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River Tracing: Llano River 7
All our good spirits about the Llano River remaining relatively virginal vanished as we entered Kingsland. I won’t show images of the highway here, but you could hardly plan an uglier stretch of commercial excess.
Meanwhile, closer to Lake LBJ, one finds the town’s famously graceful inns and restaurants, as well as old-fashioned fishing camps and Leviathan houses. These deep Highland Lakes, buffered by high bluffs, are effortlessly gorgeous. Why would you mess with all that beauty?
After leaving our river, we steered toward ever-growing Marble Falls, then Texas 71. Messy, awful billboards pock the roadside. Never thought I’d be grateful for the Southwest Parkway, but it’s an effective ambassador of good will for our city. I’ll just leave you with some last shots of the river as it yields its watery treasures to the lakes.
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