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Waco and Magnolia Farms

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Yesterday we visited Waco Texas and magnolia farms. It was a really cool stop and I would recommend it for anyone who has ever watched fixer-upper or is interested in coming to Waco. We are staying out at the lake Whitney thousand trails in Whitney Texas which is about 30 miles from Waco. It is located in a cool small town which is quintessential Texas. We stopped into the local winery, Juniper, and everyone knew each other and who owned what store, etc.   Waco is a cool town, we spent time there yesterday and today.  We wound up down by Magnolia again today and were grateful we were there yesterday.  The Saturday market was fun today even though it was raining a bit.   The whole Magnolia complex to include the little store on Bosque is impressive.  We listened to Chip and Jo’s books on our trip and it was really neat to see their vision in person.  We picked up a few thing.  Hat, stickers and a leather purse at the shop on Bosque.  Everything is ...

Let’s go to Luckenbach & Fredericksburg TX

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Yesterday we disconnected the trailer from the truck and drove into Fredericksburg to explore the town. On the way there I realized how close we were to Luckenbach Texas so there was a small detour.  No live music of food for the day, but it was a neat little stop.   The population of Fredericksburg is 10,500 which is quite a bit bigger than I thought it would be. The town is really cute and has a deep German heritage.  There is a Pacific War Museum in town, but we decided to save that for another trip.  We found a spot to park the kids in the shade as it was in the low 80s.  We had lunch at Der Lindenbaum.  Katy had the Schnitzel and I had a Rueben.  It was a good sandwich, not greasy at all and had mustard vs thousand island.   We walked both sides of Main Street along the Nimitz Hotel. I toured his namesake Aircraft Carrier in 1997.  We stopped in quite a few shops and got our to-go cup of wine from Grape Creek.  We walked around for ...