We spent the 4th of July weekend in Fredericksburg located in the Hill Country of Texas. Fredericksburg is a town of only about 11,000 people but swells to at least double that figure every weekend and the 4th of July weekend was no exception. We stayed in Fredericksburg only 2 nights but Brian and I fell in love with the little town and it’s people. Fredericksburg descends from German settlers and there’s still a strong German influence today. Yes, we had lunch at a local German restaurant which included sausage, sauerkraut, German potato salad and warm beer.

We stayed at the Fredericksburg RV Park which we would highly recommend to anyone. Brian and I both give it two-thumbs-up. It was the cleanest RV park we‘ve yet to come across and the owners could make anyone feel right at home. As I was checking in I asked if there was an RV store close by. I know, stupid question in a small town but thought I’d give it a shot anyway. Sure enough, there wasn’t an RV store within miles of Fredericksburg. As I explained to the gentleman across the counter that a pipe to our water line broke, he told me to go ahead, get set up and he’d mosey on over to take a look at it.

As promised, the minute we finished setting up, he drove over. “Do you own this park?” I asked as he lay under our 5th wheel. “No, my wife does, I just get to work here.” He went so far as to drive to the hardware store, buy exactly what we needed and even installed it for us when he returned. Now that’s southern hospitality.

The next day we were walking through the stores on Main Street when I ran in to the local 5&Dime. “Where you from?” the owner asked. “Phoenix.” “Yeah, you ain’t from around here. Who you sending post cards to?” When I explained our trip and I’ve been sending post cards to my mother-in-law at each of our stops he told me he had just the right postcard. Not finding what he was looking for on the rack, he ran to the back room of his store. Finally finding his treasure, he gave me, free of charge, a postcard sporting a picture of his store making sure I knew his 5&Dime was only one of a handful of 5&Dime stores still left in the country. Yep, there’s more of that southern hospitality we hear so much about.

The afternoon of the 4th was spent with the locals and other tourist who lined Main Street to watch the annual 4th of July parade. This year’s parade was dedicated to the Vietnam Vets. It was your typical, small town parade complete with walking bands, old cars, local politicians, Fredericksburg’s fire truck, a queen and her court and even a clown or two.

After the parade ended we drove out of town to visit the Fredericksburg Wildseed Farm where they harvest wild seeds from various flowers and sell in pretty little packages. Of course, we had to buy a few packets and will save them for our new house, whenever and wherever that will be. Craig, you would have love it.

Until our next adventure. Love to all,
B&D