Texas 2015; Day 10

We left our motel this morning at 8:35 and it was 79 degrees.  Hwy 16 took us north and west out of San Antonio into the Texas Hill Country.

Our route took us through Bandera, Tarplay and Utopia (this town name reminds Chris of her Grandpa Wolf) to Garner State Park, where we enjoyed a romp in the Frio River and a walk on the Blinn River Trail.

From Garner State Park we rode north to Leakey for lunch.  The plan was to eat at Vinny’s Italian Restaurant, which Carl had read was one of the top ten Italian restaurants in Texas.Marge was looking forward to a big helping of LARRAPIN good spaghetti.  We were disappointed to find out that in 2011 it was turned into a casual pizza parlor and they no longer served spaghetti.  So we ate pizza.

From Leakey we rode west to Camp Wood, north through Barksdale, north on Hwy 335 and east on Hwy 41.  Earlier in the day we rode through a brief light rain shower but as we rode east on Hwy 41 it looked like we were headed into a heavy rain.We stopped and the girls got their rain coats.  By the time we were riding again the storm had blown north out of our path.

We were needing gas and Garven’s Store (with old-school gas pumps) was a welcome find at the junction of Hwys 41 and 83.  They sold some excellent beef jerky, other food items, t-shirts, etc.  They also played some great music, old country and old rock and roll, over loud speakers.

We stopped for the day in Kerrville, TX having ridden 227 miles.  The high temperature was 91 and it was very humid again, but a good portion of the day temperatures were in the 80’s.  When rain threatened along Hwy 41 the temperature dropped from 91 to 72.  Very cool!

This route today covered two of the three twisted sister routes that Will Bill turned us onto before we left.  Google the three twisted sisters to find out what I’m talking about.

For more pictures from today click on the following link: https://plus.google.com/photos/104542123131082631220/albums/6160772303644196513?authkey=CInY_-iBuq3xKQ