FREEZING RAIN AROUND SAN ANTONIO AND HILL COUNTRY

SATURDAY, JAN. 10th-Freezing rain in our area today! Mostly it has started slightly north of us. We are on the south side of San Antonio. San Antonio and points north are dealing with icy roads and this morning  many overpasses have been closed throughout the city.

Just north of San Antonio is the very large "twenty-five county region" of central and south Texas area known as "Hill Country". Hill Country is 31,000 sq. miles. These areas are colder and are at a much higher elevation up to 2,500 ft. Hill Country like it says is full of hills. I describe it as if the earth burped in that spot!

There is not a whole lot of flat terrain. You either are driving up or down hills and roads are winding. It is beautiful country and popular with the tourists. It can get down into the teens and the area can get a dusting of snow up to a few inches.

Luckily we can cuddle and hunker down today. So that means we can enjoy our electric fireplace and watch western movies all day.

As I stated the other day, when we aren't doing much I post pictures from the past.

Ralph and I love to "Boondock". Boondocking is when you go out on "BLM" land to camp. BLM is "Bureau of Land Management" land.

It is free to camp here when you stay no more than 2 weeks. You will have to move to another area of BLM land that is at least 25 miles away. If you want to stay in the same spot, you can buy a pass for a small fee.

It is peaceful and we are by usually by ourselves, but you do meet other Boondocker's on occasion.

In April 2006 we camped on BLM land in Camp Verde, AZ. What an awesome "front yard" we had.

One morning as we were sipping coffee in bed and we were taking in the magnificent desert view through our bedroom window. We started hearing this loud and constant "whooshing" sound.

Low and behold a balloonist landed not far from us! I was a little worried because there is a lot of cactus here. They soon took off and continued on their journey.

We took a walk through the desert and found a small group of "Boondocker's". This RV-er is a "full timer" and where most folks have a dog or cat, his pet was a parrot.

We can boondock for about a week, then we have to find a place to dump and get fresh water. There are numerous places to do so in and around the area. Some towns have dump stations and potable water fill and if not, we just go to a campground. We may stay a night or two where we can usually catch up on laundry or relax in their hot tub!

Happy Trails until we meet again.................