When I Saw an Eagle’s Nest in the Texas Hill Country

The Texas Hill Country is a compelling territory, not just with its history out of the Old West but with its terrain and vistas.
When I took the drive out of Austin up to Llano to see an eagle’s nest, bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrush flowers filled the fields for miles and miles along the way. It was as if I had entered a kind of Shangri-la, for no cars passed me on the…