Set your watch back...

... about 70 years.  No, nothing to do with being back on the Central Time Zone - we've been on that time for about a week or so.  This has to do with where we found ourselves on the scoots today.

Mother Nature finally cut us some slack.  The weather weasels were again calling for 0% chance of precip, but this time it worked out.

We stopped in town for lunch at a real Italian restaurant...

Yep, right in the middle of a German town.  I think the name of the restaurant is: Yes, This Is a Real Italian Restaurant.  Yeah, I'm kidding.  The food was good... I thought I might need to go back to the coach and take a nap after that meal, but I wanted to try out the new tires on the Vespa.

Gearing up after lunch...

Blue sky (mostly) and uncrowded roads...

We were generally heading towards Enchanted Rock State Park, but mostly looking for curves and no traffic.

I mentioned in a previous post that this part of Texas has been getting a lot of rain...

Highway riding and some curves...

We stopped to check the map...

We decided to take a side trip to see what Willow City looks like.  We saw a sign that said, "Willow City LP" - not sure what the "LP" was, but it looks like this is probably the way to go.

Umm... that isn't a highway; not even much of a road.  We agreed: if the road turns to crap, we'll just turn around.

I had been riding a bit fast for Joan's tastes on the highway, so she set the pace on this back (really back) road.  Oh, look - cactus!

The road was getting more of an "off road" feel to it, but we continued...

Yeah, those are cows (not behind a fence) watching us go by.  We also had several deer run across our path.  No, I didn't get a photo of the deer.  This was changing from a back road through Hill Country to more of Sleepy Hollow - I did not see a headless horseman, however.

A tall fence on the right in the photo above - we looked but did not see any exotic game.  (Game ranches are a thing around this part of the state.)

Lots of these kinds of signs...

In about 20 miles of this loop, we came across 3 Harleys heading the other direction and one pick-up truck.  Joan said, "I feel better having seen those other bikes."  Yep.

And then, things started to open up a bit...

And then, we came to the end of the Willow City Loop (oh, that's what "LP" meant).

Back on the highways (and the 70mph speed limit) as we headed back towards Fredericksburg.

Umm... maybe we did go back 70 years...

Back in civilization and back to the coach.

We put the bikes in the trailer and strapped them down.  We may do some more exploring by car tomorrow, but we head for home on Wednesday.

Now, about the Vespa tires: I was concerned riding yesterday with wet roads.  These Michelin tires have a good grip but definitely feel different from what was originally on there... these new tires are a bit wider, but they have a much rounder profile; the Vespa fees much sportier with these new tires.  It leans into the curves faster and with less effort.  When I told Joan that, she said, "Maybe I will try your scoot again sometime!"

I didn't scuff up the "chicken strips" on these new tires.  Yet.  If you are unsure about that, Google "motorcycle tires chicken strips".  I think the Michelins are a nice upgrade.