Less Crowded Texas Hill Country Towns, Llano
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- čas přidán 3. 07. 2024
- It can often be frustrating to visit the more popular Hill Country towns like Fredericksburg and Gruene. Those towns are often very crowded and it can be difficult to find a room. Today I present a town that's usually less crowded and yet still lies in a prime location to visit the many scenic places in this region. In addition, it has some of the best beef brisket in Texas.
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Sorry for butchering the Town's name. It's probably my biggest mistake in this channel so far. I would probably take the video down, but it's getting a lot of views. Texas has many names with odd pronunciations that will trip up most people not familiar with it. I've been pronouncing the name like this for years ever since I first saw it on a geologic map, but no one ever corrected me on it. Lesson learned.
Can’t be perfect all the time. Still great videos.
Secrets of Texas, Thanks for the nice video on Llano. Don't feel bad about the pronunciation. It is a common mistake. Keep up the good work, and come back to visit Llano when you can!
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And there’s that I guess... lmao
One of the ranchers let us use their stream which ran over similar rocks. The water was ice cold, but felt great in the summer heat. Llano, San Saba, Kingsland can be a lot of fun if one enjoys simple things.
My home state, I sure miss her magical mysteries
Nivasi Where did you move to? I’ve been trying to leave tx for 20 yrs. I’m done w the coast tho😒
My Dad was born here in 1938 and my Grandparents had a pecan orchard in the San Saba area back in the 80s. Sure do miss the Hill Country.
It’s pronounced LAN-O not Lawn-o
Thanks for saying something. That really hit my ear the wrong way too.
same with Dabbs - ugh, terrible pronunciation...
He did better than I would've. I saw the two "L"'s and thought the Spanish pronunciation "YAN-o".
Y'all🤦🏽♀️ha..Ha..ha... lame🙊
I live here in Llano he must of heard that on his GPS .....I have lol
Love Love LOVE the Hill Country.
I grew up in Llano from the mid 70's to mid 80's and stayed in the Dabb's Hotel in the 90's when it was a B&B...I often go to the used book store close to the bridge....I had walked on the river when it froze in the 80's many fun adventures there!!! Even Stayed many times in the ole Llano Motel as a teen! Old timers will know what I mean!!!
Much prefer the smaller and less crowed corners of the states and provinces...less crowded for sure and usually somewhat more laidback and friendly to both people and dogs....great tour!
You know, since finding your videos this Texas girl has seen more and learned more about my birth state than I ever learned in school. I appreciate being able to go kayaking, hiking and generally tagging along via videos. At my age some of these things are a bit beyond my capabilities so I just wanted to say thank you and I hope you continue to travel and hope you continue to share those travels with us. Thank You
Thanks for Posting This!. At my age visiting Llano is like stepping back in time. Community hasn't become a major "Tourist Resort" like where I grew-up southward of there.
Rhymes with Tedericksburg ? LOL. Yeah, I remember when people took a Sunday drive to pick up some wonderful peaches not walk the crowded main street drunk on wine and buy overpriced crap !
enjoying your videos. thanks for showing us texas
Awesome video, very informative, I love all you offer in the geology arena and knowledge you have. Texas
Great series. Love Texas! 👍😉🇨🇦
Enjoyed the video and the geological tid bts you shared. Very interesting 👌
Hill Country is so beautiful. Thank you.
Thanks for the review. Had family all over the Hill county, not so many-now. But still visit when get chance. Was in Llano in 2020, ate at Coopers, camped at Lake Buchanan. Plan to be back this summer to reminisce and camp.
Good informative video!
Great video. Interesting facts about the geology. Plus one on the comments about pronunciation of town name. Coopers is very good and love to go after a day at Enchanted Rock.Thanks for sharing.
Loved working in the hill country for five months years ago. When they assigned "Old Yeller" in school, people could find familiar places. The job wasn't long, but I still have FB friends from there. I even got lost in Llano once!
beautiful video my friend👍
I'll be visiting soon on your say-so. Thanks!
