Update 3/18
Day #26
Today: Brownwood, TX, to Hico, TX (70 miles)
Total miles: 1397
Tomorrow (plan): Whitney, TX
We departed Brownwood at about 9:45 AM, and for the first ten miles or so the road was surprisingly flat. That was not to last for long. We stopped in Comanche for a Chinese buffet lunch which was excellent, and about 20 miles farther we reached the town of Dublin where we left US 67 and turned southeast on TX 6 right into the wind. After creeping up the innumerable hills into Hico in the face of this 15 - 20 mph wind, we decided that Hico was short for Hill Country. We know that the Texas Hill Country is farther to the south, but locals tell us this is the head of the hill country, and we believe them. 
We had previously contacted Sunny at the "Nothin' But Time" B&B, and with the assistance of a couple of helpful folks, we arrived at the B&B at about 7:30 PM. Because it was late, we went to the local restaurant dressed in our cycling clothes, thus garnering several stares, as usual. Sunny and her husband John have transformed an older house into a beautiful home. They owned a lot in Hico and then had the house moved (in two pieces) from another location in town. The result is one of the nicest and most beautiful B&Bs we have ever stayed in.