Texas Hill Country

On the 19th we went from Sonora to Kerrville, Texas. Kerrville bills itself as being between the deserts of west Texas and the Texas hill country to the east. We’re thinking that the hill country may be a good place to put down roots when we decide, some day, to stop traveling full time. We saw the eastern part of the hill country a couple of years ago on a trip to the area around Austin. Now’s our chance to see some of the rest of it. Kerrville also is described as having the best weather in the world. (I guess folks here have never been to San Diego.)

We’re staying at Kerrville-Schreiner Park, run by the city. We have a pull-through site with full hookups for $21 a night. So far our average camping fee is running below $20 dollars. The campground is great! Lots of big shade trees. Lots of grass—which we haven’t seen much of in our trek across the deserts to get here. The sites are spread out enough that we feel like we have a lot of space to ourselves. The whole setting is very inviting. Makes me want to set out a chair and grab a book to read out in the fresh air.










There are a lot of deer here. We had some come to within a few feet of our picnic table. Sweetie tried to get acquainted, but the buck she approached thrust out its front legs at her in a very threatening way. Sweetie retreated quickly.









On the 21st we toured Fredericksburg. We sampled kolaches, German pastry with meat or fruit inside. And sampled wine at the Fredericksburg Winery. This is a boutique winery producing small-lots of select blends, varietals, and champagnes, with new releases almost every month. Their wines are available only from the winery. We bought three bottles: Dry Gewurztraminer, Zelebration, and Gewurztraminer. The yard in front of the local city government buildings is decorated by an interesting set of eagles carved from a single tree.









Today we had the truck tires rotated at the Chevy dealer in Kerrville and did some shopping.