Hill country fun

Thursday we were up earlier and left for Tom and LuAnn’s. We stopped at the Wal-Mart and learned that the Doctor from the Valley had called my prescription to NC. They said they would have it ready when I came back for it. We went on 18 more miles, a total of 38 from our house and found them. They were ready to go to the SAS factory. We went with them in their truck using the GPS system Tom has to guide us. We were all impressed with the store and the tour of the factory. 2660 shoes are made per day there. The quality control is phenomenal too. We were all surprised to learn that there are factories in Del Rio and somewhere in Maine as well as in at least one other location. Both Evelyn and LuAnn bought a pair of sandals. We then left there and went to the mission trail in San Antonio. There are four missions in the trail but we only visited two: San Jose and Concepcion. They were both impressive in that they were more colorful than they looked from a distance. The Indians they were converting were well provided for in both room and board. We went back to their trailer for wine and chips until time to drive to a local Mexican Restaurant for dinner. We made plans for them to come our place on Saturday for a trip to New Braunfels. We came home and watched a movie.
We got up and prepared to take a picnic to Canyon Lake, about 20 miles from here. We didn’t have much meat so we just had bacon, lettuce, onion, and horsey sauce on great bread. We drove to the town of Canyon Lake and had to ask directions to the lake. We drove past the dam to a park on the lake. We were disappointed that we never found a state park. This one had a gate and charged $5 to enter. Perhaps because there was a beach and several tables for picnicking and a boat launch area. We didn’t know that because we found a table outside the gate and ate our lunch there. We then walked in to the area I just described. It was 87 and we were uncomfortable but spent a good amount of time walking around. We returned to the car and drove to the dam if the Guadalupe River which forms the lake. We walked a very short but difficult trail beneath the dam. We then came back toward the coach but first stopped at a welcome center to learn about the area. We came home to rest and cool down. Evelyn wanted to go dancing so we dressed and went looking for a dance hall. We knew of one in New Braunfels but didn’t want to go there because we will go there tomorrow. Instead we found a young man who gave us some directions to a “nightlife” spot in Bulverde. We learned there was no dancing anywhere in the area so we came back home.
We got up, and I went to the pancake breakfast just to see it and talk to the people there. Tom and LuAnn came at 10:30, before we were ready and expecting them, and we piled into our car to go to Boerne, not New Braunfels! There was a craft festival there and the temperature was a wonderful 70. We saw some very quality crafts but bought only a cap for Evelyn. We had a delightful lunch at the Limestone Grill in the Limestone Hotel. We had shoestring onion rings and some very good hummus as appetizers and we shared a Cajun chicken sandwich as our entree. It was not nearly spicy enough for me but was good. We had to come back early as usual because the Jones’ have two dogs they have to let out. We rested until 5;30 and left for the Oak Ridge Church of Christ to hear the message brought by Max Lucado. I also wanted to buy a copy of his He Chose the Nails video Bible study but it was not available in the church book store. I was a bit disappointed in the message because it was really more relevant to the members of his congregation than to the irregular attender. We came home blessed nonetheless and enjoyed a pumpkin blizzard on the way home.