On the road

The weather men here are about as successful at predicting the weather as they are up in Connecticut. Yesterday they were calling for sunny with the high near eighty. It is 65 degrees with a constant drizzle.

I headed out around 8:00. Jumped on route 16 with a destination of Bandera, TX. So far the scenery is one strip mall after another.

It took about 10 miles but I am now on the open road. I cycled into a town called Pipe Creeek and stopped in at the Pipe Creek Junction Cafe. Clare ~ your friend that misses diners ~ this is a must stop. If you can get over the fact there is no aluminum, the menu and nostigalia is all there. From 11 - 2 you can get liver and onions (who has that on a menu anymore) or catfish, salad, roll, mashed potatos, bhlack eyed peas, soda and dessert for $6.56. (Pictures will follow at a later time). There is a long wooden sign when you walk in that has carved into it "No Assholes Allowed - execpt Don". Don must be a special asshole.

I am camping by the Medina River in Bandera at the Pioneer Resort. I get hot showers, and wifi. On my way in to Bandera I stopped at the visitors center (pretty impressive for a town with a population of 936). I got all the poop on what and where.

Tonight there is a Honky Tonk. You bring your own meat to this bar/restaurant. They grill it. For a couple of bucks you get sides, like potato salad, etc. Then there is dancing. If I go four blocks down on Main Street I can grab a hunk of meat, then walk back three blocks for some local flavor and entertainment. (Clare I think this fits in the "outlandish" category).

Oh, I forgot to mention that Bandera is considered the cowboy capital of the world. Charlene, feel free to juice this up for Dad and coffee tomorrow morning.