Mammamel
03-23-2008, 10:40 AM
Well we decided we didn’t want to do an over night trip, since we have our big one coming up in August. We did however want to get out of town and go some where different!
We decided on Fredericksburg. It is a cool German town near Austin.
They had the PioneerMuseum with live reenactments. They really didn’t seem to have much going on as far as that goes. Looking at the buildings and implements though was cool. The blacksmith shop was working, the guy made a nail while we were watching.
There was a union army camp set up (not nearly as cool as here at Old Fort Concho, just one wagon and 2 soldiers) with a replica of a Negro soldier. A gentleman standing talking to the soldiers made a very rude remark about that. So we walked away quickly.
There was chuck wagon set up too, but we did not sample the beans or biscuits. We were waiting for a nice sit down lunch in a cool restaurant.
We saw what they called a “Sunday House”. Many of the German settlers were given a plot of town land, as well as the farm acreage. So they built a weekend home in town for worship. They also used it some during illnesses and some schooling. It was very small, one room with a loft, accessible by a set of stairs outside. I suppose that was for the older children, infants stayed in the one down stairs room with parents. It was smaller than the average bedroom now days, for size comparison.
The school house was open as well but full of people so we didn’t go though it. We did see women in period dress quilting in one of the homes on site (there were 2). I LOVED the kitchens! One was more modern with plumbing similar to my own; it is called the “clapboard house” to distinguish it from the original home, the stone house.
I did not go into the stone house cellar; I didn’t think I would get out again!
Admission was $4 per person, and well worth it. My beloved is not a frontier buff but he says he enjoyed it anyway, especially seeing the old tools. He took my picture by the old wood burning stove.
Next we went to see the NimitzMuseum. Admiral Nimitz was born in Fredericksburg in 1885. It was pretty cool, reading about the world and the wars at that time. I never realized that WW2 cost 49million lives!
We saw the memorial garden, where WW2 men and women are honored. We also saw the monuments to the Presidents who served in the armed forces. That was one of my favorite parts of the trip.
Attached to that, is the George Bush gallery. Dedicated to former President Bush and World War 2. I had to stop and sit down there, my back was bothering me. It was HUGE. They have a full size “mini” sub, it held 2 men, and was part of the attack on Pearl Harbor. They also have a life size replica of an airplane from the attack.
As I walked there taking in all the history and the honor, I almost began to cry. People then KNEW how to stand tall for their country, and support the effort after we had been attacked on our own soil. To go from that to the way they treat this war, after we had been again attacked on our own soil, maddens me beyond words. We can not abandon THIS effort until it is complete, any more than we could have given up on that one.
We left that museum, and realized we had been there 2 hours! It was 4 and we were starved! So we moved the car and began walking the shopping strip looking for a “real” place to ear, chairs and tables not drive thru. There wasn’t a drive thru there anyway. Every place that offered real meals was closed! They all closed up at 4! There were ice cream shops and bakeries with sweets, but not real food. One place was going to reopen at 5. So we went looking in shops.
We began at a toy store, where we thought we would find German toys. Nope, same stuff my store sells, but at a much higher price! So we continued on down the road, looking to see if anything was really cool. Most of it was all modern stuff, stuff you can get anywhere in TX. WE did not find one thing that said Fredericksburg on it. We were glad we had gotten a post card from the PioneerMuseum when we did! We did find a book, newspaper stories from 1984, and got it. I did enjoy a cooking store. I almost bought a bowl there but remembered we have a fantastic cooking store here as well, and with prices on toys there so much higher, I figure I can find what I want right here. They also had a cool 5 & dime I enjoyed the walk down memory lane; I miss the old 5 & 10 Ben Franklin from back home. That was the only store they had that San Angelo does not.
We decided to head back to the car and go looking on down the road for something to eat. I was getting light headed (I forgot to take my trail mix along just in case). We were almost at the car when my foot caught a rise in the sidewalk! Down I went! I sat there on the ground for a minute, after having hit my knee, thinking about how the night before my fil had told of how he had done that in high school, and broken his knee cap in 4 places!
I got up, with Beloved’s help. My knee is bruised, my hands are scrapped, and my shoulders and hips jarred. I am sore but not too badly.
We drove around looking for a steak house (this IS cattle country isn’t it?) We didn’t find one so settled for Sonic. Tomorrow we will go get real, good steaks here in San Angelo to celebrate our 24th year together!
We had thought we might go on to Austin for the night, but after my fall I just wanted to come home to my own bed and my own yard. Beloved agreed, he didn’t want to see a city anymore than I did.
Entering San Angelo we drove into a storm that was gorgeous. Yes I am a storm watcher. I love lightening shows and thunder. Living under drought conditions for years, I even enjoy the rain. Not so much the wind, but the rest I love.
