After leaving Livingston, TX, on the 20MAY we decided to drive straight through to Kerrville, TX, rather than taking two days. For new readers of this BLOG, we always try to spend time in Kerrville because Dan’s sister Sharon, her husband Tim, and Dan Sr live there. For more details, see our previous BLOGs about Kerrville & Dan’s relatives.
http://theryanrvexpress.blogspot.com/2007/07/09-11jul07-kerrville-tx.html
http://theryanrvexpress.blogspot.com/2007/11/01-05nov07-kerrville-tx.html
Since Tim & Sharon both have jobs we would visit briefly at the end of their workdays, after taking a day to recuperate from our drive. But on Saturday we met Sharon and Tim downtown at local craft fair. The hi-lite of the fair for Dan was eating jalapeño ice cream made by an ice cream churn powered by a 100 year old John Deere gas engine. From there it was off to Luckenbach which was celebrating its 150 yr birthday for the 10th dang time. For those that don’t know Luckenbach, their motto is “Luckenbach, where everyone is somebody.”; and the place was made famous by a Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson song in 1977. Luckenbach consists of nothing more than four buildings and is known for the mostly free music that occurs there (especially on weekends). On Sundays musicians from all over the hill country of TX gather to take turns picking and a singing. On rare occasions nationally famous musicians, like Willie, may show up unannounced. During good weather hundreds of bikers will stop at Luckenbach. For Luckenbach’s birthday free live music was scheduled through the day. At one point, one of the bands put down their instruments to play a rubber chicken, rubber rat and two kazoos. Even though the area was experiencing record heat, we all had a great time and Corrie even had her picture taken on a Longhorn steer.
http://www.luckenbachtexas.com/
The next day, Sunday, it was off to Gruene Hall (pronounced Green) for more free music. Gruene Hall is listed as Texas’ oldest dance hall. At one time there were hundreds of Halls throughout Texas where ranch and farm hands would come on Friday and Saturday nights for live entertainment. Today there are just few in use, primarily in the Hill Country.
http://www.gruenehall.com/
Turns out we were able to catch a CD release by Guy Forsyth. Guy put on an excellent show, playing a blend of country, rock and blues. Dan was considering purchasing one of Guy’s CDs, put felt that $25 was a little steep.
http://www.guyforsyth.com/
On Memorial Day we gathered at Tim & Sharon’s for an impromptu BBQ. Dan made drunken chicken, and Tim made deer steaks and sausage. Several of the neighbors were invited and good time was had by all. After another home cooked meal on Tuesday, 27MAY, we again placed the Mercedes in their shed, and it was time for us to hit the road and make our way back to Washington state.
http://theryanrvexpress.blogspot.com/2007/07/09-11jul07-kerrville-tx.html
http://theryanrvexpress.blogspot.com/2007/11/01-05nov07-kerrville-tx.html
Since Tim & Sharon both have jobs we would visit briefly at the end of their workdays, after taking a day to recuperate from our drive. But on Saturday we met Sharon and Tim downtown at local craft fair. The hi-lite of the fair for Dan was eating jalapeño ice cream made by an ice cream churn powered by a 100 year old John Deere gas engine. From there it was off to Luckenbach which was celebrating its 150 yr birthday for the 10th dang time. For those that don’t know Luckenbach, their motto is “Luckenbach, where everyone is somebody.”; and the place was made famous by a Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson song in 1977. Luckenbach consists of nothing more than four buildings and is known for the mostly free music that occurs there (especially on weekends). On Sundays musicians from all over the hill country of TX gather to take turns picking and a singing. On rare occasions nationally famous musicians, like Willie, may show up unannounced. During good weather hundreds of bikers will stop at Luckenbach. For Luckenbach’s birthday free live music was scheduled through the day. At one point, one of the bands put down their instruments to play a rubber chicken, rubber rat and two kazoos. Even though the area was experiencing record heat, we all had a great time and Corrie even had her picture taken on a Longhorn steer.
http://www.luckenbachtexas.com/
The next day, Sunday, it was off to Gruene Hall (pronounced Green) for more free music. Gruene Hall is listed as Texas’ oldest dance hall. At one time there were hundreds of Halls throughout Texas where ranch and farm hands would come on Friday and Saturday nights for live entertainment. Today there are just few in use, primarily in the Hill Country.
http://www.gruenehall.com/
Turns out we were able to catch a CD release by Guy Forsyth. Guy put on an excellent show, playing a blend of country, rock and blues. Dan was considering purchasing one of Guy’s CDs, put felt that $25 was a little steep.
http://www.guyforsyth.com/
On Memorial Day we gathered at Tim & Sharon’s for an impromptu BBQ. Dan made drunken chicken, and Tim made deer steaks and sausage. Several of the neighbors were invited and good time was had by all. After another home cooked meal on Tuesday, 27MAY, we again placed the Mercedes in their shed, and it was time for us to hit the road and make our way back to Washington state.
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