Fall 2015 - Day 7: Schulenburg, Texas

Another beautiful day and successful drive.  Today we meandered through north central Texas.  My favourite part of this route is no big cities.  Just small town Texas.  Yee hah!

Took no photos today, but we did see some curious things.  First armadillo of the winter.  It was dead at the side of the road.  Pretty much the only way I have seen them.  There is one that lives in our park but it keeps a pretty low profile.

We narrowly missed a turtle wandering across the highway.  Hope he made it to the other side.  Texas so far has been very green with water in ditches, ponds and rivers.  There is some flooding from the heavy rains last week, but the roads have all been fine.

We also saw the usual cows, goats and horses.  Tiny little horses about 3 feet tall seem to be fairly popular.  I have seen several of these horse farms during our trip.

The reason we have stopped at Schulenburg is to visit Spoetzl Brewery in nearby Shiner.  Shiner beer is very popular in Texas.  It is made in the European style - clean and crisp.  When we planned our route south Spoetzl was offering tours of the facilities.  But they are doing renos and the brewery is closed to visitors for a couple of weeks.  However the tasting room and gift shop are open.  Hey that's the important part.  We have been on several brewery tours and I think the process is pretty much the same for all.  Beer and t shirts - that's what we want.

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