THE Trip, THE Encore' :: Thanksgiving Day, Giving Thanks, Getting Surprises

Copyright 2012, CABS for Reflections From the Fence

Thanksgiving Day, yours truly cooked, yep, I really did.  I know, quite the shock.  I did a traditional turkey meal, with some adjustments, turkey breast, and no yams or sweet potatoes.  SHOCKING!  LOL

Our friends J & D set the table, and I must say, they set a very nice one indeed.  No photos of the food, we were all more interested in eating it, not taking photos of it!

After our meal we went for a nice long leisurely walk, towards the Pedernales River.  We decided to walk down to this bridge/dam and investigate it closer:

I was surprised and delighted to find this plaque:

Here you can see where it is on the bridge/dam:

On our return trip to the campground, via a different street, cause Man really hates to go back the same way he came, we found:

Zoom in a bit:

I swear, you never know what you will find on a simple walk after a good meal.  The Johnson ranch is just about 2 miles from the campground, so I suppose we should not have been so surprised, however, we were. It was fun and interesting, sometimes seeing makes more of an impression, eh??




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THE Trip, THE Encore' :: Galveston to Fredericksburg Texas, Bridges, Underpasses, Fire.

Copyright 2012, CABS for Reflections From the Fence

November 18, 2012

About 285 miles right through downtown Houston, yessireee.

Bye bye ocean and beach, on the way out of Jamaica Beach:

Downtown Houston, see I told ya!  LOL

How many layers do you count?  I count 5.  I know, sometimes I get these weird things that I become interested in, almost like artwork tho, isn't it?

My GPS said, take this road as a cut off, when I saw this underpass I momentarily panicked.  Till I read that we had 13 foot 8 inches.  We only need 13 foot 1 inch.  LOL

We crossed the Colorado River any number of times, I lost count, here is one such passing with a nice bridge, I love bridges, don't you?  Oh, and LOTS of clearance on this one!

As we passed through the Bastrop Texas area there was plenty (seemed like miles) of evidence of the fires from 2011.  There is a Wikipedia article about the fires.

Here in the cab of Jolly I do some navigating, with the aid of not one, not even two, but three different devices.  And, I still manage to direct us into situations where U turns are required.  GULP.  And, yes, there are also paper maps/atlases within grabbing distance.

We will spend Thanksgiving week in the Fredericksburg area, actually in Stonewall Texas, lots of history and beauty here.  Yes, I even cooked for turkey day!  LOL




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