On to San Antonio....

We drove south to San Antonio, TX, today but I must wrap up Stonewall/Fredericksburg.  We had a nice week there after the first couple days of cold rain.  Visited several wineries, got in a little hiking, browsed Fredericksburg with the other tourists...

We visited LBJ State Park which includes a working ranch where the folks dress in period clothes and then toured The Texas Whitehouse on LBJs ranch.  Very interesting, LBJ spent over a quarter of his presidency working from the ranch:

The Texas White House

Hye Winery

Becker Winery....yep, that's right Joyce, Linda and Jane;)

This next winery, Woodrose, was our favorite.  The wines were good and the prices were acceptable.

Woodrose Winery

 Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park was another stop with a small nature hike but a nice day!

 Some fun old buildings in Fredericksburg:

 If you got hungry looking in all the shops, you could stop at this store and taste hundreds of different sauces, dips, oils, vinegars, olives, etc., to your stomachs content and then buy them if you so desired

 We enjoyed a beer here at the Silver Creek Cafe outside while listening to a guitarist:

 Last wind stop of the week:

Enchanted Rock SP, TX

So excited to talk about a hike!  We drove west through Fredericksburg to hike in Enchanted Rock State Park.  Found it to be a very scenic area and really enjoyed exploring it.  We did 7 1/2 miles and felt is as we have not done anything near that in several weeks.  It was about time;)

Enchanted Rock is a pink granite dome 400 ft high, the second highest of it's kind in the US.  Nice view from the top of the surrounding Hill Country.  A very popular place we were happy we did not wait till the weekend to go.  The temperature was in the low 60s when we finished up for the day and we were very warm.  Suggest going early in warmer weather!

Enchanted Rock is in the background

took the black shirt off right after this pic, whew! warmed up fast in the sun!

several "ponds" and "cactus gardens" on top of the dome

Stonewall, Texas

After a couple very cold rainy days, the weather here in Stonewall, TX has warmed up and we even have sunshine!  We are now in the middle of our week here and, in spite of the nasty weather the first couple of days, have been very busy!

We are here to check out some Texas Hill Country Wineries. We do not have to go far to do that as there are about 35 wineries near us and the city of Fredericksburg 15 miles from here.  We learned wine tasting here is like wine tasting in CA as far as prices, avg tasting fee per person so far is $13.00 and they are very proud of their wines when it comes to pricing.  They have some beautiful wineries and some good wines.  If you just want wines made from TX grapes be sure to ask as we have found it about 50/50 and some grapes are actually brought in from CA, NM, etc.

We spent one of those cold, rainy days visiting the National Museum of the Pacific War.  An informative and excellent display of what led up to and the many battles and locations of WWII in the Pacific.  Very, very sobering.

statue of Admiral Nimitz

PT boat similar to the one JFK commanded

replica of a beach battle field with real equipment, live reenactments are held here

crosses showing number of US dead and wounded in the diff branches of the service