Fredericksburg Texas - Willow City Loop, Llano and Luckenbach

We have WiFi in our hotel. Sherm came over from the motel he was staying at down the street and got on-line. We waved goodbye to Joker who was off with some of the Texas bunch to ride the 3’s, a set of twisty roads to the south. Then Sherm, Sandy and I went 41 miles north to Llano where we joined a crowd for lunch at Cooper’s BBQ. Texas BBQ is unlike any other and Cooper’s is one of the best. I managed to consume four large pork ribs, although two would have been better, corn on the cob and blackberry cobbler. Sandy had a more sensible serving of pork tenderloin and some corn.

On the way back, we took a detour around the Willow City Loop. This is a scenic drive through the rolling hills with fields of bluebonnets and devil’s paintbrush. This is a scenic drive through the rolling hills with fields of bluebonnets and devil’s paintbrush. Here is Sandy sitting behind a prickly pear cactus.

Sherm, here, is the goodwill ambassador of VROC. We rode back into town and went our separate ways to do laundry. Sandy and I went over to visit the Kawasaki people at the Riders of Kawasaki site. ROK is the affinity club run by Kawasaki USA. They had some spectacular custom cruisers, but I didn’t have my camera.

When Sherm returned, we rode out to Luckenbach, a place made famous by the song of the same name. A good number of VROCers were either there or rolled in shortly after. We’ll be coming back here tomorrow night for dinner. Here’s Sherm getting ready to take a picture, as usual.

We rode back to the hotel and spent the evening meeting and greeting a large number of members who had arrived while we were gone, and then it was off to bed.