I rode about 200 miles in a roundtrip through the hill country. It was nice. Gentle rolling hills with what looked like stunted oak trees and juniper. There were lots and lots of downed branches due to the ice storm. Lots of cattle, goats and horses. Plus a lot of vineyards and wineries which I was not expecting to see. I also saw some buffalo in a pasture. I was surprised to see a speed limit of 75 mph in rural 2-laned roads. I'm not used to that but I did meet the limit. Even with the hills there are massive expanses of open space.
I had a mediocre Mexican lunch but made up for it with dinner. The place I stopped for lunch filled up with working men from the ranches in big pickup trucks.
Some sections of the roads had a lot of gravel leftover from the winter storm. Because of that I took it easy around corners. The water manager in me also noticed flood gauges on almost ever stream and river crossing. It must really come down at times.
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