Monday January 30  Monday dawned bright and beautiful.  Highs to be in the 70s.  We have been working our way through a list of things to do here and one thing was left on the list, Admiral Nimitz Museum.  It turns out that it is actually 3 museums.  It was primarily dedicated to the Admiral, but it actually told the history of  the military and many of its wars, mostly WW1 and WW2.  There was information about the Presidents and commanders during this time period that was new to me.  It was fascinating and we learned a lot.  We went for about 2 hours in the morning and then again in the afternoon,  so we could see it all.  Even if you don't have any interest in military history, I think you would find this place interesting.  

Japanese mini sub

Later in the afternoon we went by Das Peach Haus to pick up some Rasberry Chipolte Sauce and some jarred sliced peaches for a little peach tart.  Yummy!  Cute place.

Saturday January 29  Today we met Johnny and Shari in Kerrville, Tx .  We found a very eclectic gallery there called River's Edge Gallery.  It was fun and the gallery owner was great.  He and Johnny may have a business deal going on some cedar wood 😀  We had lunch at a great little place called Francisco's.  After lunch we decided to head on down to Bandera, Tx.  More shops and galleries, but nothing spectacular.  We had some delicious home-made pie, tho.  It was spectacular!  Then we all headed home.

Sunday, January 30, was a work day.  I did laundry and Pops worked on his new art piece (Kokopelli).

 After lunch, Pops went with a fellow RVer, Mark Cassell from Wichita, back to Kerrville to shoot some sporting clays.  They went to the the Hill Country Shooting Sports Center.  Unfortunately, the Sporting Clay course was closed, but they were able to shoot some 5-Stand.  It was a nice day.

Friday January 27  Our plan today was to go to Comfort and Boerne.  However, we spent the whole day in Comfort!  What an adorable little town!  Most of the town is made up of very old rock buildings.  They have been refurbished but have kept most of the original stone and woodwork, and all of the charm.  The shops were fun and interesting.  We had lunch at the High Street Cafe, which was excellent.  The cafe was more modern and looked out of place with the old antique buildings around it, but the food was delicious.  Another fun day on the road!

Thursday Jan26  The weather turned cold for a few days, so we are just checking out some galleries and more shops.  We spent about 2 hours in the Koch Native American Art Gallery.  Beautiful artwork. But the best thing was visiting with the gallery owner.  He was fascinating, with lots of stories to share about the artists and the history of some of the paintings.  We even ended up buying a painting from him!

The gallery owner gave us a tip on some good local places to eat, so we went to his favorite.  It was a great tip.  The food was really good, but the restaurant was strange and interesting in an expensive, junky way.  It was an old wool warehouse that was full of old junk.  Ratty old fabrics, broken furniture, rusted old metal pieces.  The crazy thing about it was the prices of the junk.  There was a small broken chair with torn upholstery, the stuffing coming out, one arm missing, and it was $300!  There were old torn, ratty draperies that were $450!  Crazy!

In Fredericksburg there are about 60 wineries!  So we finally decided to try one.  After a tip from one of Michelle's friends, we chose the Grape Creek Winery.  It is a beautiful place and I enjoyed the "tasting".  The man who helped us was fun and helpful.  I knew I didn't like sweet wines, but now I also know that I prefer "full-bodied" wines. 😀 I bought 3 bottles of delicious, full-bodied, dry wine!











Pops has also been busy with his art.  He has produced some gallery-worthy (in my opinion anyway) pieces.  Here are some samples:

Wed. Jan 25   Fredericksburg, Tx.  We enjoyed some family time, in the Austin area, with JR, Shari, Brenna and Clint.  We laughed a lot and ate too well (Shari's cooking never disappoints).  Clint took us to an authentic Austin food truck for supper one night (food trucks are everywhere in Austin).

Also spent a little time in Brenna's bar, Indian Roller.   It was really nice to spend some extended time with all of them.  Usually it is a holiday rush trip.  Their house in Dripping Springs is perfect, close to the city but not too close.

We took a little side trip to Pedernales Falls State Park.  This was a very peaceful place .  I imagine that it is even prettier in the Spring.

Arrived in Fredricksburg on Monday afternoon.  After we got settled we went into town and wandered through some shops and then ate supper at a German place.

Tuesday we decided to get back to hiking.  It was 85 degrees and beautiful, so we headed for Enchanted Rock State Park.  Interesting place.  We couldn't do the Summit Trail because of Jax, so we walked the Loop Trail.  After not having walked a lot for the last month, we discovered that we need to get back in shape!  2 miles of rocky trail just about wore us out .😟

We left the state park and headed north to Llano for lunch.  Had a great lunch at Cooper's Old Time Pit BBQ.  Llano is a cute little town with funky little shops and a good coffe shop called Fuel.