The drive north was spectacular. The wildflowers are in full bloom in Texas for the first time in over two years. You round a corner, or come up to the top of a hill and just see fields of blooming flowers; unfortunately, nowhere to take a picture. We arrived in Fredericksburg at 1:00pm and got set up in a hurry. Monte arrived shortly after our arrival to tell us that he and Marlene, Don and Jane, and Norm and Sherl were making dinner for us and Merv and Pat who arrived a couple of hours after we did. What a nice surprise! They planned on an outdoor happy hour and dinner but the 40mph winds caused us to move inside the rec room. It was nice to catch up with these guys since they left the park in Victoria a month ago.
It was raining this morning when we got up so we weren't really in a big hurry to go explore the town. Around 11:00 we headed into town with maps in hand. Our first stop was the visitor's center for more maps and brochures to see what we can do during our month's stay. There are some really cool shops. It's hard to explain this historic downtown area, about a mile long and two blocks wide, there is just one shop/restaurant after another. All unique and different from anything we had ever seen before. Since it's a holiday weekend, the town is crammed full with visitors so we just did a quick run down three or four blocks. My favorite thus far - and I can't find the name of it, but you go through and sample every single thing they sell - dips, marinades, toppings for cream cheese, pickled veggies, fudge, etc. I could go back every day and just eat there.
These ladies, plus about 10 more, were handing out candy to every walking along Main Street.
After lunch we decided to find the golf course where we will be playing on Tuesday with Mike from Victoria. It's in the middle of the Lady Bird Johnson State Park. I had hooked up the GPS while driving around and wanted to find all the golf in the area. The closest one said it was 8 miles from the Lady Bird course. We followed the directions and NEVER found a golf course. We got on three different roads, and it finally wanted us to turn into someone's dirt driveway. This is why we don't trust that thing.
We came upon this guy while trying to find the golf.
The first longhorn we've found since being in Texas.
There is one small field right next to this RV park that has these wonderful wildflowers.
One the way back to the park this afternoon we found this great yard art and strange (to us) furniture.
Mark liked this anatomically correct art work. The asking price was $2500. Too bad we have no where to put it in either the house or RV.
Other than at the grocery store, we spent no money today, except to fill up the gas tank. Oh my gosh! We filled up for $2.91 a gallon for diesel. Just two days ago I filled up for $2.71 in Victoria. I guess with the holiday, a touristy town, and the stock market, the prices are just going to keep going up. Hope we have enough $$ to get home!
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