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    • Texas Oktober 2023
      1
      Day 2

      Llano... 🤠

      October 15, 2023 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

      Die Nacht war kurz...es dauert bis die Zeitumstellung (- 7 Stunden) verdaut ist... Auf dem Weg Richtung Liron haben wir in Llano eine Pause eingelegt und durch Zufall eine mega coole Bar gefunden: Joes Bar. Von aussen eher nicht so sehr ansprechend, von innen super urig.Read more

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    • TravelerDestination Unknown
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      21
      Day 35

      Ink’s Lake State Park

      June 8, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F

      Our objective on this journey is to check out areas with more affordability for relocation. When planning this trip, we decided it wasn’t realistic to bowl through state after state, while the summer was wasting away. Thus the stops at Natl’ Parks and lakes.
      We’ve finally figured out that with school out and our route fluctuating, choice locations on weekends are not going to happen. Knowing that, we haven’t been making plans on the weekends knowing that we may have to sleep in parking lots. Sunday through Thursday we can usually get into pretty choice sites at campgrounds. Places really clear out during the week and it gets nice and quiet. Very peaceful!
      Our stay at Ink’s Lake has been nice. My inflatable paddle board is a little irritating, as I knew it would be. This type of board feels more like you’re riding on top of the water -vs- being connected to your board and cutting through the water. We both feel they have too much bounce and limited maneuverability. We figured that was the case after researching inflatable boards.
      Still worth it! Being out on the water always recharges our souls. It’s such an adventure to go around a bend of the lake and see different wildlife or something different in the landscape, etc.
      As far as moving to Texas…I’m not so sure. The people are extremely nice and engaging. The landscape is very diverse, so we know we could find something we like. Many of the small towns are quaint with a lot of social activity. But the only water I would want to live on so far would be Canyon Lake or the Guadalupe River, both of which are overpriced and overcrowded! And the heat is mighty intense!
      Heading north out of Texas from here.

      **(I know we’re not supposed to feed wild animals, but I had some mushy blueberries and couldn’t help it.)      Read more

    • TravelerArbeit oder Vergnügen...
      2
      Day 89

      Enchanted Rock & Jacob's Well

      June 22, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

      Nun ist es soweit: Mein Fahrzeit-Gefühl passt sich schön langsam den amerikanischen Standard an. Samstag früh ging es 4 1/2 Stunden Richtung Westen, mit dem Ziel des Enchanted Rock State Natural Areas. Um nicht 2x die gleiche Strecke am Stück zu fahren, wurde auf dem Hinweg ein Stopp am Jacob's Well ("Jakobsbrunnen"), eine Kraftquelle, die ihren Ursprung des Cypress Creek bildet, eingelegt. Der Eintritt für die Jacob's Well Natural Area ist kostenlos, es sei denn man möchte in der Quelle schwimmen bzw. eher hineinspringen, da zahlt man ca. $9. Wer dies plant, sollte unbedingt vorher reservieren oder bereits am Vormittag anreisen. Im Anschluss ging es durch die Hill County Region weiter Richtung Enchanted Rock. Tolle Landschaft mit viel grün, Ranges, Hügel, wenig Verkehr und kurvenreichen Straßen - eher untypisch. Bereits am Vortag habe ich mir einen Halb-Tages-Pass online reserviert (7$), um sicher reinzukommen, nicht dass die ganze Strecke umsonst war. ^^ Der Enchanted Rock ist ein Granit-Monolith und ragt bis jetzt 130 m aus der Umgebung, alles andere befindet sich noch unter der Erdoberfläche. Daher benötigt man vielleicht 40 Minuten, um an die Kuppel zu gelangen oder etwas länger, wenn man ständig für Fotos stehen bleibt... Von oben erstreckt sich einem die Hill County Region.Read more

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    • TravelerDestination Unknown
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      Day 32

      Heat wave & questionable water!

