Enjoying Canyon lake and Thanksgiving with Family…

With new shoes on the RV we were ready to move on down the road. We paid our bill at Humphries Tires in Luling and drove west toward our next stop in the Texas hill country. We made our way through San Marcos and an hour later we pulled into our beautiful lakefront site at Potters Creek Campground, a Corps of Engineers Park, on Canyon LakeWe enjoyed a few days of nice weather before a series of cold fronts came through making our stay rather chilly. With it raining off and on we were still able to get out and about to make a journey down the Old River Road.

Old River Road meanders along the banks of the Guadalupe River with several crossings allowing us some fabulous views of the river cutting through the hill country. With it being late fall this is one of the few places in Texas providing some nice fall colors.

The Bald Cypress trees were fully adorned with their remaining rusty red leaves lining the banks of the Guadalupe. With the blue waters of the river and the white chalky limestone cliffs the views were majestic despite the cloudy day. This is by far one of our favorite drives in the Texas hill country.

Since it was Thanksgiving week, we packed for a visit to our son’s house to prepare and eat the huge turkey feast. It’s always fun to get back together with family and this time was no exception. Although the weather was cold and rainy we still enjoyed putting all the dishes together and enjoying each others company.

It is always good to see our grandkids and our great-grandson who is growing up fast. We also love to see the grand-dogs, Barley the Boxer, and Bernie the wiener. Barley is really quite amusing to be around and he apparently thinks he too is a wiener dog as he always wanted to get up on me and lay in my lap. Too funny…

Our 20 year old granddaughter recently had some serious surgery and was recuperating so we were doubly glad to be there to help support her. She has begun chemo treatment for ovarian cancer so it has been a rough time for her and for all of us who love her. We didn’t stay as long as we might have otherwise because we certainly wanted to allow her more time to recover in a less crowded environment.

Therefore we we are back at Canyon Lake and with only a few days left we need to enjoy the lake now that the rains have passed. We can expect some sunny skies the next few days which will be wonderful.

A stop in Lockhart for some BBQ and new tires for the RV

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!