Yesterday (Friday 5/7/10), we made it to Buckhorn Lake RV Resort, Kerrville, and are in Site 6069 for the next couple of nights. This is a lovely place: upscale, just under $40/nite with FMCA 10% discount, live oaks, Goat Creek, lots of activities during the winter, sort of the Hill Country version of Bentsen Palm Village RV Resort in Mission, TX -- typical regional architecture of limestone rock buildings with metal roofs, surrounded by oak trees. Very nice, clean, quiet. As mentioned in our previous post, we arrived about 7:30pm. It was way cooler than the Valley; ate dinner outside; slept with the windows open! Sprinkles today and tomorrow. Nice. Oh, and lots of star jasmine in bloom -- luscious! And a mockingbird sweetly serenading us all at 1am!
Breakfast was served here in the park this a.m. (and all Saturdays 8-9a.m.) Then we hung out in camp stowing some of our gear. Early afternoon, we went to the Museum of Western Art here in Kerrville -- small but really worth a visit. It's on a hill covered with live oaks and bordering on some fine, large homes. Below are photos of 2 bronze sculptures at the front of the museum. There's a larger scale one at the rear overlooking the museum's Pavilion, but a catered wedding reception was being set up there so I didn't get a photo.
“Wind and Rain” by William Moyer - (Being a cowboy is not always a glamorous life)
“Out of the Mystic Past” by Fritz White – (Look for all the symbols of a Native American shaman)
Next stop: late lunch at Bill's BBQ on Junction Street. OMG, it was exceptionally good! We'd have to rate it right up at the top. Meat was well-flavored and particularly moist. Sauce not overpowering. Best potato salad and cole slaw I've had in a long time. I make better charro beans, however! Here are some pix: 
Look for this sign (above) on the front side of the building!
That thar’s the truth, I’m tellin’ ya!
This is the heart of the restaurant. Meat is slowly cooked first on the two flat pits (now-covered and seen on right and in center) then moved to the enormous cylindrical smoker on the left. It stays there for the remainder of its required time. The baby-back ribs melted off the bone, the brisket was unbelievably moist and tender, and the pork roast was the same. This restaurant is definitely a “must-do” if visiting Kerrville!
Sharon Marino (left, whose son owns the restaurant) and Sue Lesser (right, holding a bottle of Bill’s absolutely delicious BBQ sauce!) who, with Sharon, made us feel so welcome. Thank you, ladies!!
Sharon likes the afternoon shift; it was either that, or get up at 4am to prepare the meat and cooking pits! She happily leaves that to her son. The restaurant’s walls are covered with all kinds of photos, artifacts, stuffed deer heads, ubiquitous beer signs, etc. The TV in the dining area was tuned to The Outdoor Channel. (What else? This is serious deer hunting country, and anything else which moves or flies!!)
Tomorrow (Sunday), we may drive west out along the Guadalupe River (pronounced by some locals as the “Gwaddle-loop”) toward the town of Hunt. It’s supposed to be a beautiful drive.
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