Marble Falls - A beautiful park.

It's about time I updated the blog and told ya's about our week in Marble Falls. What a beautiful park. The sites were large and grassy. The park only has 50 sites. It's built on what is partially a huge slab of granite. So, when you walk around the park, one end is a huge slab of granite, with vegitation growing in the dips and hollows. The park is on lake LBJ (see the million dollar houses on the lakeshore), and is called "Sunset Point". Here's why. Very "Upscale". Man, there was a lot of money in this park. Some of the rigs and some of the toys people were hauling with them were eyecatching. All in all, a breathtaking park. While walking around the park I found what I think is a hunk of amber. Look at the size of this thing. It's definately a "Keeper".

Lake LBJ is one of a string of 5 lakes (somewhat man made). Each lake has a dam at the end. This stabilizes the water in the area, preventing flooding and helping in times of drought. As it is, some of these lakes are down from 11" to over 17". Texas is in a serious drought that has been going on for over 18 months. In the Marble Falls area, the week before we got there, they received a storm that produced 5" of rain in the area. This allowed a lifting of the fire ban for 1 day and then it was reinstated!

We went for a drive around the area to see the lakes and to check out an eagle's nest that has been under observation by the locals for almost 3 years! This nest is over 7' across. Unfortunately, the young are now able to fly, so the eagle family was not home when we went to visit. The whole "lakes" area is gorgeous. If you have oodles of money and wanna live in central Texas, this is the place to be.

We went to LBJ's ranch, but didn't take the tour due to time constriction . We just drove around a bit. We saw LBJ's whitehouse and a few of the older homes. They have a space in the middle where they used to put their beds at night to catch the breeze. It was interesting.

The ranch has been changed to be a learning centre for kids. It's a working ranch, but not a commercial enterprise any more. One of the things that they are doing is trying to breed their cattle back from the huge cattle they have now to cattle more like the size and type that Texas had back when it was first being settled. This is a present day "Longhorn". Man I wouldn't wanna argue with him on a bad day. They also had buffalo and deer all over the place.

We also drove to Fredricksburg a few times while there. What a beautiful town! Very touristy, very pricey. The area was originally settled by german folk. They've preserved a ton of their old buildings etc. There are all sorts of crafty type shops around. This was a large shop of "Preserves". You know, dips, rubs, salsas, etc. All with taste stations for everything. You could easily fill up (eat lunch) here. And, of course, Mary made a new friend!

While in Marble Falls we finally went and had some real Texas bbq. The meat is cooked in huge "pit" bbq's. and they had just about everything you could ask for. You select your meat, type and quantity, they cut it off the slabs they have cooking, then you take it inside and pay for it by weight, sit down and eat! Now that's a rib! The interior of the restaurant was very plain (cinder brick walls and picnic tables) but folks aren't going there for the atmosphere, they're there for the food!

This is Jan and Bill (and Rose and April in the stroller). Man , were these dogs in the stroller a people (chick) magnet. Bill doesn't mind waiting outside the stores while Jan shops one little bit (haha). These are the folks we went to Marble Falls to see. Great people! We had a lot of fun and it was because of Jan and Bill. Thanx a bunch guys!

Our last day there we went to the Flea market and had a great time. The girls Jan, Mary, and Carol, went in one truck and the men Bill, Rod, and Steve, in the other. Guys had popcorn and beer, ladies a nice lunch and shopped!! Needless to say the guys got home first:o) Saturday night we went to the main hall, listened to music played and sung by park folk. A good time was had by all.

We're off to Dallas/Ft. Worth next. We'll update again in the next few days.