After Luckenbach we stopped at a few other recommendations, the first being Fredericksburg. There’s not a lot to really get into about Fredericksburg… it’s a nice small town that is like little Germany in the middle of Texas. Signs read “Willkommen” instead of welcome. We had lunch and walked around checking out some stores and generally just taking a break from driving. The highlight of Fredericksburg, for me anyways, I bought a crossbow. You can literally buy anything in Texas. You can also walk around the streets of Fredericksburg with a drink or beer. It’s great.We headed down to Muleshoe state park to spend the night.
Muleshoe was a great park. We pulled in, drove into the park a bit and found ourselves at a campground right on Lake Travis. It was beautiful. The sun was just starting to set, Murphy was running around like a wild man, and the best part, we were the only ones there. Well us and about 15 deer grazing at the other end of the campground. We were told that in the spring Muleshoe is covered in Blue Bonnets. I didn’t know, but this is a huge thing in Texas. People travel around Texas to take pictures of, in, or with Blue Bonnets. Unfortunately we missed the season, but I’m sure it’s not as quiet then. We were the only people we saw and it was really nice and quiet.
The next morning we packed up and headed to Inks Lake State Park to hang out by a lake for the day. Again, nothing crazy here, just a really nice park to spend some time in the sun and to let Murphy run in and out of the water. The one thing that stood out was the group of woman pruning trees. It just seemed weird that they weren’t rangers but were in just white maintenance suits. The two men overseeing them, looked super official, like they were definitely the bosses, maybe even the bosses bosses…. then, it dawns on me, the women are on a work release from jail. The two men, Correctional Officers overseeing the work… just strange. It seems like the only time you see convicts performing labor at home that actually benefits the state is picking up trash on the side of the highway. This seemed like a better use of their time.
We left the park in search of a late lunch/dinner. We ended up stopping at Angel’s Icehouse in Spicewood. Good food, good time. The entire place was open air and we sat out on the deck which overlooked more seating. This seemed like a pretty popular place as we noticed more and more families piling in and their kids running around on the stage and playing with the toys that were left out. We would also leave Murphy’s bowl here and have to return the next morning.
We spent the night at Pace Bend State Park. Again, along Lake Travis. Pace Bend was nice, but like nothing we’ve come across yet. The campground wasn’t a large area with campsites designated, but a main road with a couple turn offs. Only by chance did we realize that these turn offs were where the campsites were. Each turn out had anywhere from 3 to 5 areas that were cleared for camping. Luckily we found a spot and set up for the night. In the morning we drank our coffees by the lake while Murphy ran around and worked off some steam. (I don’t know why I say that… he has nothing to work off, his life has consisted of fun in the woods, relaxing, and seeing the country… he has the life)
We packed up our stuff and made the push out of the area… On to Austin to see the Teczar Clan.
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