Week Five, almost time to go home

Hey, it's been a while and we've been keeping really busy.
Before I get into the past week or so, I still need to explain the last picture of the previous post.
They are a type of thorn called "stickers", probably because they stick to, or rather, stick INTO everything they touch. They are found just about everywhere in the south, most commonly in grass patches that are poorly maintained.
The worst thing about them is you really need to give them a good yank to get them out. In order to give them a good yank, you need to grip them pretty tight. So when you pull the sticker out of your toe you now have your thumb and fore finger stuck together. Tara's paws are magnets for these things. 

Here is a map of our travels over the past 10 days or so.
Took me a while to figure out how to post the picture of the map.

After Galveston we spent a night in El Campo, TX with Darlene's sister Carla's relatives. We then traveled with Carla to Gruene and stayed near Canyon Lake. I saw more deer here in one day, than I've seen in the past 10 years.

Went to the Grist Mill restaurant in Gruene for dinner....BUCKET LIST!!

Onion rings the size of donuts! Glad I got the small order.
Besides a couple of chicken wings that was dinner. Fine dining!

We've been in a small park just outside Austin for the past few days, in a town called Lago Vista. Its very hilly here, the roads are very winding and the speed limit is mostly 55 MPH. It was fun driving the Unit here, the word "careening" comes to mind.

Further updates on the Bucket List. It looks like we won't be making it to the Rio Grand Valley so the walk across the border into Mexico will have to wait. Also, the Junk Gypsies in Round Top, TX are out because we opted for Gruene instead. Its amazing how really good onion rings can influence the things you do and the places you go, or don't go.

We did however make it to Rudy's BBQ. We loaded up on enough BBQ to fill a very large shopping bag.
Here's the menu.

And quite possibly Rudy himself carving up some BBQ brisket.

I went on a little road trip yesterday and found a place to store the Unit until March, when we will start Part 2 of our trip. Its 20 miles north of Austin, it's covered, has electricity to keep the batteries charged, and the best thing is, it's $90 per month. Pretty good deal I think.

We have a few more days here before we head home. Thanksgiving is tomorrow, turkey at Carla's, yum!!

I'm not looking forward to next week, It's about 1700 miles to get home and the weather will get worse as we go, unlike the trip south 5 weeks ago.