The Thanksgiving holiday is over and it was time to say goodbye to our family in Texas and let them get back to school and work. We really loved the RV park near their home and will definitely stay there again.
We headed to Fredericksburg, Texas which is about 30 miles west of San Antonio, Texas. Our RV park is in the Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park and sits right at the edge of a small air strip with small planes coming and going infrequently. It’s just often enough to be fun to watch and not be annoying. This area is called “hill country” I guess because unlike the rest of west Texas it has some hills. This is also a popular place for Winter Texans who come and stay the entire winter. I can’t imagine the temperatures they are escaping because it was 34 degrees here this morning!
Fredericksburg was founded by a group of Germans and its ancestry is very obvious. It’s population of 10,500 is very community oriented with the entire downtown decorated for Christmas including the square with an ice skating rink and nativity.
Christmas lights in Fredericksburg, TX
Also in the downtown area is a replica of the first building
and a Pioneer Museum with eight buildings and furnishings from the original town.
Sunday House from Pioneer Village
The German influence is everywhere. Some buildings have German names with english translations. There are restaurants specializing in German cuisine and micro-brewed beer. It is just delightful! Fredericksburg is also the home of the Marine Museum of the Pacific War honoring General Nimitz Commander of the Pacific Fleet in World War II because he was born and raised here. The Museum is so extensive that it takes six hours to go through it so we decided to stop here on our way back to Florida.
We had a wonderful lunch in little restaurant/gift shop in the downtown area. The interior of the restaurant was all decorated for Christmas and filled with warmth and charm. How does butternut squash soup and spinach and ricotta Quiche sound? To me it sounded great and actually tasted just as good.
Today we are headed to the Lyndon Johnson Ranch and Johnson City to see the Exotic Resort Zoo. You know I have a thing for zoos.
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The lights are nice. Starting to get that time of the season. Looks like you guys are having fun. Be safe
We are having a great time, the weather has been cool in the mornings going down to 34 this am but it has been sunny during the day and up in the mid 60’s. Hope you are doing good and had a great Thanksgiving.
I’m with you good food and a zoo trip, what a day.
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