I didn’t stop in Wimberley, but it was not for lack of desire. Wimberley is a very cool place that I had read about in the July 2006 issue of Ride Texas magazine and definitely a place I want to go back.

But, I was getting really tired at this point in my trip and I could tell I was not responding to the motorcycle very well. I was also running out of daylight because I had spent so much time piddling along the way and I needed to get going so I could find where I was staying in San Marcos while there was still daylight.

I would have loved to stay in one of the quaint places in Wimberley, but I didn’t want to pay the price to stay at a place that is about indulging in the atmosphere when the only thing I was going to be doing was unload/sleep/load/leave. As the author of the article in Ride Texas puts it, “Although lacking chain lodging, Wimberley is rich in B&B’s and country inns, many resting along tranquil streams flowing under cypress arbors or among lofty hilltops featuring panoramic views and pastel sunsets.” Why in the world would I want not stick around to enjoy all that?

Instead, I stayed in a Motel 6 in San Marcos on the edge of where I needed to start out the next morning.