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  1. Schumacher's was pretty busy every time we drove past, so I only got to walk around a bit. With the picnic area and improved parking and on 39, it's almost too easy to enjoy. Also my kids aren't as in love with the shade/cypress scene. They like it bright and clear. But damn, Schumacher's is so fucking pretty. Same deal when we drove past Hunts Crossing. On an ordinary summer day it would have been fine. Maybe 1 other car. But there are enough little spots out the way you can just pass em up and find your own private piece of heaven. We'll probably go back to hit those up (particularly when my wife is comfortable with rope swings). Plus Mo-Ranch wasn't doing day passes, and that would be fun.
  2. It's easy to find pics to most of those, but here's Wagon Wheel crossing. Water depth on the left under dam is 3-4 ft. Good enough for my kiddos. Frio-level clarity.
  3. So our rental was like 8 minutes away and it was a weekday. We simply got there early. Around 11:15am. As soon as we left the next group moved up from one beach below dam to our spot (at the best swimming below dam). Only maybe 3 families/groups there at the same time. We all kept to our own by unspoken agreement.
  4. Kids loved the slide at Ingram Dam, so not too much. Then it's a gap. The South Llano near Junction has a surprisingly healthy flow, but it is not as clear and pretty as the Frio. The Slab was pretty rad, but I imagine that's heavily dependent on the daily flow. Wagon Wheel Crossing was really pretty and deep enough for my kiddos, but probably boring for older kids.
  5. Summer rankings thus far by my 10 and 8 year olds: 1. Frio River - Garner State Park, river crossing 2. Dry Frio River - Blue Hole, Frio Cielo Ranch 3. Guadalupe River - Ingram Dam 4. South Llano River - South Llano River State Park 5. Llano River - The Slab, Kingsland 6. North Fork Guadalupe River - Wagon Wheel Crossing, FM 1340 near Hunt 7. Colorado River - Emma Long Park Beach 8. South Fork San Gabriel River at 183 near 29 9. Colorado River - Lake LBJ (Granite Shoals) 10. Sabinal River - Utopia Park To be ranked (forthcoming expedition) • Nueces River - Quince / Camp Wood • West Frio River - forthcoming VRBO rental • Garner redux
  6. Door! Lots of gaps and such to fill but with a door the AC kept it reasonable.
  7. Check jalonik for an article on it (David Tracy is my favorite media person)
  8. Huge QC problems. Whole fleets of em returned to factory for rework.
  9. What are folks thinking re extracurriculars? My kids have been doing piano lessons by zoom. But latest Travis County guidance is no gatherings > 10. I guess that means no soccer, scouts, etc. May try to find tennis lessons or something. Is there such a thing a cross country practice/clubs for 5th grader?
  10. How much is a 4 Runner with the off road package?
  11. Last year we did Moab area national parks. I drove my stock 2x4 gmc midsized down Long Canyon from 313 through Pucker Pass. What I learned: off-roading maybe ain't for me. Didn't take enough pictures as my hands were gripping wheel white knuckles. Maybe in a cheap mahindra knock off jeep beater or SxS. Was it exhilarating? Yes. Was I afraid of doing tens of thousands of dollars in damage? Yes. Would I do it again... maybe. And that was a "green" trail.
  12. My wife was approached by 3 of my coworkers. $4500/mo ($1500 ea) to teach 6 elementary age kiddos. Plus I guess my 2. Somewhat tempting, but no way to tell if that would be for the entire year, if she would get job back, no insurance, not paying into pension for a year, etc.
  13. Good. Let the folks in Fort Bend and Tarrant be the test cases.
  14. Bought a six pack of tie downs for my Canyon. $30. The kind that I gotta pop off the the little plastic blanks. Feeling pretty fancy.
  15. FWIW they did hit me up the cabin in this years appraisal. .. from like 18k to 42k. We showed em pictures of the inside and got it down to 24k. I think I could buy a barndominium shell for like $7k so still seems a little much to me. But they are very cool on our wildlife ag exemption so I won't rock the boat. I am sure they use google sat photos to check for improvements. Not sure how visible this will be once a new one gets taken. The trees cover it well, the roof is shiny new galvanized panels.
  16. My wife teaches in AISD, and we live in RRISD (tangent: I'm glad she pays into social security). Likely will keep kids home first 9 weeks and see how it goes. Planning now on how to prepare house and kids for the prospect of my wife effectively living in a self quarantine on the master bedroom away from the rest of us. I'm betting the school district, or at least that general area, is all virtual to start the year and we can kick the can a little more.
  17. Inside of cabin. Crappy but home.
  18. Pics of water setup for la casita
  19. (1) coat of paint and window ac (2) view from cabin to treehouse
  20. Little rain shed water collection
  21. In the late 90s all the Dell folks had this great analogy about their JIT systems etc and how their competitive advantage was that they could stand in the deep end of the pool while competitors drowned. P5, but especially the true deep pocketed blue bloods, will use this as an opportunity to flush out the pretenders. No need to create a Super Div I to pool TV deals because all the scrub teams will have to cancel their teams anyway.
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