Never Saw Willie

Rode hard and put up wet

That old cowboy saying about their horse aptly describes my lover and me.  We are road-weary and long for home.  We are camped just outside Austin and turn our RV in at 11a.m.  These last few days have been a long haul across most of Texas to get us back to Austin, where we fly out tomorrow evening.  We have loved our time here, but the panhandle is broken up between oil fields, refineries, miles of open cropland, and long stretches of empty which they fill with wind turbines.  These things are so intrusive, overwhelming everything else.  But ending on a high note.  We were headed to our campsite on this backroad and came across Luckenbach, Texas, as in “with Waylon, Willie and the boys…”  What a treat.  Had a band of old men playing on and outside stage.  Never saw Willie.