Texas is a big state! After leaving the Ark-La-Tex region we made our way to the Texas Brazos Trail region. It’s an 18 county area of Central Texas. The region is filled with historic towns in a mainly rural part of the state. After stopping for breakfast in College Station, and touring the impressive campus of Texas A & M, we made our way to a private park, Star Ranch Resort, about 40 miles east of Austin. We’ve loved exploring this area. One of our favorite discoveries was the town of Hutto (who-tow) and its community mascot, the hippo. Hutto is the only city in the US with the hippo as a mascot and the legend of the Hutto Hippo traces its roots back to 1915. Supposedly, at that time, a circus train stopped in Hutto to gather supplies and according to folklore, a hippo escaped. The train depot agent sent the following message to nearby communities: “Stop trains. Hippo loose in Hutto!” The residents of Hutto have embraced the legend and over 3,000 hippo statues adorn lawns and businesses throughout the city.
On a more personal note, there has been an unforeseen incident that we’ve had to troubleshoot this week. Mark broke a tooth that is going to need a crown. We’ve contacted our dentist at home and they can see him on Wednesday. Being close to Austin allowed Mark to book a flight home today. He’ll get a temporary cap and fly back to Austin on Thursday. The temporary cap should be good until he flies home in April for a CT scan we set up before we left on the trip. Now he can get the permanent cap at the same time. We aren’t in one place long enough to get the whole process taken care of here in Texas. Starbaby and I will just hang out at Star Ranch while he is jet-setting around.
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