Harper Indian Massacre

Kerrville, Texas

Weather: low 28 degrees, high 68 degrees, mostly clear skies

This is a view of part of the country we drove through yesterday. We could see for about 50 miles.

I thought the wanderlust would be satisfied after yesterday's drifting, but today it flared up again. This time, we were able to scratch our yen for wandering by taking a drive to the west and north, and then back to the RV. All in all, it was about half as far as we drove yesterday.

We have been in several states that have a town named Mountain Home. Today, we visited Texas's version of Mountain Home, and I have to say that I can't figure out where the name came from. This place doesn't even qualify as a wide place in the road. This is not meant to put the place down: there really isn't anything there to talk about, at least that we saw. About all I can say is that the name intrigued me, and now I'm not intrigued anymore, at least about this place. By the way, there is a post office there.

We continued on our drive after looking at the map, picking out Harper as our next place to check out. Now, Harper does qualify as a wide place in the road, and their biggest claim to fame was an Indian attack by Kiowa Indians in 1864 that resulted in two settlers being killed and five others being taken captive. The US Army eventually paid ransom to the Indians to get the captives back. When we see the historical markers scattered across the state, we try to imagine what the countryside looked like back then. One thing for sure is that it was a lot harder to travel then.

We were on US 290, which led to Fredericksburg, but we didn't want to go there today. Looking at the map, we found a country road that would take us just to the south side of Fredericksburg, where we could pick up Texas 16 back to Kerrville. Part of our drive on the road we took over to Texas 16 was through open range, which meant no fences. We had to watch for livestock, because if we had hit an animal, we would have been at fault. Fortunately, none were seen, and the drive was uneventful.

We drove into the south side of Fredericksburg, passing by the airport and Lady Bird Johnson Park. Turning on to Texas 16, we drove through typically beautiful hill country, with the best views being close to Kerrville. It took us about 30 minutes to drive from Fredericksburg and get home. By then, we were ready for some meditation.

When I had rested a little, I took care of a couple of little chores on the RV ( hooked up the sewer hose, etc.). Tonight, we went to Chili's for supper. As usual, we couldn't eat everything, so leftovers will be used tomorrow.

We need to wash the laundry tomorrow, and there is some rain in the forecast. Who knows, we may be grounded.

More later, be safe.

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Not all who wander are lost.