Rain And Fog

Marble Falls, Texas

Weather: low 54 degrees, high 62 degrees, cloudy, fog, light showers most of the day

As much as I like dry, sunny weather, I was glad to see the weather like it was today. This area is in a severe drought, and it needs all the help it can get with breaking the dry spell.

Since the weather was not conducive to sightseeing, we did not do much today. Except..... Anyway, we ended up doing quite a bit, now that I think about it. We needed a few things from the WalMart Mall, so we went into Marble Falls. After picking up those few things that somehow grew into several more items, we stopped at the diesel pump on the way out of the parking lot, and I filled up the truck with some of that diesel at $1.899 per gallon. I think the last time I saw it that cheap was in late 2004.

After we ate lunch, we decided we wanted to do something besides sit inside the RV. Looking at our different books on Texas, we found that Johnson City, the hometown of Lyndon Johnson, 36th president of the United States, was just down the road. East of there is Pedernales Falls State Park. So, off we went to check out these sights.

Once we got to Johnson City, we decided to take a left toward the state park, and check out the town on our way back. If someone is looking for a place to get away from it all, then Pedernales Falls State park is a good place to do it. Cell phones are no good at all out there. The park is about 12 miles from town, and that is where the nearest stores of any kind are. The park itself is a nice park. There are some beautiful vistas that were obscured with the fog and light showers. It is well maintained, with plenty of room between camping sites. Most of the sites would be difficult for us to get into because of the way the entrances to the sites are set up.

I didn't take any pictures because the conditions were not good, but I copied a picture of the falls off the site for the park.

This park is very popular in the summer with swimming, tubing, hiking, etc. among the more popular activities. Today, about 10 spaces out of 40 or 50 were occupied.











The picture below is of the same location above, only five minutes later when a flash flood hit the area.

I don't think it would be smart to get caught in something like this. We saw several signs cautioning against being in low areas when the water was rising.











When we left the park, it was our intention to drive into Johnson City, but decided to wait until another day because of the weather. I like to take pictures when we're out, and as I said, this was not a good day for that. So it was back home, where I took care of some little chores, and meditated. The weather is supposed to be better tomorrow, and we have several things we want to do.

More later, be safe.

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