
Make sure to stop in at Arkey's Silver Dollar to learn more about the love affair with the region. On winter afternoons, you can sit in front of the rock fireplace and dally in leaving town. During the summer, stay as long as you can dancing on the sawdust covered floor knowing you only have to sit in a tube taking in the minerals from the Medina River the next day. Black-eyed peas here at New Year's Eve are the best way to start off an incredible year.

As I travel through the Hill Country and, when I'm lucky, the wide open West Texas highways, I'll share the great places and wonderful people along the way.