I live in Brady Texas aisle of Central Texas we live in a paradise here thank God
Hello from the Carolinas! Really digging your vids. I'd love to see the Texas hill country some day.
The hill country has some of the clearest water you'll ever see. There are some sweet spots within that are incredibly beautiful. Just don't expect Smoky Mountain sized hills. I recommend places like Pedernales Falls, Enchanted Rock, Hamilton Pool, Colorado Bend State Park, Lost Maples, and the Frio River for hiking and outdoors. There are several great small towns scattered around, many with German roots like Fredericksburg and New Braunfels. Just remember these places can be crowded during peak season so plan ahead.
@@secretsoftexas6872 Haha--no, that's what everybody always says! I'm mainly interested in the architecture, German influence and Western vibe.
If you really want the western vibe go to Terlingua, Fort Davis, and other towns in that area
Man, you’re giving away one of my getaway spots.
Coopers BBQ is my favorite place to eat on the planet. Thanks for sharing
Funny how names vary, used to be a list somewhere of all the Weird pronunciations.........Leaky and Refugio come to mind. You had me at Lawn Oh :D
Oh no, just came across your channel please don’t get discouraged on your videos! Who cares if you pronounce it wrong, you spelt it correctly and show location and I’m a Native Texan. This is an educational video that not many have done on little towns of Texas!
I miss the Leaf Festival they have there. Such a beautiful town.
Hey, you're a geologist too! Awesome.
You should do more hill country videos like this
I've got another one coming soon
Lived in Houston in late 90s such a large an beautiful state
I hunted the hill country for years. Lan-o was pretty much a small ranch town . Others like Fredericksburg had many more historic buildings keep well maintained . In 70's it mostly boarded up but very clean .The Nimitz hotel was very nice even then. Old well maintained buildings pretty much in seems key to future tourist towns. Many in Texas.
Thanks.
Always love how people there pronounce it Lano with the "a" sound from the name Ann. But realistically it should be "Yahno" since it's really Spanish. LOL. Loved the video. And in the spring that is a great drive from Llano to Fredricksburg on Texas 16 for the great wildflowers along the way.
Nice clouds
I recall stopping at a road cut outside Llano and looking for agates in the rock. They were kind of an ugly brown tho. Interesting how those rocks are 1.3 Gya because the rocks at Trail Ridge in Rocky Mountain NP at the top of the pass are the same age and so are some other rocks in the west. It must has been an exciting time back then. An orogeny in progress?
As far I understand, no. The Ouachita fold belt is just to the east. I'm not sure the extent to which that may have influenced the central Texas "uplift."
The earth is almost 6000 yrs old. The whole world will see that truth very soon. I love rocks. When I look at rocks it makes me think of how they were here at creation.
People commenting on geology need understand it's all aged theory. They can't say oh well this rock or formation of rocks is millions or billons years old, they have no clue. A good example is Mt St.Helens in Washington state when it blew it's top in 1980. The shear force of that volcano carved out a canyon in as little as 90 minutes that anyone no knowing how that canyon was formed would say oh this canyon is millions of years old.
It's pronounced Yan-no. It was named by the Spanish. Folks had a hard time rolling their tongues to pronounce it. So they just started say lan-o. But to each their own.
That's what I would have thought.
Been to Llano many times and knew the history. But not all the geology you pointed out. Thank you. Next time I go, I’ll be looking more towards the geology. Have you done Mason yet? And don’t worry about the pronunciation. You ask 5 Texans and you’ll get 5 different versions.
Interesting geology, history, and less people. What's not to like 👍
Wow
It's Llano with the a sounding as in land or it is to Texans :) Good video by the way.
If you didn't already know this is the real Texas. Not Dallas, Houston, or San Antonio. Austin's pretty close though.
Austin used to be. Now it’s a traffic nightmare
Very true, the big cities are not a representation of TX, I like Amarillo
I've been to Austin. I found it to be overrated but the biggest disappointment was that I didn't meet anybody from Texas there.
