Luling, Texas

We stop in Luling for one reason, Barbeque! For those of you that have eaten Dickey's in Ventura, that is the best you can do there, but compared to what is available here you might as well be eating Arby's in my opinion.

Maybe it's the wood, maybe the way they smoke it, I don't know. But there is nothing like Texas BBQ! The 2 best known around here are Smitty's Market and Kreutz Market in Lockhart. We like Smitty's best.

We checked into our Passport America campground River Bend RV Park.

River Bend RV Park

We were assigned pull through site #2. We have a great view of a race horse training track next to us.

Horse Training

Patty went out to check out the horse. The trainer stopped and talked to her. The horse is named Sexy Senorita and is about 6 months from racing. This was a daily occurrence at 9:00 AM.

Sexy Senorita

Out our back window they are growing a garden.

Garden

This is the laundry room. Just past the Texas flag there is a pen with several other horses.

Laundry

This is a catch and release fishing pond on the RV park property.

Pond

The park backs up to the San Marcos River.

San Marcos River

Of course the real reason to stop here for three days was for the barbeque! After settling in to our site, we drove into Lockhart and went to Smitty's Market. Although they call it a market it is actually just a restaurant.

This is why we come here!

Smitty's Market

We got Brisket, Sausage, and Potato Salad. The White bread is always included everywhere. The brisket comes either wet (fatty) or dry (lean), we got half and half because Patty forgot that the wet is so much juicier and better! LOL.

Look at the bark and the smoke ring! It is actually better then it looks.

Delicious!

On Tuesday we went to Chisholm Trail BBQ. Chisholm is much cheaper then the other places in town and used to be a locals favorite. We went there last time we were in town and  it was close to as good. Still much better then the chains (Dickey's). I had read that they sold the restaurant and the quality went down and people weren't impressed anymore. I figured for us SoCal people we would probably still like it so we would go Tuesday, and then Wednesday go to one of the better places before we leave.

Patty was going to get Turkey. The server said the Turkey was cold and they would have to warm it. Didn't sound good. She said the Chicken was warm. 1/4 chicken for $1.95! Patty tried that and LOVED it! I got the brisket. 1/2 lb for about $6.00. It looked kinda dry so I asked for wet. She went and got a brand new one and cut that. It was about as juicy as the one from Smitty's with a thick bark. Close to as good! Great value and very good. Patty liked it better, but I think it was not quite as good. Still very pleased with it!

We think tonight we will go back to Smitty's and not go to Kreuz Market. They do a great smoked Turkey there so Patty can have that.

After eating we stopped by the Walmart. They had Strawberries from Oxnard! We bought some and they are good!

Oxnard Strawberries

Tomorrow we leave to Columbus, Texas which is a Thousand Trails. We have stayed there before and will be there for Easter.

Thanks for reading, 

Love you, 

God Bless,

Brian and Patty