      June 5, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 90 °F

      Well, the Highland Lakes aren’t really standing up to their reputation (“clear, blue water”). Canyon Lake was gorgeous, but too windy. Now that we are on the chain of Highland Lakes, the water is murky and quite choppy. We drove all around Lyndon B. Johnson Lake, Marble Falls Lake and sections of the Llano River. None of the areas with public access are nice enough for us to want to get on the water.
      We had lunch in Kingsland and the café that I picked out just so happens to be the original house from the Texas chainsaw massacre. Funny!
      When we arrived at our Harvest Host location it was a very nice, grassy area. The deer have been in the yard and all around the neighborhood. Very nice to watch in our air-conditioned van! 101° Today and will be rising all week.
      We aren’t sure where we’re going from here!
      ** Last pic: everything is bigger in Texas. I put the rubber ducky up against the window for a size reference. It was even bigger than it looks in the pic!!!      Read more

    • TravelerDestination Unknown
      1
      1
      Day 33

      Finally!

      June 6, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F

      Headed north up to Ink’s Lake State Park and scored an amazing shady (this is a big deal with cooling and refrigeration!!!!) spot right by the water. Not the clearest water, but at this point, we will take what we can get.
      Unfortunately, once we got to the campgrounds, we realized we had zero cell service! Ended up driving back into town so that we could let Susan know she wouldn’t be hearing from us for the next three days. Loaded up on groceries as well.
      We both feel like chuds after sitting, eating and drinking for the last week. We can’t wait to try our new boards out. We had to purchase inflatables, being that there was no way to efficiently transport our epoxy boards. Paddle boarding is such an amazing workout if your form is correct. Looking forward to sore abs, hams & shoulders!      Read more

    • Weltreise 2019 bis 2021
      Day 18

      Enchanted Rock

      January 28, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C

      Als wir am Nachmittag wieder „über Tage“ waren, sind wir weiter zur Enchanted Rock State Natural Area gefahren. Ein Naturschutzgebiet mit tollen Felsformationen und vielen Möglichkeiten zum Wandern, was wir auch bis zur eintretenden Dämmerung ausgenutzt haben.

      Der Enchanted Rock erinnerte uns ein wenig an den Uluru bzw. Ayers Rock in Australien. Hoch oben hat man eine atemberaubende Aussicht über die Umgebung. Natur und Felsen soweit das Auge reicht.

      An unserem Zeltplatz, am Fuße der Felsformationen bekamen wir dann zu später Stunde noch Besuch von etwas was wir zunächst für einen Waschbären hielten, sich dann aber eher als eine kleine Wildkatze entpuppte.

      In der Nacht hörten wir noch eine Vielzahl weiterer Tiere, von denen wir lieber nicht wissen möchten was genau es war…      Read more

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    • TravelerSouthern Crawl
      Day 74

      Hunting for the perfect photo

      November 4, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 68 °F

      We decided we hadn't had enough hill country yet, so headed north through another route, with Gordon driving the first shift. Characteristically, Heather spent the first part of the drive with her nose in her delicious banana nut muffin from Whole Foods, and the second part of the shift with her nose in the navigation app orienting herself for the rest of the day.

      Hence, it was up to Gordon to take some of his signature stunning photos of our second foray into Texas Hill Country. Unfortunately, Wilson L Nicoll was in the car with us, and every photo seemed to be of the WLN memorial *DAMN* sort. You know what we mean.      Read more

    • TravelerSouthern Crawl
      Day 74

      Llano Texas

      November 4, 2015 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 70 °F

      First stop of the day, cute town named Llano ... Spanish for flat, featureless. The country was anything but ... hilly, green and gold scrub.

      The town was exceptionally cute. Cowboy boots on their street lamps. The deer in front of the jail was wearing prison stripes. We went into what appeared to be the only coffee shop ... someone was playing piano and some locals were sitting around on couches. The barista was very friendly with a Texas accent you had to cut with a knife. We had to explain that Earl Grey was not plain black tea, but after hunting around found some Darjeeling. We waved goodbye, friends.

      The picture with the deer in strips is of the old city jail.      Read more

    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Llano County, مقاطعة لانو, Лано, লানো কাউন্টি, Condado de Llano, Llano konderria, شهرستان لانو، تگزاس, Comté de Llano, Llano megye, Լանո շրջան, Contea di Llano, リャノ郡, Llano Comitatus, Llano Kūn, Hrabstwo Llano, للانو کاؤنٹی, Comitatul Llano, Ллано, Округ Лано, للانو کاؤنٹی، ٹیکساس, Quận Llano, Condado han Llano, 拉諾縣

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