I really want to start traveling again but just can't seem to get into it right now. This empty nest has been a difficult adjustment, but I have the week off of school so need to just get away! I need easy, something new, and to just get out of the house! So when I woke up this Monday morning, I knew it was time to get on the road. My first stop was in Marble Falls because you can't just drive by Blue Bonnet Cafe without at least a piece of pie.
Well, and for me lunch because I was hungry! I was shocked the line wasn't out the door and was seated quickly . . . table for 1, please. I had a huge lunch which was probably not a good idea with what I had planned but as these kids today say YOLO (you only live once)!
As I wandered with a full belly back to my car, I noticed my first sighting of bluebonnets. It is the time of year that the Texas state flower starts popping up and any true Texas has at least a dozen photos of them as a child in some random roadside field.
It was back on the road heading south. I had researched this area for a long time. There are many state parks in this part of Texas so I am going to visit a few. It is Spring Break in Texas so I am not too sure how crowded the area will be. My school has an early break so hopefully it is not busy. It is still cool and not spring like but you know I don't like hot as I have grown older. Next stop is Blanco State Park to just walk around and enjoy this amazing weather.
Back on the road to the hotel which is adorable! I am usually a chain staying hotel kind of gal but this roadside place had me intrigued. Well and there aren't really any chain hotels in the middle of nowhere Texas where I am. This roadside lodge actually has a bit of history too. The Stonewall Motor Lodge is located just outside Johnson City, Texas in Stonewall.
Johnson City, Texas was a sleepy little town until President Kennedy was assassinated and Lyndon B. Johnson became the 36th President of the United States. The town soon became overrun with reporters, Secret Service, and politicians who would visit the First Family at the LBJ Ranch which is also known as the Texas White House. A local family opened this twelve room roadside hotel just down the road for the LBJ Ranch. One room was reserved for the Associated Press to report news as it broke. It is just adorable and so nicely decorated.
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