Luckenbach TX and moving on…

Our last day at Johnson Creek RV Park was relaxing and it included a day trip over to Fredricksburg and then a side trip over to Luckenbach. We attempted to take some back roads over to Fredricksburg but the GPS didn’t warn us that some of the roads she wanted to take us on were private and thus we couldn’t take them… Sigh! So after cussing out Alice (our GPS) I did a u-turn in front of an elaborate ranch and backtracked till we hit a main road.

The rest of the trip was uneventful but the scenery of the Texas hill country splashed in the yellows, purples and whites of the wildflowers made for an enjoyable trip. When we got to Fredricksburg we parked and took a walk around the town. The town is primarily a tourist town now and even my favorite bakery (Dietz bakery) had shut down. They made the best pumpernickel bread….

We passed a lot of souvenir shops, a small microbrewery (they have a nice pale ale) and lots of other eateries and shops. The restored architecture is interesting to look at while strolling the streets but we eventually got thirsty and knew it was time to move on down the road to Luckenbach!

Luckenbach was first established as a community trading post in the 1840’s – so they say. It is well know for the musicians that play there and has its own friendly atmosphere. As they say “Everybody is somebody in Luckenbach” and so were we as we sat listening to a fellow picking on his guitar. Sitting there listening to the lyrics of  songs he sang while sipping on a cold Shiner Bach took me back a bit to day past…..

All good things must come to an end so we made our way back to the RV park to enjoy our backyard view of the axis deer feeding in the working pecan orchard and to tidy up for our departure Friday morning. We left the outskirts of Kerrville, Texas pretty early Friday morning as we had to make a long 300 mile trek across Texas on Interstate 10. Our target was Balmorhea State Park. We arrived about 3:30 pm and set up and are ready for our next adventure…

We will be here at Balmorhea State Park a few days to explore the mountains south of us and then we will move on to boondock a few days at Guadalupe Mountains National Park and then over to Las Cruces, new Mexico, a new state for Abbey...