Texas
March 5: Austin, TX
The weather is terrible – supposed to rain all weekend, but the radar showed that San Antonio’s weather was going to be a mite better than Austin’s. 
So, we drove the car an hour and a half down the interstate to San Antonio. Sure glad we didn’t try to navigate San Antonio with the RV – the downtown area is lots of narrow twisting streets. We took the little boat tour of the Rio Grande River in the Riverwalk area and ate lunch at one of the many restaurants with the rain holding off long enough so we could eat outside overlooking the river.
We then went over to the Alamo where Col. Travis and the 200 defenders died. Jack was surprised it was in the middle of the city. The Alamo is treated as a memorial for those who died there. Luckily for us, the Battle of the Alamo was being re-enacted because it was the anniversary. We watched the re-enactment for a while, but it began to pour, so we headed back to Austin for dinner. I found the hole-in-the-wall barbecue restaurant where I ate regularly when I used to go to Austin on business. Food was great, but we had a terrible time finding a parking place! Headed back to the RV for little TV and early bed – we had a big day and we're still on east coast time!
March 6: Austin, TX
We relaxed this Sunday morning, and later went to Wal-Mart to get wiper blades for the car and RV. Drove into Austin to visit the State Capitol building. 
The building was modeled after the national Capitol, but it had the star of Texas everywhere….the ceiling, the doorknobs and even the door hinges!
Later we toured the LBJ library and saw a re-creation of the oval office when Johnson was president. Neither Jack nor I are big fans of LBJ, but the library was interesting. There was also a temporary Swinging Sixties exhibition that was lots of fun. I wanted Jack to experience the great music clubs in downtown Austin, but the weather had been dreadful and the forecast for tomorrow was more rain, so we’ll be leaving tomorrow without doing the famous Austin music scene.
March 7: Austin, TX to Ocono, TX
Still raining – we had only one afternoon over the last week when it didn’t rain. We got on the road about 9:30 on route 290 through Texas Hill Country to Interstate 10. We saw miles and miles of gnarly trees and cactus, but its too early for the famous hill country wildflowers (we’ll have to put this area on our list for a future April trip). We also saw lots of sheep, goats and cattle. We stopped at the town of Fredericksburg in the heart of hill country. It’s a pretty little town with a long main street full of shops. We found a place to park the RV at the end of town, and drove the car back to roam around and do a little shopping. Jack found the required summer cowboy hat and of course a t-shirt.
Back to the RV for lunch and then drove west on interstate 10 until 4:30 and stopped at the only campground for 100 miles. The entire town consisted of an interstate exit with a campground, gas station, restaurant and motel. The sun is finally out and we were able to take a walk before going to bed.
The speed limits in Texas are interesting…flying along at 75 miles an hour, a town appears and the speed limit is reduced all the way down to 65 on the two-lane road right through town. Less than a quarter mile outside town, the speed limit shoots back up to 75. Can’t imagine what it is like living in a town where the main street speed limit is 65! The road conditions weren’t good enough for the RV to maintain these speeds anyway, so we typically cruised at a max of 65.
