Arriving in Georgetown, Friends, Marble Falls, Fredericksburg

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Saturday October 5th

We weren't in any rush to leave our nice campsite this morning but we were still packed up and ready to go by 10:00.  We had a nice leisurely drive through London though!!!  Who knew there was a London in Texas??

We saw several animals, Bryan spotted the dead ones - racoon, deer, armadillo, skunk and badger and I spotted the alive ones - Llama, cow, horse, sheep and goats.  The poor armadillo was on his back with his legs in the air!!
We went through several cute towns, one of which was Mason, and it was a nice scenic drive.

Bryan driving

Buchanan Lake was beautiful.

 We arrived in Georgetown just before 2pm and checked into Berry Springs RV Park.

The plan is to be here until October 22nd when we will head toward Kingsville to see the kids and grandkids, yay!!  In the meantime we will visit with our friends Johnny & Kathy, and do some sightseeing once we recover from the last 5 days of traveling.

Sunday 6th

It is nice to be static for a couple of weeks.  We did some cleaning this morning and then got ready to go to J&K's, as they had invited us to dinner.  I believe they live on the outskirts of Georgetown and it was a nice drive to their place.  Kathy had just got in from work and we sat chatting and catching up with her & Johnny.  It was good to see them again.  They have visited Vegas a couple of times while we were there.  Bryan and Kathy are high school "sweethearts" and we first met up with them when we went to his High School reunion in Kingsville a few years ago.
Kathy also saved my life last year when we were eating at a Mexican restaurant in Vegas, and my cheese enchilada got lodged in my throat.  She had to perform the heimlich maneuver on me, fortunately she is a nurse.  Needless to say I am eternally grateful to her.
We sat on their back porch and had dinner and drinks. A hummingbird kept coming to visit and check on us.  It was a lovely evening and, apart from our continuous chatter, it was peaceful.  Before we knew it, it was time to go home.  We agreed to meet again on Tuesday and go to Marble Falls.  Thanks so much for the great food and company J&K.

Monday 7th

Today we had to go grocery shopping, so we searched for the local Walmart.  We had to pick up a couple of RV related things as well and we can usually get quite a few of our RV parts at Walmart.  We did our shopping and got home.  Bryan went and did laundry while I put the shopping away and cleaned Lily.  That was about it for today.

Tuesday 8th

J&K were going to take us to Marble Falls today and so we got up and got ready to go.  They picked us up and off we went.  It was a nice drive through some beautiful countryside.  The Texas Hill country really reminds me a lot of England.
We stopped at Sweet Berry Farm and had fun looking at the different pumpkins and gourds.

Bryan, Johnny & Kathy

We also posed using the props provided.......

The method they had for planting the crops was fascinating.  There was a tractor pulling a trailer which had four people in seats low to the ground so that as the tractor went along the people could plant from the seats.  This is probably common place but having not been around farming in the last twenty years it was the first time we had seen this.

Kathy & I stuffed a scarecrow for her front porch for Halloween!!!!

Kathy is going to finish the face and add some accessories at home.

Sue in the outside shop

 We went into Marble Falls and had lunch at the Blue Bonnet Cafe.  Everyone made sure that I didn't have Cheese Enchiladas as we didn't want a repeat of last year!!!  The restaurant had good reviews and the food was Ok but we were all a little disappointed.  They are famous for their pies but although they looked good they didn't seem to taste as good as they looked. Oh well, the conversation made up for the food.
After lunch we decided to drive on to Fredericksburg. This is a quaint town and we walked along their main street looking in the shops and stores. There are a lot of interesting stores to browse around.

And occasionally we had a rest.....

We stopped and had a beer at Fredericksburg Brewing Company.  Actually Kathy & I tried a couple of different ones.  We decided we had better start heading home as it was quite a long drive and would be getting dark.

It is nice to see green fields and hills again..........  We stopped at Marble Falls on the way back through and watched the sunset.

 This bird came to say Hi, he/she didn't have a care in the world and was not scared of us in the least.

We had a fantastic day in the good company of J&K.  Thanks & much appreciation to our driver for the day, Johnny.  

Wednesday 9th

After our long drive yesterday we stayed at home today.  We got up late and Bryan decided to wash Lily.  Most of the parks we have stayed in haven't let us wash the motorhome but this one said it was Ok with certain stipulations.  He washed the roof and one side and the front, which took quite a considerable time.  It hadn't been done since we started living in her full time last November and was long overdue. Understandably he was exhausted. I did more cleaning and cooked a roast for dinner.  After dinner, Bryan climbed back on the roof and put the sun shades on the windows.  Our neighbor stopped by for a quick chat and then we had a quiet night. 

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Night Night Sleep Tight..........