We decided on Fredericksburg. It is a cool German town near Austin.
They had the PioneerMuseum with live reenactments. They really didn’t seem to have much going on as far as that goes. Looking at the buildings and implements though was cool. The blacksmith shop was working, the guy made a nail while we were watching.
There was a union army camp set up (not nearly as cool as here at Old Fort Concho, just one wagon and 2 soldiers) with a replica of a Negro soldier. A gentleman standing talking to the soldiers made a very rude remark about that. So we walked away quickly.
There was chuck wagon set up too, but we did not sample the beans or biscuits. We were waiting for a nice sit down lunch in a cool restaurant.
We saw what they called a “Sunday House”. Many of the German settlers were given a plot of town land, as well as the farm acreage. So they built a weekend home in town for worship. They also used it some during illnesses and some schooling. It was very small, one room with a loft, accessible by a set of stairs outside. I suppose that was for the older children, infants stayed in the one down stairs room with parents. It was smaller than the average bedroom now days, for size comparison.
The school house was open as well but full of people so we didn’t go though it. We did see women in period dress quilting in one of the homes on site (there were 2). I LOVED the kitchens! One was more modern with plumbing similar to my own; it is called the “clapboard house” to distinguish it from the original home, the stone house.
I did not go into the stone house cellar; I didn’t think I would get out again!
Admission was $4 per person, and well worth it. My beloved is not a frontier buff but he says he enjoyed it anyway, especially seeing the old tools. He took my picture by the old wood burning stove.
Next we went to see the NimitzMuseum. Admiral Nimitz was born in Fredericksburg in 1885. It was pretty cool, reading about the world and the wars at that time. I never realized that WW2 cost 49million lives!
We saw the memorial garden, where WW2 men and women are honored. We also saw the monuments to the Presidents who served in the armed forces. That was one of my favorite parts of the trip.
Attached to that, is the George Bush gallery. Dedicated to former President Bush and World War 2. I had to stop and sit down there, my back was bothering me. It was HUGE. They have a full size “mini” sub, it held 2 men, and was part of the attack on Pearl Harbor. They also have a life size replica of an airplane from the attack.
As I walked there taking in all the history and the honor, I almost began to cry. People then KNEW how to stand tall for their country, and support the effort after we had been attacked on our own soil. To go from that to the way they treat this war, after we had been again attacked on our own soil, maddens me beyond words. We can not abandon THIS effort until it is complete, any more than we could have given up on that one.
We left that museum, and realized we had been there 2 hours! It was 4 and we were starved! So we moved the car and began walking the shopping strip looking for a “real” place to ear, chairs and tables not drive thru. There wasn’t a drive thru there anyway. Every place that offered real meals was closed! They all closed up at 4! There were ice cream shops and bakeries with sweets, but not real food. One place was going to reopen at 5. So we went looking in shops.
We began at a toy store, where we thought we would find German toys. Nope, same stuff my store sells, but at a much higher price! So we continued on down the road, looking to see if anything was really cool. Most of it was all modern stuff, stuff you can get anywhere in TX. WE did not find one thing that said Fredericksburg on it. We were glad we had gotten a post card from the PioneerMuseum when we did! We did find a book, newspaper stories from 1984, and got it. I did enjoy a cooking store. I almost bought a bowl there but remembered we have a fantastic cooking store here as well, and with prices on toys there so much higher, I figure I can find what I want right here. They also had a cool 5 & dime I enjoyed the walk down memory lane; I miss the old 5 & 10 Ben Franklin from back home. That was the only store they had that San Angelo does not.
We decided to head back to the car and go looking on down the road for something to eat. I was getting light headed (I forgot to take my trail mix along just in case). We were almost at the car when my foot caught a rise in the sidewalk! Down I went! I sat there on the ground for a minute, after having hit my knee, thinking about how the night before my fil had told of how he had done that in high school, and broken his knee cap in 4 places!
I got up, with Beloved’s help. My knee is bruised, my hands are scrapped, and my shoulders and hips jarred. I am sore but not too badly.
We drove around looking for a steak house (this IS cattle country isn’t it?) We didn’t find one so settled for Sonic. Tomorrow we will go get real, good steaks here in San Angelo to celebrate our 24th year together!
We had thought we might go on to Austin for the night, but after my fall I just wanted to come home to my own bed and my own yard. Beloved agreed, he didn’t want to see a city anymore than I did.
Entering San Angelo we drove into a storm that was gorgeous. Yes I am a storm watcher. I love lightening shows and thunder. Living under drought conditions for years, I even enjoy the rain. Not so much the wind, but the rest I love.