Thursday, March 6, 2008

road side culture




My husband, myself and our dog, Guthrie took a much needed roadtrip last weekend.  We just picked up and headed out of town. . . it was so fun!  We ended up in the Texas Hill Country. . . specifically in and around Wimberley, TX.  I haven't been down that direction in a long time, and I love it and have missed it.  I was struck once again by the difference in culture between here in Dallas and just a few hours away.  It is just so laid back in and around Austin. 

What I really enjoyed re-evaluating along our unplanned, organically driven getaway, was the the roadside culture. . . the street markets and roadside fairs; the pop up signs ushering you to stop at a roadside organic farm stand or natural food store; the cars just pulled off the road, its owners out and on the bank of the creek, or wandering through a field that they just couldn't pass by without experiencing.  It was a wonderful and utterly inspiring thing to experience again and really notice and contemplate.  So wonderful. . . we are already planning a way to get away again soon, no doubt to attend the Wimberley Market Days, which looked like a wonderland of treasures waiting to be found. . . 

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