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Gorman Falls Hiking Trip
In April 2010, I ran across a magazine that said the Gorman Falls Hike at Colorado Bend State Park is one of the best hikes in Texas. So I finally decided to go check it out.
I got to the park around 11am and hiked the Cedar Chopper Loop to the Old Gorman Road Trail then across Gorman Creek then down to the falls. It was really beautiful.
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The Grand Climb
... at the end of the photos), I looked down and realized I had to climb off the thing. Good grief.
The closest I ever get to an edge is about ten feet, and here I was having to walk TOWARD a bald rock edge about six feet away, with nothing but sky above. And no matter how many times I walked toward that stupid edge, the view remained the same... or at least until about halfway down, when I could finally see the ...
Central Texas BBQ Crawl
... began this epic journey just east of Austin in Elgin, Texas. Southside Market in Elgin is famous for its sausage, and it was no letdown. It also provided some fine brisket. After the 10:00 a.m. warm-up in Elgin, we headed about twenty minutes north to Taylor and Louie Mueller's. Great atmosphere and fantastic food all around. Feeling pretty full, we hopped back in the car for our two hour ride west of Austin to Llano, Texas. In case you don't ...
The Hills have eyes...
... to eat? We ask a local, who recommends a place down the street call "Sweeet Thiiin'..." in his charming southern accent. 'Sweet Things', found it! We don't look like we belong there, but what's new. Food is decent and the waitress is friendly. We stuff ourselves... waitress is kind enough to show us the short cut to 'Enchanted Rock' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enchanted _Rock), Texas' answer to Uluru Rock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uluru). Local knowledge of short ...
Saturday March 17, 2007
... how that the city was built on land reclaimed from the ocean by a series of canals and dikes. "Eight hundred years ago people stood on the coast and looked out into the Atlantic Ocean and said, 'let's build a city out there'". "You go!" Next was another wild version of "October" with Jon succeeding in faking out the band at the ending.   ; ; ;   ; ; ;   ; ; ;   ; ; ; "You can bury me in a pile of ...
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Best Western Llano
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Days Inn & Suites Llano
609 Bessemer Street, Llano | 2 star hotelfrom $85