Spontaneous

One of our favorite places so far in Texas is Fredericksburg, which is a little historic German town about an hour and a half away.  The main street has an old time feel and is lined with interesting shops, boutiques, and restaurants.  I especially like that there are potted plants and flowers that line the shop entrances along the entire street on both sides.

It's kind of a touristy town so you see all kinds of people there.  There's also a National Museum of the Pacific War which includes a zen garden (which we have yet to see) and a park that has monuments honoring the pioneers that settled there.  An interesting fact is that in 1847, the German settlers made a peace treaty with the Native Americans there and it is one of the few treaties that has never been broken.

We have been to Fredericksburg three times now and two of those times were in the last four days. Last Thursday, Tyson actually had a partial day off (hallelujah!) so we got a wild hair and decided to go to Fredericksburg for lunch!  We jumped in the car and drove an hour and a half to grab a bite at one of our favorite places!  Although there are a lot of German restaurants, the first time we went to Fredericksburg which was a few months ago, we discovered the most amazing pizza joint and I have to say, it's the best pizza I've ever had.

Check out their motto:  "Friends don't let friends eat corporate pizza"    HA! 

So we made the trek and it was quite enjoyable.  The only hard part was pulling ourselves away to start the drive home since Tyson had to go to a work dinner that night.  I think we were only there for about 45 minutes.  We ate our pizza while sitting at a table along the street in the outdoor patio and it was so nice and relaxing.  I wished we had more time to explore the shops but alas!  We had to get back.

Yesterday we made the trek again!  We were bored and we like going for Sunday drives so we ventured out again and this time, it was just a nice, relaxing drive and we were just going to take a late afternoon walk around the town.  When we got there, we found out that there was a free jazz concert in the park.  A Dixieland jazz band was playing which is my Dad's favorite.  He would have loved it & we thought about him the whole time.

I grew up hearing my Dad play his Dixieland jazz music and he would even sometimes play along on his trumpet. The free concert made for a great Sunday evening together and the funnest part was dancing around with Blakeley as she grinned from ear to ear.

 If any of you nice folks ever come visit us, we will definitely have to take you to Fredericksburg!