Texas Hill Country

We left Port O'Connor Texas heading toward the Hill Country west of Austin. This was the area that Lyndon Johnson was born and lived in. This area was settled by Germans in the 1850s and the town names reflect this legacy. We stopped in Neu Braunfels looking for a restaurant recommended by the Sterns as having really good chicken fried steak (the Texas version of schnitzel). The restaurant was no longer, but was replaced by Friesenhaus, a German restaurant. There I had curry wurst (a northern German specialty) and Bob had pickled herring. Both were very good. There was also a bakery with great bread, but neon-colored napoleons, and German wursts.

We continued on and stopped at Guadelupe River State Park. The weather was warm and there were people still swimming in the river.






The river was filled with these wonderful mangrove-type trees.
We finally made it to Lost Maples State Park. We never figured out why it was called this, though I suspect it is because there are few places in Texas that have maples which change colors like fall trees in the northeast. This photo shows just a touch of color along the river in Lost Maples.