Central Texas doesn’t really offer a lot of hiking opportunities so we mostly just walk around this very scenic Potters Creek Corps of Engineer park overlooking Canyon Lake. Although it is already June, we are still seeing wild flowers. The annual grasses, however, are seeding and starting to turn brown under this relentless heat.
Temperatures are in the low 90’s and will soon give way to triple digits. So why are we still here? Well, our plans have changed and as a result we extended our stay at Canyon Lake until Friday. Then we will move back over to College Station to perform some needed work on our rent house there.
We hoped to be heading north by now but after soliciting bids for all the work that needs to be done I have decided that it would be economically wise to our bank account if I did most of the work. The bids came in at over $13,000 to get all the work done. I can’t do the $4500 driveway re-do but I can do the flooring and the painting as well as replacing our privacy fence along with all the other minor issues that need to be taken care of.
So we will be in Texas during part of the summer… something we swore we would never do again. Life has a way of making liars out of us!
Another way we entertain ourselves when we feel the need to venture away from the lake is taking country loop drives through the beautiful hill country. One particularly scenic drive is the one that takes us down the Old River Road which snakes along the Guadalupe River. To us this is one of the best (if not the best) scenic drives in Texas.
The area has become a lot more commercialized since all the land along the riverbank is privately owned. However, the blue waters of the Guadalupe and the chalky colors of the limestone bluffs make it gorgeous despite all the commercialism. The road ends in New Braunfels so we made our way over to Gruene Tx to see if it had changed at all. It hadn’t so instead of walking around town, we parked and walked down to the river to admire it up close for a while.
We then drove over to San Marcos to finish our loop at the Aquabrew Brewery. We enjoyed their AB Bacon Jam Fries and a few cold brews. We thought we were just snacking before dinner but the fries order was large enough for a meal! With all the fun we have had on our walks, the backroad drives and the beer stops, it will be hard to leave this beautiful part of Texas ….
NOTE: We leave Potters Creek CG on Canyon Lake Tx today and move back over to our old home town until July 7th…
Good luck with the repairs!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, going to need it!
DeleteYou write very well John.
ReplyDeleteMy editor Sharon and I thank you for this kind comment...
DeleteWe swore we'd never spend another summer in Havasu....hoping life doesnt' make liars out of us some day! Ya do what you have to do, at least we are all retired!
ReplyDeleteYes the retired part is the best!
DeleteAh the joy of maintaining 2 homes! Invested $5k in our San Diego home just to clean it up for the house sitters. Anxious to be back on the road.
ReplyDeleteStill plan to make it our west again this winter... hoping that isn't changed...
DeleteBacon jam fries? Gotta love Texas. Back from across the pond next week. Have exciting news to share then. Best of luck doing the needed updates to your place. That place will be sparkling when you are finished.
ReplyDeleteHmmm is someone moving abroad?
DeletePrecisely why our end zone is in the Edwards Plateau. Hope to see you before you leave BCS!
ReplyDeleteHopefully it will work out one way or the other...
DeleteJohn, have you been able to use Live Writer? I can't get the posts to upload...get the error :The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request. so frustrating.
ReplyDeleteYes it was solved by some folks at github - here are their steps. here are step by step instructions:
DeleteDelete your old OpenLiveWriter folder (or rename it if you want to hang onto it just in case you still have problems).
Install the new, updated installation file: https://ci.appveyor.com/api/buildjobs/n2ow5o38508i6oqk/artifacts/Releases%2FOpenLiveWriterSetup.exe
Go to your new desktop icon for OLW and right-click on it...then click on "open file location." A window will open showing your installed folders for OLW. Click once on "Update" file and rename it...you can just add a 1 at the end, for instance. Press enter to save your new name. (This will prevent multiple OLW executions in endless windows.)
Now double click on your desktop OLW icon to open the program. Once open, go to File and Options. Then click on Accounts. Click "Add" and go through the login prompts to reselect your blog. This will apply a new authentication token so you don't get an error when you publish. Once reauthorized, you should see two listings for your blog (the original one, and the duplicate one you just added). Delete the first listing of your blog and leave the new one. Click OK to save these settings.
Create a blog posts with images and publish! You should have no errors, and your images should appear correctly. I did a draft post first to make sure it appeared correctly the first time before trying to publish permanently.
Enjoy your new OLW experience the way you used to, and be sure to thank Nick Vella vehemently!
What a beautiful Guadalupe River...by what we saw on your blog, we can see why.
ReplyDeleteWish you the best of luck with all the repairs.
Ah Gruene..... where George Strait and his Ace in the Hole band got their start at the local dance hall. Nice ride for sure.
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