I don't understand the Spanish pronunciation for Llano. It is a Spanish name, but we don't speak Spanish, haha
Appreciate the video, I spent many days fishing the river in the 80s and 90s.
Been in every room of that hotel. It was up for sale. This was over 30 years ago. There wasn't even a place to use the restroom in Llano thenon a Sunday. Pretty river. Like I said, it's been a while. It might be haunted. Ooo.
Llano is a spanish name meaning plains or flat. The double Ll has the y sound in spanish. It's Hill country and where land was flat, they established little towns. Of course when the Germans arrived and established in these areas, new names were given, like Gruene, Fredericksburg, etc. There is a mixture of architecture both German and Mexican. Anyway, they are very popular towns with lots of tourism and weekends very crowded. Not my idea of a nice peaceful outing away from the big city. The architecture was my interest to visit on a weekday without the crowds.
the hill country is hilly, not flat. plains in texas are north and west.
Very interesting video on one of my favorite towns, even if the narrator doesn’t seem to acknowledge the existence of Fort Worth, the closest large city north of Llano. The geology is truly unique, and the fascinating Enchanted Rock, America’s version of Ayers Rock, is not far to the south. Last time I was there the old movie theater was still functioning, a la “Last Picture Show.” There are a number of really good barbecue places there-I highly recommend it!
He probably doesn't mention Fort Worth because it's 190 miles away and has nothing to do with Llano. By far the closest large city to Llano is Austin, only 75 miles away.
Coopers bbq os the best in llano , mason tx has one too . thats wher i live small town mason tx. Llano is 22miles from mason👍🏼🇺🇸Masons less crowded than Llano
The place is very amazing ang ganda po - happiestMe
How far is Dallas from Hill country? Or how far does it stretch north?
The northern boundary of the Hill Country is not sharply defined, but I personally think the Glen Rose area is the northernmost town that has that Hill Country flavor. It's a nice little town with some interesting things to see and do in the area. Meridian is often defined as the northern edge. Marble Falls-Llano-Fredericksburg-Blanco is the heart of it.
I love rocks.
Geologist? Or just a hobby?
@@secretsoftexas6872 Hobby. It's always fun finding an interesting random rock, which sometimes are fossils.
You need to ask the Locals how they pronounce the town's name, your way off 🤣🤣🤣
Yep. It's "Lanno", not "Lahno."
Did you mean you're way off?
Coopers bbq is excellent and has a great variety of meats. I like Llano.
Yup Llano Coopers is the best of them.
Cooper's BBQ is WAY way way too salty.
You should watch some other CZcams videos. Ones like “Is Genesis History”, at explains how the rock and landscape actually came to be. 😁
Bro 2 Ford GT's sitting there and you never even panned over to look, bummer
He don't lie, Coopers BBQ is OUTSTANDING!
anybody else notice the two ford GT
Thank you, I was hoping someone else saw those. Good eye.
So you can pronounce the rock but not the Town... So it’s not Lawn-ite? Still a great video...
Yep I butchered it as so many have pointed out
@@secretsoftexas6872 just giving you a hard time. Great videos, keep it up...
My great aunt lived on a 800 acre ranch along the Llano river until 2015 when she passed at 106 yrs of age. Her husband’s family were giving the land after the Texas Indian wars. The 1st house had been burned down by Indians and the brick chimney is the only thing left and still standing.
Wow that's pretty interesting. I'd like to see that.
Lan-oh not lawn-oh.
If your thinking about going there I would advise you watch some videos about their police department and the Llano county's sheriff's department. They are not nice people.
There's used to be a cool place in Mexico that only Austin Americans knew about. Then they had to ruin it by making a movie there. Because it's sacred.
Pronounced Lano, not Lono. The Spsnish pronunciation of Llano is Yano. Llsno is Spanish for Plain.
You pronounced the name of the town. It’s “Lanno”
All I want to know is if people can breathe free in Llano and not be forced to wear a mask to work, live, play, and go to school? Is there anywhere in Texas like that?
That is pronounced
LAN-O... Pilgrim.
