No way I'm going through 170 pages of posts to see if anyone has posted this one, but there goes:
Sally and I left Leander (NW Austin) mid-morning on Tuesday and headed out 1431 to Marble Falls for a Subway sandwich. 1431 is a very nice twisty hill country ride with a couple of scenic viewpoints along the Colorado river, USUALLY light-to-moderate traffic unless you go during morning, after-school or evening drive times. Following school busses is never fun. Easy 60MPH in all but 1 or 2 tight switchbacks. 2-lane with occasional slow-traffic turnouts; you need to be RIGHT WITH the slow traffic to nip them at the turnouts, because they are VERY short.
After the sandwich and a slow roll past the river crossing, we zipped down 281 to Johnson City to catch 290 following the Pedernales River to Fredericksburg. Not as tight/twisty, but very nice sweepers with plenty of shoulder. Johnson City is the home of the Texas Motorcycle Museum, but we didn't stop on this trip...
https://www.texasvintagemotorcyclemuseum.com/ VERY nice, former Ford dealership from WAY back, fantastic array of bikes.
Here is where I am going to write a VERY STERN letter to TxDOT regarding the BRAND NEW section of 290 approaching Fredericksburg that feels like 20 miles of WASHBOARD! How on EARTH they allowed that contractor to continue (they're still at it), and how the sign-off inspector still has a JOB, I'll never know. ABSOLUTE DISGRACE. I kid you not, cruising in the most plush car will STILL feel cruddy. UN-BLOODY-BELIEVABLE.
We arrive mid-afternoon and immediately headed to the Pioneer Museum
https://www.pioneermuseum.org/ and did the self-tour including the brief movie telling the history of the first non-war-related German immigrant settlement in Texas. Pretty interesting, lots of period relics to view, walk-thru buildings, barn, blacksmith shop, etc.
We stayed at the Comfort Inn & Suites, we're "Choice" members and had some points to use up. We've been using that chain of hotels about 15 years now. Worth it.
https://www.choicehotels.com/
Dinner was at the "Auslander", a really nice Austrian place we've enjoyed before. Highly recommended for authentic food.
https://theauslanderfredericksburg.com/ I had the Pecan-crusted Redfish, Sally had the Jagerschnitzel. RECOMMENDED.
We were pretty tuckered out, and woke up about 10 minutes before checkout time, so we had to hustle and beat feet to see the sights. Lots of places close during the week, so there wasn't much point shopping. Instead, we went to Friedhelm's Bavarian Inn and perused the Schnitzel menu to great success. ALSO HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
We took 16 North toward home and passed by the Pecan Grove Store, home of the famous "Dino Burger", and a tidy motorcycle museum. We didn't stop, but it is definitely RECOMMENDED.
http://pecangrovestore.com/
The route that I pre-planned had us turning off at 1323 near Willow City, then taking that route through Sandy and jumping back on 281 North to Marble Falls. We parked my 2000 Triumph legend 900 Triple and I rode Sally's 2012 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Classic (with her on the back) over to Horseshoe Bay
https://www.hsbresort.com/ just to cruise past the beautiful lake vistas. A quick stop at the Bluebonnet Cafe for pie & a shake, and it was back home via 1431. man, you can gain a few pounds there just in ONE STOP!
https://www.bluebonnetcafe.net/
Traffic heading home was nice, everyone doing the speed limit or higher. Twisties are not very fun if you are behind a construction truck dribbling debris & materials at 28 MPH...
So, we did 204 miles round-trip. We could have easily done it in one day, but it was so much nicer lounging in our hotel room.
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