Smiles For Many Miles: Koyote Ranch

Last weekend, we went to Koyote Ranch in Medina, Texas. It's on highway 16 in the Texas Hill Country, and is known for accommodating hoards of bikers. To reach Koyote Ranch from the north requires negotiating extremely windy roads and belly-tickling hills for many miles. It's a very nice area and Koyote Ranch is a really cool place to hang out!

With us were Rick & Carrie (Rick works with George and worked with him at Quebecor), Forrest, Katy and Katy's Aunt Grace. Forrest is retired now but worked with George and Rick at Quebecor. Two other people from George's work were there on bikes--David, Russ and his wife Andrea. Russ & Andy's sons came too but they followed in a car.

On Friday, George and I went to Forrest & Katy's house in Kingsland, Texas. I took this photo out of their kitchen window that evening. They feed the deer each night, and have had as many as nine at a time!

We spent the night at Forrest & Katy's, and went to Koyote Ranch the next day. RV hook-ups, a Bed & Breakfast, cabins, and an area for tents are the choice of accommodations at Koyote Ranch. The kamp cabins do NOT have bathrooms but the honeymoon cabins do.

I did not want to stay in a cabin without a bathroom so we got a honeymoon cabin. Rick & Carrie had a room in the B&B, and Forrest & Katy pulled their RV. The others stayed in kamp cabins.

The first thing we did was check
out each other's accommodations.

This is our cabin.

I love the French doors and deck!

The loft had an additional double bed.

The deck was furnished
with two chairs.

This is the view from our deck.
That building is a bath house.
To the right of the bath house
under those trees is the B&B.

George & Forrest outside
Forrest & Katy's RV (on the left).

Inside the RV, I loved
these bluebonnet glasses
(and dishes) that Katy had.

Next, it was time to check out Rick & Carrie's room in the B&B. It was HUGE too! It had two full bathrooms which were enormous, and a sitting room.

This photo was taken just inside the entrance to their room. We watched the Cowboys game on Sunday in the sitting room which is through those French doors.

The bed is just to the right of
what you see in the photo above.

This was taken in
one of the bathrooms.
Carrie & Aunt Grace checking it out.

This is in the same bathroom but it's a

room of it's own within that bathroom.
Katy demonstrates proper tub
use--except for the clothes part.

This is also in that bathroom.
Carrie resting on the chaise.

A door in their room led out
to this comfy back porch.

I love the purple pillars. Perhaps they'll
paint the window trim the same color!
They're about to remodel the B&B.

The view from the porch to the pool.
That's George, Forrest & Rick.

It looks like the pool is endless!

The view from the pool
up to the back porch.

Rick back in the RV.

Katy, Forrest & Carrie in the RV too.

...and here's George! I took these pictures out the RV window.

1st Photo ~ George followed the road which led him around the back of that RV.

2nd Photo ~ He's getting closer and sheltering his eyes from the sun. He's coming from our cabin which is just on the other side of the cabin that you can see the top of (to his right).

3rd Photo~He's holding his iPhone in one hand and saluting it with the other hand! He loves his iPhone!

RVing fun!

Great photo of Aunt Grace!
She's 88 years old and so sweet.
She reminded Geo and me of his Mom.

Saturday night we ate pizza
at the Koyote Ranch grill.
David, Carrie & Rick

Forrest, Katy, Aunt Grace & George

David, Katy, George, Rick, Forrest &
strangers lurking in the background!

The song "Strangers in the Night" is
melodically sailing through my head!

On Sunday, we had the run of the entire B&B. There are only two bedrooms in it, and the other guests left that morning.

Watching the Cowboys
game in the sitting room.

Katy watching the game
in the cute chair.

Sunday night, we went to a rather tasty restaurant called Billy Gene's in Kerrville. It's on the Guadalupe River, and behind us is a wall of windows overlooking it. The photo I took of it didn't turn out very well so use your imagination folks!