Blogs from Alpine, Texas, United States, North America
May 12th 2012
Day 35 05/05/2012 We left Floresville Texas after breakfast, and headed toward Bandera, an 80 mile or so ride that would take us through San Antonio. Now this city is fairly large and we certainly do not want to get tangled up getting through it, with that said the satnav would guide us no problem which it did, but I must say that whoever designed the road system there must have been barking mad, I have never seen so many flyovers, underpasses, loops, curls, banks, and bridges in my life. Had it not been for the satnav we would still be there. Bandera was a small town that had been recommended to us by the kind folks in Galveston, they said it was the Cowboy capital of the world, and a haven for bikes and horses ... read more
August 6th 2009
Today was a very busy last day in Alpine. We got up and had a bite to eat and then headed over to the Alpine Golf Club to play a 9 hole round before it got too hot. Well, it was already hot when we got there! And, the humidity was high due to the rain that had fallen the previous 2 days. It was fun even though I got a sunburn....I thought it was too early to get burned! Luckily, it isn't too bad. After the golf round we had a drink on the patio and then headed about 45 miles from Alpine into the Davis Mountains to visit the McDonald Observatory. This is a very cool place where students and scientists come to view the heavens. They have a number of giant telescopes but ... read more
August 3rd 2009
Today was a very relaxing and fun day in Alpine. I need to tell you the saga of our hotel room. Last Thursday, we were called by my father to tell us that the hotel we had reservations at was sold and would be closing on Monday (we arrived Sunday night). So we called my brother and asked him to find us another place to stay. Now, I had made our reservations back in January and I knew then that the town's hotels were filling up fast. Alpine is one of three gateways in this area to get down to the Big Bend National Park and there are not many hotels down that way so when people come from afar to visit the national park they stay at Alpine, Marathon or Marfa. So, I was a ... read more
