DECEMBER 30, 2007
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dolariOn December 30th, Emily and I decided we wanted to drive our truck 80 MPH. More if possible. Legally. The only place we could do that? Junction, TX.
So, we woke up and made a serious beeline straight for Junction...kinda. We passed up Blanco, made a cursory stop in Luckenbach (yes, THAT Luckenbach), grabbed a bite in Fredericksburg, slowed down near Harper, and made a turn on FM 479 towards the sleepy little town of Noxville.
Noxville is a tiny little town, quite literally in the middle of the scenic nowhere. Actually, it's not so much a town as it's a spot in the road on an empty highway (we saw three trucks pass us, which is considered a traffic jam for that road). Firther on, FM 479 cuts into the last vestige of the Hill Country right through a ridge line, leaving you with several views of the petering out Hill Country to the west, and the beginnins of the Hill Country to the East.
From Noxville, we headed to Segovia, which, while once a city, has become a truck stop on I-10. We veered away fro mthe highway towards Junction for a spectacualr view - only a small portion of which I actually have available for showing right now:
That point in the distance is 38 miles away, from Junction past Mason, to the north end of the Hill Country.
From there, we made it into Junction where we stopped for gas, snacks and kinda preparing for the trip back. We'd made a beeline for Junction, we were going to meander our way back slowly.
But not before traveling 80 miles an hour
Or a bit faster in Emily's case/ ;)
The 80MPH speed limit on I-10 actually went on a bit farther than I'd expected - It was 80 from Junction back to Mountain Home, some miles closer to San Antonio. In fact, the speed limits here were INSANE ALL AROUND. Through mountain home, Texas 27, a small curvy 2 lane road in the wilderness is 70MPH. SEVENTY. Holy cow.
Texas 27 has some great views of the area, being built on a ridge above a the Guadalupe River. We stopped at an old boatramp and watched the river flow by a driveway to someone's house. Then we stopped at a picnic area where we got an overview of a low dam ath the Guadalupe near the Tecaboca camp.
I wish I had some photos to show y'all at the ready, but I forgot my thumbdrive. However, the more I think about it, the more I'm thinking of putting up an "Emily's Vacation" gallery on the gallery page. Would you all be interested at all?
We continued on our way to Ingram, where I totally forgot to show Emily Stonehenge II in nearby Hunt.
We made our way into Kerrville, to seek out and find the remnants of the old Texas and Northern Railroad. It's a pretty siumple line, parallelling TX27 for most of the way, except in Kerrville. We got lost in Kerrville looking for it, though. I'd had maps from 1990, 1975 and 1940 with me, but none showed the tracks except the 1940 map...and that was a long view. We couldn't find the tracks at all...we gave a good guess on North Street though, absed on something I remembered from Terraserver, and sure enough, we found the Depot.
Or should we say "Rails, a Cafe at the Depot?". The depot was made into a cafe, which happened to be closed at the time. We took a few pictures, only ot have the owner come out and ask us what we were doing. Once we mentioned we were exploring the old railroad, he opened the doors to us and we got a good look (and pictures!) inside.
We left Kerrville, following the tracks into Center Point, where I have some property, which we took a side trip to see. We also solved the mystery of whatever happened to Kato's catfish (it's an AA meeting hall now), and then stopped at the park where the Guadalupe River comes into town to enjoy the evening. Center Point is a sweet little sleepy town, that one day I wouldn't mind making it my home, if at all possible.
Moving onto Comfort we saw the two former depots, the freight depot and the passenger depot (now a hairdressers place and orthodontists office), before it got so dark, we couldn't see. A quick run down High Street to see the local color, and we made our way directly home, enjoying the pitch black nighttime sky.
So, we woke up and made a serious beeline straight for Junction...kinda. We passed up Blanco, made a cursory stop in Luckenbach (yes, THAT Luckenbach), grabbed a bite in Fredericksburg, slowed down near Harper, and made a turn on FM 479 towards the sleepy little town of Noxville.
Noxville is a tiny little town, quite literally in the middle of the scenic nowhere. Actually, it's not so much a town as it's a spot in the road on an empty highway (we saw three trucks pass us, which is considered a traffic jam for that road). Firther on, FM 479 cuts into the last vestige of the Hill Country right through a ridge line, leaving you with several views of the petering out Hill Country to the west, and the beginnins of the Hill Country to the East.
From Noxville, we headed to Segovia, which, while once a city, has become a truck stop on I-10. We veered away fro mthe highway towards Junction for a spectacualr view - only a small portion of which I actually have available for showing right now:
That point in the distance is 38 miles away, from Junction past Mason, to the north end of the Hill Country.
From there, we made it into Junction where we stopped for gas, snacks and kinda preparing for the trip back. We'd made a beeline for Junction, we were going to meander our way back slowly.
But not before traveling 80 miles an hour
Or a bit faster in Emily's case/ ;)
The 80MPH speed limit on I-10 actually went on a bit farther than I'd expected - It was 80 from Junction back to Mountain Home, some miles closer to San Antonio. In fact, the speed limits here were INSANE ALL AROUND. Through mountain home, Texas 27, a small curvy 2 lane road in the wilderness is 70MPH. SEVENTY. Holy cow.
Texas 27 has some great views of the area, being built on a ridge above a the Guadalupe River. We stopped at an old boatramp and watched the river flow by a driveway to someone's house. Then we stopped at a picnic area where we got an overview of a low dam ath the Guadalupe near the Tecaboca camp.
I wish I had some photos to show y'all at the ready, but I forgot my thumbdrive. However, the more I think about it, the more I'm thinking of putting up an "Emily's Vacation" gallery on the gallery page. Would you all be interested at all?
We continued on our way to Ingram, where I totally forgot to show Emily Stonehenge II in nearby Hunt.
We made our way into Kerrville, to seek out and find the remnants of the old Texas and Northern Railroad. It's a pretty siumple line, parallelling TX27 for most of the way, except in Kerrville. We got lost in Kerrville looking for it, though. I'd had maps from 1990, 1975 and 1940 with me, but none showed the tracks except the 1940 map...and that was a long view. We couldn't find the tracks at all...we gave a good guess on North Street though, absed on something I remembered from Terraserver, and sure enough, we found the Depot.
Or should we say "Rails, a Cafe at the Depot?". The depot was made into a cafe, which happened to be closed at the time. We took a few pictures, only ot have the owner come out and ask us what we were doing. Once we mentioned we were exploring the old railroad, he opened the doors to us and we got a good look (and pictures!) inside.
We left Kerrville, following the tracks into Center Point, where I have some property, which we took a side trip to see. We also solved the mystery of whatever happened to Kato's catfish (it's an AA meeting hall now), and then stopped at the park where the Guadalupe River comes into town to enjoy the evening. Center Point is a sweet little sleepy town, that one day I wouldn't mind making it my home, if at all possible.
Moving onto Comfort we saw the two former depots, the freight depot and the passenger depot (now a hairdressers place and orthodontists office), before it got so dark, we couldn't see. A quick run down High Street to see the local color, and we made our way directly home, enjoying the pitch black nighttime sky.
