Texas Friendly

It doesn’t matter how many times I imagine it or lament it, the reality of Texas friendly always ends up meaning more to me than I realize.

As I mentioned the other day I was planning on heading down to Lockhart for barbecue on my way to Wimberley Wednesday. I decided, with no place in particular to be, I would amble down back Texas farm to market roads enjoying the scenery.

I went through several small towns including La Grange, yes, just because of the song, adding a bit of time to my trip because more than once the navigation program on my phone lost GPS signal and if I took a different path it couldn’t tell.

Of course, you are never truly lost in Texas because so many nice people are willing to help you.

I stopped in Rosanky off FM 535 for a Diet D.P and to ask how I missed the 713 which would have taken me into Lockhart. A typical older Texas gentleman gave me directions to Lockhart and then asked why I was going. I told him, for the barbecue.

He shook his head and explained I had already missed barbecue for the day in Lockhart most of the joints were closed by 7 and the only one still open didn’t do Texas barbecue justice.

So with a change of plans, I asked for directions to Wimberley. He went to his truck and pulled a roadmap out of his glove box. Made x’s where Wimberley was and where we were and showed me the way, then he handed me his map.

I tried to refuse but of course, he would have none of that. We stood around and talked a bit longer.

Maybe this is why Texas is home.

It is a place where you feel kin to most follks, even strangers; where there are people willing to help or just willing to have a conversation; where you always feel comfortable.

That is my Texas and the place I miss most.

I know it is like all things, different folks in different areas create different experiences.

But Texas, no matter where I have roamed, has never failed to be a comfort to me.

And hey, if you are looking for something to do, I will say Wimberley is a terrific little weekend town. Cute as a button with all types of shops around the main square.

If shopping isn’t your thing, this weekend you can go see a reenactment of the Battle of San Jacinto for San Jacinto day; and I am sure that is just one of a hundred things going on in Texas this weekend.

When you have a history this long and this deeply embedded in folks, there is always something to celebrate.