The month went by pretty fast in College Station. Our next stop is one of our favorites because of the gastronomic delights found in the area. That stop would be to Lockhart State Park, a mere 115 miles west. We plan to get our fill of Bar B Que and to have new tires placed on the RV during our short two night stay.
Let me tell you about what we went through to get our tires. While we were in College Station I hoped to have new tires installed at one of the local shops there. Well as I soon discovered no one carried the tires we needed to match the front two we bought a few years ago.
My thought was I would order the tires from simpletire.com as I have done before. One can simply order the tires on-line and have them shipped to the tire installer. Well no tire installer in College Station would take delivery of any tires. So my second thought was to look at our next stop in Lockhart.
I found one installer who would install them but also wouldn’t take delivery. However, I contacted our friend Tim who said he would take delivery and then I could transport them to the installer before we left Lockhart. Perfect! So I went to order the tires and they were out of stock again!!! I found an alternative brand that were the same circumference and ordered them, from of all places, Walmart.
While we were waiting for our tire appointment we had fun hiking in the state park and eating Bar B Que. Our first BBQ stop was at Chisolm Trail, one of the local favorites. While it did not disappoint we did suffer a little sticker shock with BBQ brisket going for $25.00 per pound.
We normally stay four nights in Lockhart and go to four different BBQ joints. Since we only had two nights we went to Smitty’s BBQ for the second night’s dinner. Smitty’s was pretty good too but it seems as if the “brisket” wasn’t actually brisket. I suspect it was actually a clod roast smoked like a brisket. Although it was good I was a bit disappointed.
The morning of our appointment we drove over to the Luling Texas to the Humphries Tire Shop to have the four tires replaced on the rear of our RV. Our friend Tim graciously volunteered to haul the new tires to the shop and we arrived right behind him. I talked a bit with the shop owner only to discover what a great guy he was and he assured us the tires would be installed in a few hours.
We said our hellos/goodbyes to Tim and thanked him profusely for bringing our tires. Then we drove off to check out the Zedler Mill Museum & Park. While it was cold outside with some light rain we still had a nice time walking around and exploring the old Mill. We found it pretty interesting and a great way to kill some time while waiting for the RV tire installation..
As lunchtime rolled around we stopped at Luling’s City Market for some of Luling’s best BBQ. It definitely did not disappoint. Afterward we made our way back over to Humphries Tires and waited just a bit longer until our RV was ready.
We also had them inspect our car and RV while we were there. We cannot put into words how great Humphries Tires was to us. We wholly support and recommend this shop for your tire needs if you are ever in the area. You will not be disappointed!
John, I think there's a chance you're going to turn into a BBQ brisket one of these days! Thanks for passing along the round of applause for Humphries. It's always good to have tips like that in your back pocket. Happy Thanksgiving to you and Sharon!
ReplyDeleteWe always love to give a shout out to RV friendly businesses.
DeleteGlad to hear you got the tire thing worked out after a few glitches. What kind did you finally buy and do you mind saying how much they were?
ReplyDeleteI bought the Blackhawk BAR26 255/70R22.5 Load H 16 Ply All Position Commercial Tire from Walmart for under $300 each (as opposed to 775 each for the Goodyear G670's). Ask me in a few months what I think about them.
DeleteAlways good to find a tire you can trust at a good price. We're need tires soon, so thanks for your thoughts.
ReplyDeleteGood BBQ is always a good purchase, hope there's some leftovers.