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Thursday, March 26, 2015

Change of Scenery

We knew that we would have to leave Fredericksburg when we arrived to begin our chase of the wildflowers.  The time has come to leave and we have done so.  Prior to leaving, we did take an excursion to Trades Days.  We took advantage of a break between rain showers to visit and discovered a mini-Canton type trades days.  Other than the cool, damp weather it was an interesting and fun experience.  Besides it helped add steps to our daily routine of walking.  Before we left the area we had anticipated a climb up Enchanted Rock but schedules, weather and other things prevented our return.

Before leaving, we made a northern and southern excursion around the area to check on the wildflower progress.  It is still just too cold at night in this part of the Hill Country for the flowers to fully bloom.  There are spots and areas that you can see evidence of initial progress but it is just a bit early for now.  This is why we moved a little to the east and a bit further south to catch the initial wave of blooms.

You might notice we have changed the picture on our main blog page of the Adventurer.  The new picture is our current Adventurer rig and was taken in our new location at Canyon Lake, just outside of New Braunfels.  The other picture was taken in Forest City, Iowa and was our prior Adventurer which had been replaced about a year and half ago.  This is the first time since getting the newer rig we felt like the spot was worthy enough to yield a picture of the new Adventurer for the main blog page.
Former Header Picture
Current Header Picture
On our way to this location we had a very scenic drive and passed through Albert, Texas (AKA Freaking Albert Texas as noted on the side of the trailer parked among the buildings).  What a wonderful place.  Population was only three but it had its own Dance Hall right next to the Church building.  This tells me, you can park your car on Saturday night, dance the night away and attend church services the next morning without giving up your prime parking spot.  Who could ask for anything more?  Well as we got to the park, just outside the entrance we spot a restaurant.  Not just any restaurant but one that is named "D Vine" as in divine.  We did not ask for anything more but we received something more, just when we thought it could not get any better than Albert.

Our first night here was celebrated with the first burger grill of the trip.  It was sort of a farewell tribute to Fredericksburg.  You see there is a special hamburger bun used for a lot of the burgers in the area that make the burgers taste wonderful.  After a trip to the German Bakery in Fredericksburg, we procured eight of these buns and used half of them for the first night’s supper.  Home cooked burgers on the special Jalapeno Cheese buns, what a meal and what a burger. (Sorry Whataburger, I know that sounds almost sacrilegious to you to hear those words used about a burger other than the ones you sell, but mm, mm good!)  Top it off with this kind of sunset right in our backyard and we feel more than satisfied.
Dinner Guests
Picture Perfect End of a Good Day!
It will be cool tomorrow and potentially wet.  We intend to use the day for some indoor shopping by the girls at the outlet center, while David and I check out the local Camping World store to see if we can find something to use our $25 Camping World gift certificates on before they expire on March 31st.


By the way, what kind of birds are these?  We are having the dickens of the time trying to identify them.  They appear to be some sort of weird cross between a duck, geese or crane.   So for now they are referred to as the duck, geese, crane thingy that hangs around our parking sites.  Any help in figuring out will be appreciated as we need a shorter name we can use.


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