May 24 & 25

Friday, May 24:  Darrell had suggested that we not leave until around 10 AM to avoid the morning traffic.  It worked out well because we didn’t get on the road until a little after 10 anyway.  Traffic was fairly heavy and there is the always present “road work.” 

We decided to avoid driving through San Antonio by taking Hwy 46 which bypasses it on the north side and goes through New Braunfels.  For some reason traffic was backed up in New Braunfels and it took us about 20 minutes to get through it and then a storm hit on the other side.  Time to drug the dog again.  Poor thing is going to be an addict before we get her back home!  It rained and thundered and lightning flashed everywhere!  By the time we got to the RV park in Kerrville we had driven out of the storm and it was decent enough for us to sit outside and have our wine. 

Jenny & I having our wine...

Saturday, May 25:  It rained hard most of the night but cleared up mid morning.  After breakfast and showers we went sight-seeing.  When we checked in at the RV Park yesterday Mike picked up a flyer for a local winery that was open for tastings.  He had also found out about “Stonehenge II” here in this area.  You can read about it in this pic:

Stonehenge II sign

We found the place just about 10 miles from us and made it our first stop.  As you can see in the pic it’s pretty cool.  Definitely not something you see every day in Texas. 

Pics of us at Stonehenge II

From there we made the obligatory Walmart stop then headed to the winery.  It is called Kerrville Hills Winery and is located between Kerrville and Fredericksburg.  When we drove through Texas on the way to FL we drove through Fredericksburg and along Hwy 290 and noticed a LOT of wineries.  We told ourselves we would have to stop if we came back through this way again so we did.  The wines were quite good and we bought a couple of bottles we hope to share with Dan & Pam once we get back to Tucson. 

Pic of us at the winery

What made the tasting the most fun was the woman working at the tasting room.  Her name was Doreen and she was originally from New Zealand but has lived in the states for a long time.  She was very outgoing and just a lot of fun.  At one point she asked us if we still worked because we looked too young to be retired, and then she asked if we owned an antiques store.  I told her we were gay, but not that gay!  See, I told you she was fun! 

Doreen, can you believe she is 72!!

We finally tore ourselves away and headed back to the coach and the drugged dog.  On the way we stopped and picked up some fried chicken which I had been craving for some time.  Of course we had our afternoon nap then took Jenny for a walk before the next storm came through. 

As we were walking I noticed a truck that looked familiar, then I saw the bicycle in front of it and it looked familiar and then I saw the NM license plates!  It was Ken Rudolph who stayed at Far Horizons this past winter.  We were supposed to meet up with him in Las Cruces and we did see his rig but he was never there.  He had bought a place in Las Cruces and was busy with it.  How funny to run into him here in Kerrville, TX!  I knocked on his door and he came out and chatted with us for a while.  His daughter lives in San Antonio so he goes back and forth from NM and TX all the time. 

That night it stormed again.  Poor Jenny, she’s not been “sober” in days.  We’ve got to get out of the stormy weather soon.