Days 21 to 23: 'Visiting Debbie in Sunrise Beach, TX'


We finally made it to my long time friend - and previous GE coworker - Debbie Foster's house.  She lives on LBJ Lake in Sunrise Beach, TX, which is not very far from the coveted area called Horseshoe Bay.  (There are dozens of multi-million dollar homes along the lake in this area.)

Relaxing at her lake house gave my feet a chance to finally turn the corner and start feeling better rather than worse each day.  Since Deb used to be an ICU Trauma Nurse and was carefully monitoring my healing process, I wasn't worried when I actually started having to take pain medicine again at night, to get some uninterrupted sleep.


Really and truly - it looks much worse than it is.  There is absolutely no infection and most of the blisters have drained on their own and healed.  

After a few more days of intense itching, as the last of the healing process takes place, I'll be good as new.




On our way through the back roads of Texas, we passed through quite a few small towns that we would have liked to explore.  One town had a startling scene of their 100+ year old county courthouse still smoldering from a recent arson attack.  

Even in rural Texas, you can't escape what is happening in this country today.


Debbie drove us out to Fredericksburg and even Luckenbach, which we thoroughly enjoyed.  

Fredericksburg is quite a tourist attraction now, with quaint - albeit very expensive - shops lining the main street through town.  

Luckenbach had a band playing and we were lucky enough to catch the famous Willie and Waylon song.  







We had an absolutely wonderful visit with Deb - hiking, going out on her boat, helping her with some household projects and having wonderful dinners.  Even the pets got to relax before the next leg of our journey, which is off to Waco, TX to see the infamous Magnolia Market.

Caught Kitty taking a cat nap in the sun.




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