February 14-Valentine's Day-

first day relaxing sitting in the sun

Hondo,TX

view from campsite

Sisterville, TX

Fredericksburg street art

Hello-Happy Valentine's Day......
The weather was extremely foggy this morning so we stayed around Hondo until we finished a load of wash.  We noticed the other day that there seemed to be a number of turf farms in the area of Hondo, and when we left this morning, travelling in a different direction, we noticed several more.  Also, after the flat lands around Hondo, we had hills all around us.  We'd be driving to the top of a hill and be able to see forever.  And there would be nothing but bushes, some trees, and rocks, with houses in the distance.  There is so much land in the state.  No wonder we have been in this state for three weeks. 
We are now in Fredericksburg, TX,  but on the way over we stopped at two wineries.  Another passport.  Unfortunately when we went to two last week, they didn't give us one to have stamped, so we can't win a prize.  Might have been a BOX of good wine!
 We kind of ran out of steam last nite so I will try and pick up and tell you of our adventure.
The picutres are from our campsite in the Quiet Texas RV Park in Hondo, TX. It was very quiet, there was just open fields for miles, the only noise was the low hum from the windmils that help power the park. We stayed an extra day and just sat in the sun and vegged. We had to leave the park to take the neighbor to the Liquor store, as her husband had gone out and left her dry. She was a lonely lady from england that has all kinds of family issues and wanted to take the edge off.

This was the first time we just sat and relaxed totally. I played with, notice the played with vice played, the banjo  until the dogs in the park started howling.  We both sat out for quite awhile and soaked up the warmth and sun.    On Monday fore noon we travelled to Fredericksburg by a very indirect route, taking in back roads and winerys, the views were amazing , crest a hill and all of a sudden you could see what seemed like forever.  We found the Sister Creek Vinery in Sisterville, it origanally had been a cottonmill  from the 1800’s. David, the wine room guide and “talker” was a riot and we had a lot of fun there. I even found a couple of wines that I could drink. He sent us to the Comfort Celler’s winery in Comfort as they have a Jalipino wine. We made it and I even got the trailer into their lot and turned around(with Linda’s help). Most of their wines weren’t to Lindas liking but the jalipino was HOT!!!! I can use some as a meat marinade and hope the cooking mellows out the HEAT.  We then got to Fredericksburg, a tourist town with shops and eaterys. We stayed here last nite and today are going to tour LBJ’s ranch and maybe another winery.  I’ll close for now and try and update tonite. The” MAN”