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Left San Antonio at 4:30 P.M. and arrived at Kerrville just before dark. 

Soon after leaving San Antonio we begin to climb and at the edge of town [[strikethrough]] at [[/strikethrough]] begin to notice a thinning of mesquites and more open country. Soon the big limestone hills appear & we are cutting our way into the first escarpment. Some of the hills & cliffs seem nearly 1000 feet above the valley in terraced horizontal layers of limestone. Except for the bare rock they are covered with scrubby growth of mesquits & oaks & junipers. The land is all stony, but the valley bottoms are fertile & well farmed in spots. As we continue the land does not change materially to Kerrville except to become more open & less covered with thorny growth. In places the dwarf "shin oak" forms miles of thicket. Live oaks appear in places.

The climate seems to be quite different. Much dryer & cooler. The cactus are not in flower & vegetation has an early spring look. The air feels much cooler & fresher & dryer.

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Reviewed. Edited place name to Kerrville -@siobhanleachman