Day 29

Johnson city TX to Austin TX. 56 miles. 2600 ft

A strong NW wind was helpful today as we traveled eastward. We wrre still in Texas hill country so although there were no big climbs there were a lot of small ones that added up throughout the day. It was partly cloudy and cool. In the 60s.

We passed through the many winery’s and breweries of Fredericksburg. The houses/estates were very large and beautiful.

We entered Austin and began crossing a bridge over a small river far below. We decided to stop on the bridge and take a picture. While I was holding my bike my phone slipped out of my hand and fell 50 feet down to the ravine by the river. Fortunately I saw it land in a grassy area so I was pretty confident I could find it if I could get to it. While Craig waited above I went to the end of the bridge where I could descend down below and after fording a small steam was able to find it! No more pictures on bridges! Well with one hand at least lol

We couldn’t find a campground nearby so we used some more of my points to get a hotel room.