The cool thing about going to East Texas from Wimberley is that you get to watch (and feel) the terrain and climate changes. East Texas is, echoing the Texas tourism slogan: “[East] Texas – It’s Like a Whole Other Country”.
Regrettably, part of that difference is the preponderance of statues and plaques extolling the glory of the Confederacy. My position on that has been made clear elsewhere in these blog pages, so I promise not to revisit that issue, other than noting it, on this trip…
Another good thing about this trip was that my old friend Bobby Joe Sebastian, who earlier put in a cameo on the day trip to Lampasas, joined me for most of this ride.
Let’s get started…
Trip 7 – Northeast Texas – Day 1 – 17 September 2018 – Wimberley to Waco
Trip 7 – Northeast Texas – Day 2 – 18 September 2018 – Waco to Palestine
Trip 7 – Northeast Texas – Day 3 – 19 September 2018 – Palestine to Gilmer
Trip 7 – Northeast Texas – Day 4 – 20 September 2018 – Gilmer to Wimberley
The original plan for Trip 7 wound up having to be segmented, mostly due to weather and time. The actual trip was still 1,325 miles long and added another 25 counties, with a new total of 229! Here’s the map:
