I absentmindedly deleted the original post under this title, so I'll try to re-create it.
We spent a week in Texas Hill Country. We arrived when we did in an effort to see the famous Texas wildflowers which are at their peak about this time of year. Unfortunately, drought has made this a mediocre year for wildflowers. But SiSi still enjoyed these Texas Bluebonnets.
We stayed in a campground in the quaint little town of Fredericksburg. Fredericksburg was settled by Germans and has maintained its German heritage through its architecture and restaurants. We enjoyed a delicious meal at a restaurant called Der Lindenbaum and shopped at Fredericksburg's many unique shops and galleries. We had to sit on our hands to keep from buying something from an artist named Carlos Moseley who makes amazing pictures using nothing but rocks. Here's a link to his web page: www.riverrustic.com
Texas Hill Country is also Texas wine country. Who knew that Texas had such a thriving wine industry. We did tastings at four different wineries and were pleasantly surprised with the quality of the wine.
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We spent an enjoyable day hiking at a place called Enchanted Rock State Natural Area. It's a huge pink granite rock dating from the Proterozoic era, rising 425 feet above ground. There's much more underground that you can't see. It's "enchanted" because it heats up during the day and then cools at night causing a crackling noise that the Tonkawa Indians believed were ghost fires. While there we purchased an annual pass for the Texas State Parks, giving us free admission to most Texas State Parks as well as discounts on camping.
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