Schulenberg, Luling, and Prairie Lee

Schulenberg's population is just under 2700 people. We didn't stop there.... so small a town, and hardly anything there, so we didn't think it was the place for us. We drove over bridges that ran above the Colorado River and the West Navidad River. (Small bridges, that probably flood when the heavy rains hit them.)

The town of Luling is the watermelon capitol of the state, I believe. Either that, or they just love watermelons. The water tower in this town is oval, in the shape of a watermelon, and painted with dark and light green stripes, just like a watermelon would be. I don't know what the population of Luling is, but it can't be much more than Schulenberg.

Tiny town, poor-looking, with lots of pre-fab homes and sad-looking properties around the central part of the town. We saw one home with a train caboose in the front yard. I don't know if that was a decoration, or just a very unique guest house.

Lots of cactus plants along the roads there, all blooming with tiny yellow flowers. We drove over Plum Creek... another spot that probably floods with heavy rains.

Prairie Lee was the smallest small-town I've seen........ took us about five minutes to drive through it. We did see a bright pink house in the middle of a beautiful green pasture..... I swear, it looked like someone had put a giant birthday cake in the middle of a field.