Livin' Our Dream...: Riding the south Texas Hill Country

Thursday, May 4th, I left work early and we headed for south Texas Hill Country. We've heard about the awesome riding there and especially wanted to do the Twisted Sisters ride. It's also know as The Three Sisters because the ride consists of three highways - 335, 336 and 337. We loaded the bike into the camper, packed it with clothes, supplies and food and headed out. We stopped in Cransfil Gap Thursday evening and stayed in a little campground there, courtesy of Bush. We finally got to see where Kenneth's brother lives and I can see why he's been wanting us to visit...it's really beautiful there! We toured the area, saw his and Sandy's house, met Sandy's daughter Missy and her family, stopped by the Horny Toad and had a couple of drinks then hung out at the camper and visited for a while before turning in for the night. Friday morning, Curt and Lisa showed up with their bike in tow to visit with Bush and Sandy then the four of us headed out for Buckland Lake Resort RV Park in Kerrville, TX. Once there, we set up the camper and headed out for a ride. We were blessed with beautiful weather the whole weekend and the country down there is gorgeous! We went through Fredricksburg first and stopped at Hondo's for dinner. Afterward, we rode the Willow City Loop and stopped at a really cool place called Pecan Grove. It used to be an old ice house, store, service station and garage back in the 50s. The current owners restored and opened it about two years ago. After that, it was back to the campgrounds for drinks and relaxing. Saturday we were up, cooked and ate breakfast and were on the road by 9:00 to go ride The Sisters. The ride certainly lived up to it's name - twisted! It was a beautiful ride that took about three hours but we made several stops in between so it took a bit longer maybe. We stopped at Frio Canyon Motorcycle Stop and the Bent Rim Grill for lunch and of course, Kenneth bought the shirt that said he did three twisted sisters... After that, it was on to the Javelina Harley-Davidson shop for free margaritas and to buy a chip and a shirt there. When we got ready to leave, Curt's brand new back tire was flat so he got it fixed there. After that, we headed back to the camper for the evening. Sunday we headed out for Ingram to see the Stonehenge replica, rode down along the Guadalupe River and into Luckenbach, then on over to Albert, TX. Such a beautiful ride and so many great places to stop! We left Albert and planned to do one more scenic ride on the way back to the campground, but Curt's back tire went flat AGAIN only this time going down the highway. Thank the Lord, and I mean it was definitely God's hand on them, Curt was able to keep control of the bike and they were safe - just a raspberry on Curt's knee and a bruise on Lisa's ankle. Kenneth and I went back to the campground, got their truck and trailer and came back and picked them up. So it was an early night back at the campground for a strong drink, dinner, fishing and thanking the Lord for safety and a wonderful weekend with good friends! We got up Monday and all headed for home. Looking forward to the next time we get together!

Ready to roll!

Our dinner stop on the way to Cransfil Gap, TX

View from Bush and Sandy's porch - just so beautiful and peaceful...

Bush and Sandy

Sandy, Elaine and Kenneth

They've been here three years and have NEVER stopped at The Horny Toad!!

Breakfast stop after leaving the Gap. I love stopping at the local breakfast hangouts!

Had to watch out for livestock in the road!

Ended up seeing several places that had old boots on the fence posts. Interesting way to recycle them.

Beautiful, shady area out back to sit and eat, drink or listen to the live music when they have it.

I brought my blinky cups from NOLA!!

Sunrise over our camper Saturday morning. I was always the first one up and took morning walks. It was a great campground!

Headed into the Twisted Sisters.

This car club was out for a ride! There were about 15 cars and I was so busy watching and enjoying them, I only got a picture of the last car!

I called this the roller coaster road - it was my favorite part of the ride! This was just the tail end of it.

Kenneth directing me to the free margaritas they had in celebration of Cinco de Mayo!!

Back at the campground, the lake had SO many fish!!

Ingram, TX - since we'll probably never make it to the real Stonehenge, this will certainly do!

Elaine and Lisa by the Guadalupe River.

We rode for miles along the Guadalupe and it was just beautiful!

There were still some wildflowers blooming although the peak season was over.

So many neat little places to stop, sit on the porch and enjoy a cold drink.

Saturday night at the camper, chillin', drinkin' beer and eating pulled pork tortillas and chips...:)

I bought him two collapsible fishing rods and he got them all set up to fish.

Stopped at this waterfall on the way to Albert.

This is pretty much it for Luchenbach - a dance hall, bar, gift shop, and a couple of outbuildings...they had live music playing and it was pretty great!!