The temperature was around 70F and there was a low marine layer of clouds. The clouds kept the temperature down and did not lift until we stopped for lunch. We traveled around the south western edge of Houston making our way to I69 then to Alt US90. We decided to stick to the highway today as they tend to be less busy than the Interstate and are just about as fast.
We saw lots of cattle today. White ones, black ones, and some with big horns. Most of the route took us through rural farms and farming communities. Crops had just been planted for corn and many fields were freshly tilled. We rode through occasional pungent aromas of fertilizer.
We saw this cool car today.
And how about this house’s design?
We were constantly passing trucks pulling what looked like grain trailers. We saw this fun looking park in Sheridan, TX. We bet Annabelle and Amelia would love sliding down those big water slides.
We continued on Alt US90 into Hallettsville for our planned lunch stop. We rode 150 miles non-stop making good time with little to no traffic. It was about 11am and when we pulled up next to the restaurant, it was clearly no longer in business.
We did a quick search on the GPS and found a Subway about 10 miles further along Alt US90 in Shiner (the cleanest small city in Texas, or so the town claims).
Before we got to Shiner, we made a stop at the Statue of Liberty, a bit smaller than her sister in NYC. We thought everything in Texas was bigger?
We made it to the Subway at about 11:30 and had our lunch. The town looked like an old western town. Many buildings are vacant. It was pretty clean there, though.
After lunch, we topped off the Wing with gas. While at the gas station the below truck pulling a trailer full of cows turned the corner. As it passed by, one of the cows belted out a very loud “Mooooooo”. It was loud enough that we both clearly heard it even with our ear plugs in!
Back on the road, our final destination was only about 90 minutes away from Shiner. We saw this interesting sign….we don’t have any Wild Hogs now to sell, but if we do…
We successfully navigated the I10 to I410 to I35 exchanges, which was a concrete jungle of overpasses, and made it to the hotel in San Antonio right at 2pm.
At 3:45pm we walked one mile through two shopping areas from our hotel to the Flying Saucer restaurant and pub. We met up with about 10 of Rob’s former LMI co-workers and a few spouses from the San Antonio office. For many of them it was the first social event they had attended since Covid-19. We chatted, ate good food, and had a fun time getting to know each other. The pub puts people’s names on gold plates when they complete 200 unique beers. One of the coworkers had a plate!
We got back to our hotel room at 9pm. Tomorrow we take a ride through part of Texas hill country on our way to Austin.
