6th Post - Kerrville, TX

After a relaxing Easter weekend at San Angelo State Park, Monday was moving day again. We left around 9:30, took Hwy 87 east to Eden, then Hwy 83 south back to I-10 at Junction, TX – right at 100 miles. It’s always amazing the sights you can see riding down the road. Just before we got into Junction, there was an Indian walking towards us in the emergency lane - in full Indian garb including a breech-clout and a full-feathered war bonnet!  Sorry I didn’t have my camera ready in time. He gave us a big wave!  I did have the camera ready to get pictures of more roadside flowers!

After a fuel and McDonald’s stop in Junction, we hit I-10 east for about 60 miles to Kerrville, TX.  We definitely left the wide-open flat range country and got back into the Texas hill country.

We checked into Kerrville-Schreiner Park about 1:15 PM and got a great campsite.  This is one of our favorite parks – we’ve been here several times over the years. The weather was great and we were able to sit outside a long while.  We put up our bird feeder pole and over the couple of days here we had a few birds – cardinals, chickadees, doves, and hummingbirds.

Well, so much for being able to sit outside – both yesterday (Tuesday) and today the weather didn’t cooperate.  Yesterday started off cloudy & cool with a few sprinkles.  It did warm up some in the afternoon, but was still cloudy.  We needed to get some new wiper blades for the motorhome, so early in the afternoon we made a run to Advance Auto Parts for the wiper blades and then to Cracker Barrel for a late lunch/early supper.  Back at camp, I got the new wiper blades installed and then it was TV (Braves game).

Today (Wednesday), started off with rain before daylight, and then rained off and on all day – sometimes heavy.  About 11:15 AM, a giant T-storm came through with wind, rain, and hail - nickel to quarter in size.  Thanking God for no damage. A little after 12:00, the rain had slacked up and we decided to go for lunch and Walmart.  We went to Billy Gene’s Restaurant and had the Chicken Fried Steak lunch special with mashed potatoes, green beans, and mixed veggies – pretty good stuff!  Just as we were ready to leave, the proverbial bottom dropped out – heavy, heavy, rain and wind.  We waited inside the restaurant for a little, then during a little slack off, I made a run for the car (with umbrella) and still got wet.  I pulled up close to the door, and then (with umbrella) got LaVerne to the car and we both got wet (me wetter).  Next, thinking the rain would quit in a little bit, we went down the street to Walmart.  Finally found a fairly close parking space, then sat in the car for about 30 minutes in a downpour.  When it finally did slack up a little, we left – decided we didn’t need to go to Walmart so much after all.  Through flooded streets we made it back to camp and we got wet again getting from the Jeep to the motorhome.  So much for today!  Later, it did finally quit raining and cleared up.  I got some stuff up and ready to go – tomorrow is moving day again. Headed back south of San Antonio.  Sorry there weren’t many pictures this time.