OCTOBERFEST IN FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS

It's October and that means Octoberfest in many towns across America. We went to Fredericksburg for their Ocotberfest this year and had and enjoyable weekend. Fredericksburg is a small central Texas town in what we call "The Hill Country". It is an area cloce to our state capital, Austin. Many of the small towns in this area were originally inhabited by German immigrants more than a century ago and their descendants who live there today keep alive everything that is good about the German culture. 

Fall is finally in the air, after one of the hottest summers in Texas history. 

The children had a great time on the bungee jump and were so much fun to watch.

Mother and me having a little fun. 

The Monarchs were on their annual  flight from Canada to Mexico! 

A little "Oom-pa-pa" was in order! 

The food at The Peach Tree Tea Room was so delicious that we went there all three days for lunch! Their gift shop has nice gifts that anyone would enjoy having. 

Who could resist gazing into a beautiful garden scene?

Check out the lovely and peaceful coy pond with waterfalls. There were gumball machines that had fish food in them so people could feed the fish and everyone wanted to do their part. 

This is a typical building of the nineteenth century in the Texas Hill Country. The pioneers used stone from local  lime quarries in their architecture. 

About thirty minutes outside of Fredericksburg is "Enchanted Rock" . This unique pink granite dome rises 425 feet above the surrounding countryside and is one of the largest batholiths in the U.S..

We spotted a group of deer grazing at the Enchanted Rock State Natural Area.

Hope you enjoyed going along on our weekend get-away!