Wild Motorcycle Tales Trip to Llano - Part 2  "Morning y'all!" My girl ready to tackle the day! Notice the trendy sweater. When she goes, she goes in style!
 We brought eggs and bacon on the trip and cooked those on the 2 small burners we packed. These things worked like a charm. In no time Jill had results and the smell of bacon and eggs filled the Llano air.  Chow time! Gary and Connie came over and we all filled our plates. Then and there I knew life was simple. You only had to accept it. I could do this forever and be happy. I felt fulfillment at that moment. I was lucky to finally have found someone to share this with. I realized I didn't need much after all. Our friends have it right. This is a wonderful place. Heaven sometimes is hidden in small corners.
 "Little house on the prairie." Wait a minute... could it be? No way!? Pa Ingalls? Downtown Llano After some tasty dessert zucchini bread, made by Jill's sister-in-law, Sue, we got ready to hit the town of Llano, about 2.5 miles from their place. Meanwhile Gary and Connie were going to plant a Mountain Agave. After Gary earlier that day gored a poor Mexican with it at the nursery (he claimed it an "accident"...), they were going at it hard core. Shovel, rake, pick axe, anything short of a drill platform and after 3 hours of hard labor and reaching an astonishing depth of 1.5 inch, both sweaty, red faced and hardened by frontier life, were finally ready to plant their prickly baby. The Llano soil doesn't take any prisoners! 
 Gary and Connie, Friends and Frontier(wo)men It promised to be a glorious day and Jill and I were eager to go and explore the area. We decided to shed our leathers and wear light jackets since it was only a short ride. Gary told us there was not much "going on" in downtown Llano but worth visiting. He was right. Llano is basically a one street town with an intersection but quite picturesque. Still you get the impression how the landscape is changing and life becomes more laid back. Definitely worth the exit on the interstate. Hunting season just started and camouflage was in fashion! I'm sure shares went up at Mossy Oak this time of year. We needed some supplies and stopped at the Dollar store. Basically the place to be in Llano if you need something essential, like Oil of Olay!  We bikers need our daily face cream. I mean, where would we be if we didn't take care of ourselves? After that we parked our bikes I think in the only side street Llano has to offer and strolled to the bridge over the Llano river. That by itself is worth doing. The water was pretty low but it gave us the opportunity to see the river bedding filled with heavy boulders. We crossed the bridge to look at a couple of antique shops and talked ourselves into descending the bank of the river and take some pictures there. We sat down for a moment and took it all in. For about 30 minutes we let the world go by. Wonderful feeling not being noticed!
 "Daddy! Please help me! She's gonna do it this time for sure!"
 Nature at its best!
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