This evening we are in Kerrville, Texas in the heart of the area of TX known as the hill country. Our drive today was right through the heart of both Houston and San Antonio but with only some very slow traffic in the commute into Houston. On the way between Houston and San Antonio we did see a few patches of blue bonnets but not enough to be showy for a picture. We didn't see any more blue bonnets until right before we pulled into our campground for the night. There were lots of other wild flowers including Indian Paint Brush and something yellow that is widespread. Jo couldn't identify these yellow flowers as we were passing by at 60 mph.
Driving along today I kept thinking about all the cities in Texas that have songs written about them. I couldn't think of any other state with more cities in song. Missouri has Kansas City and St. Louis songs but I couldn't think of any other. In Texas Glen Campbell sang about Galveston, the Gatlin Brothers sang Houston, Marty Robbins sang of El Paso and Abilene, there is the oldie about the San Antonio Rose. There is Big D, Amarillo, and of course Waylon Jenning's Lukenbach. There are probably others but it was fun just to think about these few.
We enjoyed a day in this area a couple of years ago and had planned to look around some more on this trip but our plans have changed due to our need to be in Chanute, KS next Tuesday so this will be an overnight stay before we move on to Abilene. We will have a couple of days in Abilene before the two day trip from there through Oklahoma City to Chanute. If the factory repair of our slide out mechanism can be completed in one day then we will make it home a few days early. Until we know the length of the repair time we can't say for sure when we will be back to Martin Manor.
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