Searcher: Texas - Hill Country

100 miles north west of Dallas in the area of Texas known as "The Hill Country". Texas is so diverse in topography that there are 7 regions, one of which is Hill Country where we have been for the last few days. Suffice to say it reminds me so much of home - the UP. Rolling hills of multi-green colored trees and grasses. This year the wild flowers are absolutely out of this world. I have never seen Texas before but all the people we have talked with say that because of the wet winter it is especially green and flowered. It feels surreal driving through this area with the flowers laid like wall to wall carpet everywhere. There are fields, acres of poppies - white poppies. Everywhere are the famous Bluebonnets with other yellow, pink blue flowers thrown in. Mother Nature is by far the best gardener - we humans certainly couldn't do better then She has done here in Texas. We dropped down into the Hill Country about 100 miles south of San Angelo in an area with the little city of Brady, Tx. By the time we had reached San Saba (Pecan capital of the World!!) we had entered Oz! Truely the land was ablaze with wild flowers. No picture can do it justice ,it is just too beautiful We started our northward leg toward home in Llano, Tx and have been heading north since then.

I have always thought of Texas as Tumble Weed, flat arid country and that is true of parts of it. However, there is so much more here then tumble weeds. The state is huge, the people who call Texas home are so friendly and welcoming. They remind me very much of our small communities in the UP - only with a very heavy accent! Whenever I have visited with the people they immediately state "you are not from Texas!" So, I guess we must have a little bit of an accent, eh???