We left Fredericksburg and headed to Canyon Lake where we settled in at Potters Creek Park on the lake.
The gate attendant told us we had one of the prettiest sites in the park and I would agree.
Large trees and lots of room.
There is a group of at least a dozen deer that come through the park each day along with a fox and some strange looking geese.
We've been told these are Egyptian Geese which we were skeptical of until David found an article from a Houston newspaper that talked about these very birds.
We visited the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center near Austin, to learn all we could before exploring further. Well, not sure how much information we retained but we did have a lot of fun. Walked through the Family Garden where we saw all kinds of flowers and flowering trees.
Along the way we found exercise equipment so David felt obligated to continue his rehab.
We also walked along the trails where we saw flowers, swings and learned the history of various oak trees.
SWINGS?????
Did you say SWINGS?
Yes I did. Gave us a few minutes to rest and laugh at ourselves.
We've taken almost daily road trips to look for wildflowers and have definitely found them. The countryside is covered with beautiful wildflowers. There are fields of Bluebonnets and fields of Indian Paintbrushes plus many areas with a mixture of flowers. Not only are there the blues and oranges but yellows, pinks, reds, purples and whites of more flowers than I could ever list, even if I knew the names of them all. What an awesome God to create such beauty for us to enjoy.
We made one last trip to the Willow City Loop (our third this season) and oh what a difference a week makes. The "Boot Fence Area", as we call it, was thick with blooms. As we proceeded down the road we thought that was all, but then, BOOM!!!! Bluebonnets and other wildflowers were everywhere. They were beautiful. We also saw a wild turkey crossing the road, paying no attention to us. We are so glad we went back one more time.
After having lunch at the German Bakery in Fredericksburg, we took off following a tip Larry got about where more flowers were. Mile after mile we traveled without seeing a single flower. It was late afternoon when we stopped at a store in the middle of nowhere and David again thought he heard banjos playing (can you say Thorntown, IN?). We (Beverly, David and Sophie) decided it was time to head back to the RV. On our way back, we were all surprised as we traveled some curvy, windy, switch-back type roads that made us think we were in Northern Arkansas. Along one of these roads we saw a herd of Buffalo. These were not the wild type that we saw in Yellowstone, but unexpected none the less.
We have just seen the motherlode of bluebonnets. I mean it. After David saw a video on Facebook about this great field of flowers at Muleshoe Bend Recreational Area on Lake Travis, we headed that direction. We had no idea what to expect but the OMG Fields, as the lady in the video called them, lived up to that name. There is no way to adequately describe the vastness of these fields of flowers. As Larry pointed out that the GPS thought we were driving in the middle of the lake, we realized that God had taken the drying up of Lake Travis and turned it into beautiful fields of bluebonnets. OMG. What a mighty God we serve.
On the way back to the campground we stopped at the Bluebonnet Cafe in Marble Falls for lunch. Established in 1929, it specializes in home cooking and pie. We had both. After stuffing ourselves until we couldn't eat anymore, we then had pie. I said earlier that Fredericksburg Pie Shop had mile-high meringue so I must now say that this pie had mile-high plus meringue. Don't believe I've ever seen anything like it. We're now headed back for a nap.
We'll be leaving this area in a few days on to another to see more flowers. What a beautiful adventure this has been so far. Can't wait to see more!
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