A Week in Fredericksburg, Texas: Day One

We left San Antonio and drove about an hour to Fredericksburg, Texas, a town in Texas' Hill Country, where we met up with friends from Bentsen Grove, Milly and Larry Laux.  Fredericksburg has a very vibrant downtown.  With the old building of the town restored with fun shops, restaurants, and museums.  

This is Larry, he is of German heritage.  If you can't read this sign it says,

 "A Grouchy German is a Sour Kraut."

Larry and Milly got here a day before us and had visited in years past.  One thing they wanted to see was the old cemetery. Many of the graves were fenced with rod iron ornate fencing. This part of the cemetery was dated in the 1830's.

All the graves were well maintained.  This one was covered with small glass trinkets.

Across the street was a Bed and Breakfast, that had small cottages that looked like they had been moved from around Texas and brought here as a settlement. It was cute, hopeful the beds weren't as old as the buildings.

We ended the night with a great dinner at The Buffalo Nickel.  Tomorrow we head to Lyndon Johnson's State Park and National Historical Site.

San Antonio Riverwalk and the Botanical Gardens

This was our second visit to San Antonio.  We plan to stop every spring, on our way north from RGV.  We just love this city so much and its beautiful gardens.

The walk along the river has many mosaic art pieces.

San Antonio Courthouse

San Antonio Botanical Garden
Flowers,

sculptures,

statues,

water,

and the skyline.

Places we visited

We arrived in RGV (Rio Grande Valley) on December 31st and was just in time for a New Years Eve Party.  The activities started then....

Bob started a new hobby of woodworking, so we went to a show for inspiration.

We went to Sea Turtle Inc.  Which is a foundation that rescues, researches and rehabilitates sea turtles.

They even have a rescue dog.

We attended Pioneer Days at the Museum of South Texas, in Edinburg, Tx.

We hit the kite festival on South Padre, Island.

We took a tour of Rio Grande City.  It was a logical point for a trade,as the Rio Grande, for reliable steamboat traffic, and intercepted a number of overland routes to Saltillo, Monterrey, and Northern Mexico.

Fort Ringgold was our next stop and the Robert Lee House.

 

 Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show and Rodeo.  Have you ever seen Mutton Busting.

How about a pirates cruise.  We loved it.

La Lomita Chapel in the City of Mission.

We attended the Onion Festival in Weslaco. To see the Rancho Caballo de Pura Raza Azteca horses.

Our final trip was to the Brownsville Zoo.

Tomorrow an update of family and friends.