TEXAS HILL COUNTRY: ...Once, My Playground...It Remains A Dear Friend...

 

By DUARDO PAZ-MARTINEZ

WIMBERLEY, Texas |...It lives too-peacefully almost in the dang-near geographic center of Texas, just a bit west of San Marcos and south of Austin. You can absolutely breathe clean air here, drink a beer as cold as the bottle can get without cracking. Visit with the amiable, tourist-minded locals, that scene.

The name of the picturesque cafe in the photo above, a favorite, is Ino'Z (pronounced eye-nose) and it does sit above a tree-lined creek that runs across the center of town in lovely Wimberley.

Not fancy fancy, just neat.

You can get yourself something basic, like a basket fish & chips, or you can go beef with a tasty rib-eye steak. With the appropriate drink, of course. Service is exceptional, prices within reason.

The Christmas Holiday Season sees all the little towns (Blanco is another cool stop) up and down Texas Ranch Road 12 spruced-up in traditional lights and wreaths and Nativity scenes and all we know as Christmas decorations.

Need to head back up there during this, the cold season around here...

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