Twisty, Curvy Roads

Well maybe not that cold when compared to someplace like South Dakota, but still chilly enough that the cats want to stay inside! I took the photo above with my phone the other night while Kat was showing me around where she works. They were hosting a dinner for a group from Notre Dame University. That is Kat in the middle.  She dosn't really have three legs, she just never stands still long enough for a photo. I do not know where the snow effect comes from. Probably something on my smartphone added it. I kind of like it though. It was certainly cold enough for snow that evening, but it was not snowing when I took the photo.

 My photographer friend, Andy Blake, came by to pick me up this morning. Andy has been working on a series of photos of Texas grist and gin mills so we traveled to Martindale, Texas where he hoped to be able to photograph a mill. Here are a couple of photos of the mill that I snapped using my cell phone. Andy's will be much more interesting, I'm sure. After photographing the mill, we traveled to Lockhart to visit Black's Barbecue.  Al Dressen's band was performing.  I played with Al a few times back in the 70's and it was nice to have a chance to visit with him a bit and to hear some genuine Texas Swing. The barbecue was as good as ever. Being a bit of a hot sauce fan, I tried some of their "ghost" sauce. It was hot believe me.  Tears to my eyes and I pride myself on being able to handle hot sauce!

Boondocked in the Granger Dam Overlook near Taylor Texas last night.  Temperature dropped below freezing but the Surburban furnace kept my little Casita very comfortable and I had a very good night's sleep, aided, no doubt by the marvelous Thanksgiving dinner at Kay's house yesterday evening. It is a beautiful, sunny morning. Max is outside exploring around. I am having my morning coffee and writing this at the dining table. I took a panoramic photo of the lake outside using the camera in my phone. It is another of those views that makes one glad to be alive.  Then I came inside and took my heart meds so that I will have time to discover more views like this. There was a slight mystery this morning.  Last night as I was getting undressed for bed, I had laid my jeans on the dinette table.  This morning the were wet! There has been no rain and I had not spilled any water. Max never jumps onto the table so it was not a "doggy accident". I had not unhitched the Casita fr...

This was the view outside my front door on the morning after Thanksgiving.  After a wonderful dinner and visit with friends, Max and I pulled the Casita to Grainger Dam and spent the night. The night was chilly but not uncomfortable, and the next morning we were rewarded with this wonderful view of the lake. Max wanted to explore a bit. Here he is just short of the water's edge. It was quite a climb down to the water because of two bands of very large rocks that are just visible in the photo above. Each band is about 15 to 20 yards across and there is no trail.  Just have to scramble over the rocks and be careful not to break a leg.