flew by us you could feel the rubber in your face -wow!!!!  

here come the Lamborghini's

and there they go!!!!

What a day and we haven't even got to the town with Pie yet.  The pie is in a cafe in Utopia and that is the "Reacher" town as we call it.  Anyone that reads Jack Reacher by Lee Childs; knows what we are talking about.   He keeps venturing into these little towns across America since the name of the town sounds intriguing.  Why would a town be called "Utopia"..... paradise?  The locals refer to it as Paradise in the Hills. 

the movie poster inside the Lost Maples Cafe

Back in 2011 there was actually a movie shot in the little town for that exact reason, 'Seven Days in Utopia' starring Robert Duvall. 
p.s.  The pie was pretty good :)

the cafe with Pie