MAY 2013 • BACKROADS
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By the time we reached Route 41 we needed to make some time and once again I was deeply impressed with the Freedom engine powering the Cross Country. Texas speed limits are far more reasonable than back east and the Cross Country literally purred at the 90+ we were cruising at as we rocketed eastward with a soundtrack by the Doobie Brothers. As the sun began to set it was the perfect Texas evening. We stayed in Fredericksburg for one more night, this time at a Bed and Brew. Located right on East Main Street the Fredericksburg Brewing Company not only has the best beer in the region it also has 11 rooms right upstairs. A sister hotel to the previous night’s airport abode, the Bed & Brew’s rooms were much more sultry and adult. Huge pillows lined the canopy bed and the décor was almost New Orleans in flavor. Very romantic. Add the brewery and restaurant right downstairs and what else could two riders ask for?
Fredericksburg to Marble Falls We had no real destination in mind this day; but we did know we wanted to stop by Luckenbach. Luckenbach is famous for its music and dance hall. It almost looks like a ghost town when you ride up to it, but once you walk into the Post Office and General Store you are made most welcome. In fact, here they like to say that “Everybody is somebody, in Luckenbach.” We took some coffee, which was free by the way, and got to talking with the fellers’ running the place. It seems that Luckenbach’s association with country music began in the summer of 1973, when Jerry Jeff Walker, backed by the Lost Gonzo Band, recorded a live album there called Viva Terlingua at Luckenbach Dancehall. That album became an outlaw country classic. Since then so many famous people have performed here and so many more have come to the
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