Tx 127 is closed from Sabinal to Concan due to road damage at Little Blanco Creek & Brushy Creek. One source said it will be open at 6 a.m. Monday morning, but the TXDOT site says it will reopen Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. Better go with the officials on this one. So if you're traveling to our area tonight, tomorrow, or early Tuesday, stay on US 90 to Uvalde. When you get to the intersection of US 90 & US 83(the intersection of the 2 longest roads in the United States), turn right(north) on US 83 to Concan(23miles) or Leakey(40miles). This will add about 20 - 30 minutes to your trip, but save you a lot of hassle and worry about the roads. Besides, there's an HEB, WalMart, SuperS, and the Oasis Outback. You can get everything you need for your vacation in Uvalde, so going out of your way would be worth the trip.
A nice lady(Dorothy T.) emailed me, wondering where Shut In Creek(also known as Shut In Holler) was. She has been comin here for many years, and had never heard of it until I posted the pics and info about it. I'm sure she's not alone.
If you have driven down River Road(CR348) from Tx127, you have crossed over Shut In. Remember the dip in the road about a half mile down?...that's it! Usually dry from that point to where it meets the Frio, Shut In lived up to it's name Saturday. All of us in between the raging creek and the Second crossing were literally shut in, and had to wait it out. I snapped the pics of Shut In Falls off of CR392, which makes a little loop down there from River Road
And for those of you(gazillions, I'm sure) who have floated from the Second crossing to Neal's... at the upriver end of Neal's campground, to your right, is where Shut In empties into the River.
It usually looks like a little deep backwater, and when you get beside it, the water temp drops considerably. But yesterday, as you can see in the pics from the last two posts, she was alive!
Shut In runs behind our place, between us and US83. It came way out of it's banks up here, and was really truckin. Awesome!
It's looking good for the next couple days, but I'm no smarter than the next San Antonio weather forecaster(lol). The Frio is runnin great and folks were back in doin what they came here for.
Come on out and see us, we still have "room at the inn". Our vacation homes are wonderful places to stay while visiting the Frio Canyon, so visit our website at...
Our availability calendars are always up to date, so pick a house, choose your dates, call our toll free number(reservations only PLEASE), and you're in. Can't wait to meet yall.
Thanx for all the great emails and comments, and keep em comin!
Til next time....
FrioMan
1 comment:
Are all the roads back open? Did River Road suffer any damage from the creek flooding?
Thank you so kindly!
Mimi
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