I thought it was yano
It’s pronounced like “land”.
I love your vlog but it's pronounced llano. Not lawno
The hill country is a real unique area and surprisingly attractive. Considering that just west of there (West Texas) is hideously ugly. To the north (the rest of central and North Texas) is drab and to the south and coastal region is ridiculously ugly as sin too.
From the Llano area to Abilene is pretty territory.
DABBS not Dobbs
Your saying the name wrough it not lano its mexican llano sound like yano means grassy area so say it right yano-llano
The correct pronunciation is the way the locals pronounce it. Both you and I are wrong on this one.
@@secretsoftexas6872 right, the locals pronounce it like “land” with the “d”changed to “o”. Or the “a” as in apple and the double “Ll” as one “L”.
@@secretsoftexas6872 wrong again then that town is full of dummies and the schools suck
Nope, in Texas it's the Spanish pronunciation like "yano" for the Llano Estacado area near Lubbock where we get great wines from Llano winery. Llano in the hill country is pronounced with an L like in land. Real Texans know the difference.
@@kathleenkirchoff9223 real texans lol I am a real texan even better I am a TEXICAN SO PLEASE HOLD YOUR SMOKE AND MIRRORS you incorrect this spanish named town a have been around in some form before TX was here so peaple are saying it incorrectly and that gos for waco tx its weaco meaning whole in something also the Indian named this area two and they spoke spanish
Just like the immigrant white man wanna change every thing for there benefit lol
If you are from California stay home
Staying out of Texas. Don’t want COVID.
Stay safe my friend, stay safe!
How interesting the people of Orange, Texas haven't been wearing the mask or social distancing, and their Covid rate is no worse than the rest of Texas.
Reports have been coming out that the biggest risk factor for COVID-19 is obesity. If you're not chubby, or don't have any of the associated risk factors to obesity like heart disease or diabetes, then you're not likely to die from COVID. You might be miserable for a few days if you're skinny and otherwise healthy.
I lived in Llano from 2004-2010. I left as soon as I could sell my house. I wanted to leave after a year or so but it took several years to sell a good house. It's a town that is slowly going away. I'm not sure how it has survived as long as it has. (Probably just because of the deer hunting season). 99.9 % of the people there are very conservative and closed-minded to any sort of change. No places to get healthy food, you have to drive 70 mile round trip to go to a decent grocery store. The public library is very poor. Llano tries to be a 'tourist town' but there are only antique shops that sell junk of poor quality, a couple of low quality BBQ places, a couple of pizza places, a low quality coffee hangout spot, and a couple of "art galleries." There are a couple of BBQ and chili cook-offs a year which are about as much fun as can be had there. If you're looking for rocks, some wild flowers for awhile in the spring and lots of different kinds of snakes it's a great place. Bring your Harley, your pickup and your meth and you'll be happy there.
Sounds like LA or NYC is your place to live and enjoy the benefits of a fascist state.
@@409novaman Yeah, now I live in Marfa.
So this place just wasn't for you was it sweety.😂😄
@@taunaengus4978 So a question pops into my head. Do you mean that you couldn’t see any of these shortcomings before you purchased a house? You didn’t drive around town/research the area? Wow, just wow...
Small town ‘friendly’ you hear about all the time.
Llumpo or trumpo
It's pronounced with a y as in Yano. Cool rocks! Dont go too deep on explanations. Were not geologist. Sorry!
Everyone seems to have their own idea on how the town should be pronounced. Though the word is technically Spanish, the town was founded by Anglo and German settlers and they decided to call it Lan-o. I was taught in Geography class that the correct pronunciation of any town is how the locals pronounce it regardless of origin of the word. I usually don't talk about geology but it's very significant to this part of Texas, the core of the famous Texas Hill Country.
Llano in English.. in Spanish is pronounced yano..unfortunately even though my ancestors go back along with native Americans way before Europeans arrived to an inhabited country we're still discriminated against. One reason I balk moving to a state that's rooted in racism.
Remember it was mexico