We have explored all around the lake- although we never made it to the Museum of the Texas Hill County to see the dinosaur tracks. We just ran out of time- and to get anywhere you have to go around the Lake. We did visit the Canyon Dam, walked over and back with Hazel (1.6 mi) and the on the nature trail downstream. The deer are prolific here, and there are fawns everywhere. We tried to take a picture of one up at the top of the dam, hidden by its mother in the tall grass, but that did not work very well.
Have met some very nice people here and hope we can keep in touch as we continue to roam the country. The couple next door to us were an ex-farmer/welder and a nurse. He had recently been diagnosed with MS and was finding out what was still possible and she is still working as a case discharge nurse for one of the big insurance companies. We learned quite a bit about the Texas area, farming and their home town of Hutto (just NE of Austin). Very nice folks and full of good information. Who knows, we may meet them again when we come this way next time = and we will come again. This is a wonderful area, although getting here was over smaller Texas roads that caused The Beast to twist and turn a bit. As a result- we no longer have a working ice-maker. Seems the water supply tube has finally disintegrated. Once we discovered that we had water leaking into the bins, Bruce took the access panel off and discovered that the tube was broken. We have found what we thought were viable replacements – but once he cut into the insulation covering the tube- he realized we would be unable to fix this problem- the age and heat had taken their toll and the brittle tube just comes apart in his hands. Guess we will do without until we find someone who can run a new line- or just do without until we get back home. Ice trays work fine.
The defrosted food has all been taken care of- either cooked or we found it a place in the freezer.. I made pulled pork with the various pork cuts and beef stew with whatever beef was defrosted. Those can go in the frig as we seem to have room there and they will get eaten pretty quickly. We cooked the Italian sausages to eat later with onions and peppers fair-style and we grilled the nice London broil to slice for sandwiches. I shouldn’t have to cook for the next week – except of course for breakfast. Yea!!! – vacation coming up.
Check out the album associated with this blog for more pictures. Have to stop and help Bruce get The Beast ready for it’s trip tomorrow- with time for us to relax under the awning with some wine or a drink. More will follow.
Keep up the good work with the blog. I am reading it.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a zoo at the park. Wolfy is very 'cute' with his halter on. hehe