Okay so I've really dropped the ball on this blog! I blame the fact that I now have a full – time job on top of my wife and mother duties :) Without further ado I give you a recent blog:
Last weekend Jim, Sadie, and I took off for an adventure in the hill country of Texas! We left in the early afternoon on Saturday and drove 2 hours to Kerrville where we checked into our hotel – The Inn of the Hills. After settling in we drove up to Fredricksburg and walked around the cute little shops. Fredricksburg is a resort town like Park City or Jackson Hole and has some nice shopping. We spent plenty of time in many shops especially a gourmet food store where they had samples of everything. After shopping we ate at a bar and grill restaurant and called it a night.
On Sunday, after a quick breakfast at IHOP, we drove up to Enchanted Rock State Park only to find the park filled to capacity and was closed until the afternoon. It's a popular place and we knew there was a possibility of it being closed. We headed back to Fredricksburg and picked up some picnic supplies at H.E.B. and headed out to a new destination - the Lyndon B. Johnson State Park. We had a picnic at one of the picnic spots there and then went to the living history farm at the park. This was a farm that was run just how it was back in 1919. The people there were dressed for the time period and were doing all the chores from milking the cow to making butter. The employees all eat a meal there at night that comes from the farm – they have canned fruits & vegetables that they grow every year, they slaughter the animals, smoke the meat and put it in lard, and make fresh bread and cheese. The houses are from the 1800's and there is no electricity. It was really amazing to see! After the farm we took a nature walk and saw some longhorns, white-tailed deer, and bison. We finished our tour with a drive around the park and headed back to town. We ate at a great German restaurant – Auslander. It was very tasty food.
Monday was a bit overcast and cool. We got up early and headed up to try Enchanted Rock again. We figured since it was early, a bit cool, and no longer the weekend that we should be okay. We did manage to get into the park but just barely – they closed the park 6 cars behind us. We started hiking in cool weather but warmed up as we ascended the rocky terrain. Enchanted Rock is a huge granite rock that looks like it should be in Utah instead of Texas. We hiked to the top of the rock (it was quite a climb)and back down, then walked around by the river. It was fun to climb and explore the park! After the park we went into town one last time and ate really good BBQ at the Peach Pit. A trip to an ice cream parlor finished our trip. We said goodbye to the hill country and we were back in good old Austin in no time! Ginger was excited to see us – she stayed home with some kind neighbors taking good care of her. We had a great time and learned a lot about Texas and our 36th President! For pictures please visit our gallery.
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