Hill Country Riding

Feb 27/2019 Weather 80/53  Sunny, beautiful day for riding.  
We headed out of town past Luckenbach, on our way to find some backroads to Blanco.  Our farm to ranch road followed the Blanco River.  Neat old ranches.  Rolling hills. 

old road to Blanco

Sometimes you would be high enough to see vistas for miles.  Pretty area.    At the Blanco Quilt Shop which is an old bank building we stop and snoop around.  You have to love a shop that has cowboy boots sitting just inside the door.  The fabric is stacked in rows of old wooden shelves.  Just a pretty picture.  The old theatre is next door and the bathrooms are shared with the quilt shop.  The movie reels adorn the top of the walls and the black and white tiles are very old school.   Billy talked to the ladies and we found out where everyone eats in town; which will be our next stop.  

washrooms have movie film reels adorned at the top of the walls

beautiful floor to ceiling wooden shelves and drawers

After Blanco we head south to Canyon Lake.  Since coming out west in the last 8 years there have been several occasions when we met people who were camping at Canyon Lake.  There are about 4 COE(The Corps of Engineers) parks on the lake.   Our curiousity is taking us to one of the RV parks on Canyon Lake called  Potters Creek.  Nice RV sites with views across the lake for $26 !  What a bargain. 

rv site on Canyon Lake - Potters Creek

More BBQ?

Taking the back roads,,,, which way do we go?

March 2/2018  Weather 74, low 50.  Low humidity, low wind.  Time to ride.  When you talk to your neighbours about eating,,, it is BBQ and Pie.   Pie and BBQ.  Oh and more BBQ.   We give, throw up the white flag, lets get some more BBQ brisket.  We meander through some country roads south of Marble Falls and end up in Driftwood.  We even like the sound of a place called Driftwood.   Nothing fancy again, just lots and lots of picnic tables and open seating at Salt Lick BBQ, serving up meat since 1929.

the pit master at work, Salt Lick BBQ

Heading back west across country we decided to drive thru historic downtown Blanco where the old courthouse, which is now the visitor center was used in the movie remake of True Grit. 

1886 Old County Courthouse

Buildings from the mid 1800's downtown Blanco

The historic Blanco town square has antique shops, pottery, bbq, and textiles.....And quick peak in the Uptown Blanco Textile Studio uncovered a gorgeous quilt shop!  The interior of an old western building had been salvaged.  Floors and walls taken back to the wood and old lighting and cabinets.  Beautifully redone.

Uptown Blanco Textile Studio