We ended up spending two days in La Grange due to the weather. It was in the 30's and pouring down rain, so we did a "Weldon". You'll have to ask Bill and Jill what that is yourselves! The weather was just miserable. We walked down to Walmart for a big shopping trip. Say hello to more food............ I also found a $5.00 DVD for those nights in the tent. We rented a buck movie, "The Boune Ultimatum" from the Red Box. We had been trying to see it since it came out last summer. Then we walked over to a bakery that was next door for sandwiches for lunch. Did I mention that we had to walk about a mile in the rain and wind to do our little shopping trip?? It always amazes me when people say, "oh you have to see this or that or do this or that" but what they forget is that we don't have a car. Oh, sure just hop in the car, turn on the heat, roll up the windows and go wherever you want. When we walked out the door of the hotel Hap told me it was about a quarter of a mile, but ........... oh never mind..... he's only an engineer. I guess he didn't use his tape measure on that quarter of a mile. I know what you are thinking! I got all mad because he didn't tell me how far it really was but no I didn't. .....until....I got the cramp in my leg. Where did THAT come from. Hap was very supportive though, his comment.."you never get cramps.........." Thank you Mr. Eaton for clarifying that for me. As you can see our little jaunt to Walmart was another adventure.
The rain finally stopped the next day. It was still in the 40's when we left La Grange. It stayed cool all day. But it wasn't raining so it was a good day. We had more rolling terrain now. And the country side is finally beginning to look like something. I am still trying to figure out why people call Texas, God's Country. But I'm not going to say anything about that while we are still in Texas. We stopped in a little town of Round Top for a drink. We enjoyed the rolling hills. It sort of reminded us of Ohio.....oops there I go again! There roads are really nice for cycling on, there are nice wide berms that are actually used as passing lanes. When you are riding on them you really have to watch your rear, because of the bogeys. A bogey would be a pick up truck! I was also on the lookout for a longhorn cow/bull/whatever. Since we are in the longhorn state doesn't it seem like we should see at least one? Afterall we have been in Texas for a couple of months.....now....or something like that. One cow? Bull? Steer??
We arrived in Brenham and tried to find a campground. We called several but they didn't allow RIFF RAFF (aka tents) there. So once again we ended up in a hotel. We checked in and then rode over to a grocery store for dinner supplies. Next door to the grocery was a Verizon store. Our cell phone wasn't staying charged so Hap went in to see about getting a new battery. We thought maybe it was still under warrenty. But the guy said it wasn't so he bought a new one. I bought salad fixings and soup for dinner. Hap also made a call to the Verizon customer service 800 number and asked about a warrenty. Of course we have a warrenty and yours is over on Feb 1. He ended up crediting our account for $20 and telling us we may as well get a new phone. (To be continued)......
The next day left in sunshine and alittle warmer temps. By the end of the day it was almost 70 degrees and cloudy. The riding was great. Traffic was alittle heavy but with our berm no one bothered us. No success in seeing a longhorn again today. We rode into Montgomery and found a KOA to stay in. I think this is the biggest KOA I have ever seen. It was actually a resort. Indoor pool/hot tub/clubhouse/gameroom. We set up camp, cooked mashed potatoes and peas for dinner and headed to the hot tub. While our clothes were being washed we sat in the tub. OK so maybe we are just getting soft. We went back to the tent and Big Agnes. BA is our down double sleeping bag. She kept us plenty warm during the night. Now if I could just figure out how to go to the bathroom without getting out of the tent all would be good!
This morning we ate our "breakfast" (yogart and banana) inside the tent because it was alittle chilly in the 40's. As we were riding in Rt 105 we saw an IHOP and stopped for some great pancakes. Rt 105 was very busy but once again a nice wide berm/lane just for tandems. We saw another Verizon store so we stopped again to get our new phone. This time we were told we didn't need a new phone, just a new battery...... Confused??? Doesn't matter....we have a phone that works. It looked like the rain was coming again. It was 72 degrees. We stayed on Rt 105 heading east into Cleveland. The terrain is really starting to change now. We are maybe 100 miles or so from Louisiana. Yeah! Maybe we will get out of Texas.
The rain finally stopped the next day. It was still in the 40's when we left La Grange. It stayed cool all day. But it wasn't raining so it was a good day. We had more rolling terrain now. And the country side is finally beginning to look like something. I am still trying to figure out why people call Texas, God's Country. But I'm not going to say anything about that while we are still in Texas. We stopped in a little town of Round Top for a drink. We enjoyed the rolling hills. It sort of reminded us of Ohio.....oops there I go again! There roads are really nice for cycling on, there are nice wide berms that are actually used as passing lanes. When you are riding on them you really have to watch your rear, because of the bogeys. A bogey would be a pick up truck! I was also on the lookout for a longhorn cow/bull/whatever. Since we are in the longhorn state doesn't it seem like we should see at least one? Afterall we have been in Texas for a couple of months.....now....or something like that. One cow? Bull? Steer??
We arrived in Brenham and tried to find a campground. We called several but they didn't allow RIFF RAFF (aka tents) there. So once again we ended up in a hotel. We checked in and then rode over to a grocery store for dinner supplies. Next door to the grocery was a Verizon store. Our cell phone wasn't staying charged so Hap went in to see about getting a new battery. We thought maybe it was still under warrenty. But the guy said it wasn't so he bought a new one. I bought salad fixings and soup for dinner. Hap also made a call to the Verizon customer service 800 number and asked about a warrenty. Of course we have a warrenty and yours is over on Feb 1. He ended up crediting our account for $20 and telling us we may as well get a new phone. (To be continued)......
The next day left in sunshine and alittle warmer temps. By the end of the day it was almost 70 degrees and cloudy. The riding was great. Traffic was alittle heavy but with our berm no one bothered us. No success in seeing a longhorn again today. We rode into Montgomery and found a KOA to stay in. I think this is the biggest KOA I have ever seen. It was actually a resort. Indoor pool/hot tub/clubhouse/gameroom. We set up camp, cooked mashed potatoes and peas for dinner and headed to the hot tub. While our clothes were being washed we sat in the tub. OK so maybe we are just getting soft. We went back to the tent and Big Agnes. BA is our down double sleeping bag. She kept us plenty warm during the night. Now if I could just figure out how to go to the bathroom without getting out of the tent all would be good!
This morning we ate our "breakfast" (yogart and banana) inside the tent because it was alittle chilly in the 40's. As we were riding in Rt 105 we saw an IHOP and stopped for some great pancakes. Rt 105 was very busy but once again a nice wide berm/lane just for tandems. We saw another Verizon store so we stopped again to get our new phone. This time we were told we didn't need a new phone, just a new battery...... Confused??? Doesn't matter....we have a phone that works. It looked like the rain was coming again. It was 72 degrees. We stayed on Rt 105 heading east into Cleveland. The terrain is really starting to change now. We are maybe 100 miles or so from Louisiana. Yeah! Maybe we will get out of Texas.
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