Ester service

We just returned from Easter service. The campground has a very nice small chapel and some of the HitchHikers planned a service with music. Tom lead the service with some scripture readings while Sandy and Rob played the guitar. It was excellent.

Now its time form some scrambled eggs & ham then 4 or 5 couples will get together here to start planning the trip after the Michigan rally in August to the South Dakota rally in September.

Happy Easter

The rally here in Texas is in full swing. We had a burger cookout welcoming all of us on Thursday evening followed by a jam session, Friday was lots of socializing with RV friends, Saturday morning we all had breakfast in the CG clubhouse and Saturday evening we had a potluck followed by karaoke. This morning there is a small Easter service in the CG chapel.....gotta go.

11th Street Cowboy Bar; Bandara, TX

Tonight we went to Bandera and the 11th Street Cowboy Bar. You bring your own meat and grill it there, they supply the salad, tater & roll. Lots of Texans dancing & in between these youngsters danced too. Several more HitchHikers pulled in today & there must have been 20 or 24 of us at the Cowboy Bar. Bandera is the cowboy capitol of Texas.

Yesterday we stayed put. As you can see in the first picture it's not all play & no work! Mel had toilet problems and I had the part he needed so he replaced a broken cable. Dee is happy now. We gathered about 4pm for happy hour on the patio overlooking Johnson Creek.

Bluebonnets & BBQ

Twelve of us left at 11am for Llano for some sightseeing & go to Coopers for BBQ and then what's called the willow loop to check out the bluebonnets and scenery. We stopped along the way for the wildflowers and at Enchanted Rock. Coopers has some excellent BBQ, don't like their sauce but the pork tenderloin & sausage was great. After we were done I went back for more to take home. You can see the wildflowers and scenery pictures. We arrived home about 5:30, just in time for happy hour. One more HitchHiker pulled in while we were gone.

pre rally activities

Here's Judy at the entrance to the patio area of the campground with a shot of Johnson Creek behind us, very pretty. We liked it 4 years ago and still do. Several teenagers were jumping 30 off a cliff beside us 30 feet into the creek (11 feet deep) creek below.

Here we are eating again with the Guadalupe River in the background.

Here we are at a very good burger joint in Kerrville, Classics. Judy, Connie & Susan are working on a smart phone doing something.

Since we arrived on Thursday we have had time to visit with Stan & Connie. Stan is work camping here this winter , we were together last summer in New England and Canada. Ron & Roberta are also here, well their trailer is, they flew home for some family activities. We have washed the HitchHiker because we drove in the rain last week and we have gone out to eat a few times. The weather has been nice but a little on the hot side. Also arriving have been Jeff & Susan, Mel & Dee, Paul & Dottie plus two new to us couples. Every evening is happy hour.

Ingram, TX & Johnson Creek RV

We arrived at the rally site, Johnson Creek RV Resort, Thursday afternoon after a 170 mile ride from Bastrop. Driving over we drove through the area of the Bastrop brush fires of last year. We saw acres of burnt & dead trees and many foundations where houses use to be, including just fireplaces. There were many houses under construction too.

The last time we were at Johnson Creek we were towed in. The truck blew a turbo hose in January 2008 outside Kerrville and our home was towed here until the truck was repaired the following day. The park is in a pecan orchard & quite nice......no FEMA trailers here! Stan & Connie have been work camping here since December so we went to dinner with them. There are 26 HitchHikers coming in for the rally next week so we'll be seeing many of our RV friends.

Bastrop, TX

We weren't sure how much time we wanted to stay in Bastrop, 20 miles south east of Austin, as we have a few days of slop in our schedule. We drove through the rain so we'll have to have Jody & Renato stop over and help wash the truck & HitchHiker as they are both now quite dirty. After getting into the campground and we decided we'd only stay one night. For $15 we got to park next to a FEMA trailer. We did pass a field with acres of bluebonnets. It was quite overcast and hazy so you can't see how nice they really looked.