Austin, Texas - Saturday, 28th September
Leaving Abiline behind we continued south and east across Texas covering a further 280 miles on roads with long sweeping curves and some variations in elevation, too. Clearly Texas is not entirely flat.
We stopped for morning coffee in Comanche at a teashop reminiscent of some of those in Bexhill i.e. very twee and very English. The owner was delighted to hear our observations as, she said, that was exactly the look and feel that she was aiming for. We never did get round to finding out why she would want to do that in the middle of Texas!
Next stop, for lunch, was at the River City Grille on the banks of the (other) Colorado River that begins and ends in Texas. Certainly we have had worse lunchtime views:
From Marble Falls we rode the remaining 60 miles to Austin, Texas state capital, via the fabulous Texas Hill Country road and experienced rain (!), well a 5 minute shower, and the most beautiful rainbow.
We arrived at our hotel, the Courtyard by Marriott on 4th Street, right in the city centre at 7pm. We took a brief stroll around the famous entertainment area, 6th Street, before heading to bed as we have another high mileage day tomorrow as we head out of Texas.
We stopped for morning coffee in Comanche at a teashop reminiscent of some of those in Bexhill i.e. very twee and very English. The owner was delighted to hear our observations as, she said, that was exactly the look and feel that she was aiming for. We never did get round to finding out why she would want to do that in the middle of Texas!
Next stop, for lunch, was at the River City Grille on the banks of the (other) Colorado River that begins and ends in Texas. Certainly we have had worse lunchtime views:
From Marble Falls we rode the remaining 60 miles to Austin, Texas state capital, via the fabulous Texas Hill Country road and experienced rain (!), well a 5 minute shower, and the most beautiful rainbow.
We arrived at our hotel, the Courtyard by Marriott on 4th Street, right in the city centre at 7pm. We took a brief stroll around the famous entertainment area, 6th Street, before heading to bed as we have another high mileage day tomorrow as we head out of Texas.
This is a fantastic trip. You two should investigate the viability of becoming travel bloggers in your retirement! You could travel the world :) and I could read about it - at my desk in Ashdown House :(
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Thanks Toni - it has been a lot of fun but some long riding days, too. We'll have ridden nearly 3000 miles by Monday evening! Pleased you're enjoying the blog ☺
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