Barbecue and Disillusionment

This part of the trip was all about world famous Snow’s Barbecue in Lexington Texas. I was up and in line at 6:45 am. Kimberly joined me about 7:30 am. They are only open on Saturday and start serving at 8:00 am. I was 112th in line. They actually opened early, a little after 7:30 am. The free bar opened as well. Yes you heard me, free adult beverages. They have beer and vodka drinks like Bloody Marys, Screwdrivers, etc.

Miss tootsie the 87 year old “pit boss” came out and greeted everyone. There was a lady taking photos and going to do a piece in National Geographic on working and longevity. Tootsie was one of the people she was including in her story. Kimberly had a really touching moment with her when they talked.

Anyway, amazing brisket and the whole experience was totally worth it. We met amazing people. The one thing that I have to say about Texas is the people are great. I have never met complete strangers who are more friendly, genuine people in my life.

On to the highland lakes north west of Austin. The drive out of Lexington was beautiful. Amazing rolling hills with beautiful pasture land, until we got to Round Rock north of Austin and traffic and urban sprawl like you can’t believe.

We made it to our Harvest Host stop for the night by Lake Travis. Lake Travis is million dollar homes packed in around super steep hills of Limestone on and above Lake Travis. We were not fans and even if we were there is no way we could have afforded anything.

The lake is at 61 percent capacity, take a look at the photos. Those are boat docks that are supposed to be on the water. Imagine paying millions (literally) of dollars for lakeside property and being high and dry.

Not really any public lake access due to the drought and only private marinas with guards in place. Still no paddle boarding!!!

Off to more lake areas north of us tomorrow.Read more